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By: Frullo H.R. No. 574
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Distinguished representatives of the Texas Tech
University System are gathering at the State Capitol on March 4,
2015, to celebrate the system's vital role in the Lone Star State;
and
WHEREAS, The Texas Tech University System, governed by a
nine-member board of regents and Chancellor Robert L. Duncan,
consists of Texas Tech University, Angelo State University, and the
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Centers at Lubbock and El
Paso; the system is a $1.7 billion enterprise currently educating
nearly 47,000 students, averaging more than $200 million in
research expenditures annually, and counting approximately 290,000
alumni; in addition, it has an endowment of over $1 billion and some
17,000 faculty and staff focused on advancing higher education,
health care, research, and outreach across the state; and
WHEREAS, Each component of the system provides innovative
educational and research opportunities; Texas Tech University is a
major comprehensive research university, led by President M. Duane
Nellis; enrolling more than 35,000 students in 10 colleges and two
schools, TTU has set a new fall enrollment record for the past eight
years, and it has seen an enrollment increase of 25 percent since
2007; with the goal of being one of the nation's premier research
institutions, the university's total expenditures in that area
topped $153 million in 2014; moreover, 10 faculty members were
awarded grants from the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program in 2013, the
most of any university in its class in the nation; and
WHEREAS, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is
composed of five schools in various health care disciplines,
including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, allied health sciences, and
biomedical sciences, and has trained more than 20,000 health care
professionals; overseen by Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell, TTUHSC enrolls
more than 4,500 students and has tripled its research expenditures
over the past five years, with significant studies under way in
areas such as aging, cancer, reproduction, and genetic diseases;
the university also graduates more health care professionals than
any other health-related institution in Texas and addresses the
medical needs of more than 2.5 million people who live throughout a
vast 108-county area; and
WHEREAS, Joining the system in 2007, Angelo State University
enrolls nearly 6,500 students in five colleges and is directed by
President Brian J. May; ASU was the first university in the state to
offer a degree in computer science and has been named to the
Princeton Review's "Best Colleges" list for the past six years;
unique to ASU, its Carr Scholarship program is funded by one of the
largest endowments at a regional university in the United States,
thus making scholarships attainable by one of every five of its
students; and
WHEREAS, The fourth and newest member of the system, Texas
Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso became a
comprehensive health-related institution in 2013 and encompasses
the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, the Gayle Greve Hunt School
of Nursing, and a regional Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences;
headed by Dr. Richard A. Lange, the university has enrolled nearly
500 students, is home to the first medical school on the nation's
southern border, and conducts important research focused on cancer,
diabetes and obesity, infectious diseases, and neurosciences; and
WHEREAS, True to their missions, the Texas Tech University
System and its four component institutions continue to serve as
influential leaders in the higher education and health care
landscapes, and in so doing, they are contributing to the
remarkable achievements of the state as a whole; now, therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize March 4, 2015, as Texas Tech
University System Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome
to all those from the system who are visiting here today.