Honoring the Valley Alliance of Mentors for Opportunities and Scholarships for its work in behalf of deserving high school students in the Rio Grande Valley.
Congratulating Chandice Covington of Lubbock on her appointment as the Florence Thelma Hall Endowed Chair for Nursing Excellence in Women's Health at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
Paying tribute to the life and work of Robert Rauschenberg, who is being posthumously honored with the 2009 Texas Medal of Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement.