| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 310 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, Distinguished representatives of the Texas Tech |
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| 3 | 3 | | University System are gathering at the State Capitol on March 4, |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2015, to celebrate the system's vital role in the Lone Star |
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| 5 | 5 | | State; and |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Texas Tech University System, governed by a |
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| 7 | 7 | | nine-member Board of Regents and Chancellor Robert L. Duncan, |
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| 8 | 8 | | consists of Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health |
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| 9 | 9 | | Sciences Center, Angelo State University, and Texas Tech |
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| 10 | 10 | | University Health Sciences Center at El Paso; the system is a |
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| 11 | 11 | | $1.7 billion enterprise that currently educates nearly 47,000 |
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| 12 | 12 | | students, conducts a wide range of studies with more than |
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| 13 | 13 | | $200 million in research expenditures annually, and counts |
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| 14 | 14 | | approximately 290,000 alumni; the system also has an endowment of |
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| 15 | 15 | | more than $1 billion and some 17,000 faculty and staff members |
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| 16 | 16 | | who are focused on advancing higher education, health care, |
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| 17 | 17 | | research, and outreach across the state; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Each component of the system provides innovative |
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| 19 | 19 | | educational and research opportunities; Texas Tech University is |
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| 20 | 20 | | a major comprehensive research university, led by President |
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| 21 | 21 | | M. Duane Nellis; enrolling more than 35,000 students in 10 |
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| 22 | 22 | | colleges and two schools, Texas Tech University has set a new |
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| 23 | 23 | | fall enrollment record for the past eight years, increasing 25 |
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| 24 | 24 | | percent since 2007; with the goal of being one of the nation's |
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| 25 | 25 | | premier research institutions, the university had more than |
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| 26 | 26 | | $153 million in total research expenditures in 2014; additionally, |
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| 27 | 27 | | 10 faculty members were awarded grants from the Fulbright United |
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| 28 | 28 | | States Scholar Program in 2013, the most of any research |
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| 29 | 29 | | university in the nation; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is |
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| 31 | 31 | | composed of five schools in various health care disciplines, |
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| 32 | 32 | | including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, allied health sciences, |
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| 33 | 33 | | and biomedical sciences, and has trained more than 20,000 health |
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| 34 | 34 | | care professionals; overseen by Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell, the health |
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| 35 | 35 | | sciences center enrolls more than 4,500 students and has tripled |
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| 36 | 36 | | its research expenditures over the past five years with |
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| 37 | 37 | | significant studies underway in areas such as aging, cancer, |
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| 38 | 38 | | reproduction, and genetic diseases; the university also |
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| 39 | 39 | | graduates more health care professionals than any other |
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| 40 | 40 | | health-related institution in Texas and meets the health care |
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| 41 | 41 | | needs of more than 2.5 million people who live throughout a vast |
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| 42 | 42 | | 108-county area; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | WHEREAS, Angelo State University, which joined the system |
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| 44 | 44 | | in 2007, currently enrolls nearly 6,500 students in five colleges |
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| 45 | 45 | | and is directed by President Brian J. May; Angelo State |
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| 46 | 46 | | University was the first university in the state to offer a |
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| 47 | 47 | | degree in computer science and has been named to the Princeton |
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| 48 | 48 | | Review's "Best Colleges" list for the past six consecutive years; |
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| 49 | 49 | | unique to Angelo State University, its Carr Scholarship program |
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| 50 | 50 | | is funded by one of the largest endowments at a regional |
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| 51 | 51 | | university in the United States, thus making scholarships |
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| 52 | 52 | | possible for one of every five of its students; and |
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| 53 | 53 | | WHEREAS, As the fourth and newest member of the system, |
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| 54 | 54 | | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso became a |
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| 55 | 55 | | comprehensive health-related institution in 2013 and includes |
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| 56 | 56 | | the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, the Gayle Greve Hunt |
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| 57 | 57 | | School of Nursing, and a regional Graduate School of Biomedical |
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| 58 | 58 | | Sciences; headed by Dr. Richard A. Lange, the university |
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| 59 | 59 | | enrolled nearly 500 students, is home to the first medical school |
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| 60 | 60 | | on the nation's southern border, and conducts important research |
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| 61 | 61 | | focused on cancer, diabetes and obesity, infectious diseases, |
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| 62 | 62 | | and neurosciences; and |
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| 63 | 63 | | WHEREAS, Through its missions, the Texas Tech University |
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| 64 | 64 | | System and its four component institutions continue to better the |
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| 65 | 65 | | higher education and health care landscapes, and in so doing, the |
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| 66 | 66 | | system has contributed to the remarkable achievements of the |
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| 67 | 67 | | state as a whole; now, therefore, be it |
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| 68 | 68 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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| 69 | 69 | | Legislature, hereby recognize March 4, 2015, as Texas Tech |
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| 70 | 70 | | University System Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm |
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| 71 | 71 | | welcome to all those from the system who are visiting on this day. |
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| 72 | 72 | | Perry |
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| 73 | 73 | | ________________________________ |
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| 74 | 74 | | President of the Senate |
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| 75 | 75 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 76 | 76 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 77 | 77 | | the Senate on March 4, 2015. |
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| 78 | 78 | | ________________________________ |
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| 79 | 79 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 80 | 80 | | ________________________________ |
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| 81 | 81 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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