| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 382 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, Students, faculty, and staff from Tarleton State |
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| 3 | 3 | | University are gathering in Austin on March 24, 2015, in |
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| 4 | 4 | | celebration of Tarleton State University Day at the State |
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| 5 | 5 | | Capitol; and |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, In 1899, the school was established as John |
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| 7 | 7 | | Tarleton College with an endowment from a Stephenville |
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| 8 | 8 | | landowner; it was incorporated into the Texas A&M University |
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| 9 | 9 | | System in 1917 and served as a two-year institution until 1959, |
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| 10 | 10 | | when it extended its curriculum to the junior and senior levels; |
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| 11 | 11 | | the present-day name was adopted in 1973; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, Tarleton State University today has campuses in |
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| 13 | 13 | | Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, and Midlothian, and its |
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| 14 | 14 | | enrollment surpasses 11,000; it offers nearly 100 bachelor's and |
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| 15 | 15 | | master's degrees, as well as a doctorate in education, and |
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| 16 | 16 | | maintains a student-faculty ratio of 20:1; while benefiting from |
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| 17 | 17 | | the resources of a major public university, students also enjoy |
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| 18 | 18 | | the personal attention, warmth, and faculty interaction typical |
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| 19 | 19 | | of a smaller college; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Long known for excellence in agriculture, |
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| 21 | 21 | | Tarleton State University has the third-largest agricultural |
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| 22 | 22 | | program in the nation among non-land-grant universities, and it |
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| 23 | 23 | | is among the top producers of agricultural education teachers for |
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| 24 | 24 | | Texas schools; its education graduates have an impressive 98 |
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| 25 | 25 | | percent certification pass rate; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, Tarleton's research centers include the Southwest |
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| 27 | 27 | | RegionalDairyCenterandtherenownedTexasInstitutefor |
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| 28 | 28 | | Applied Environmental Research, which plays a leading role in |
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| 29 | 29 | | national and international scholarship on water quality issues; |
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| 30 | 30 | | further demonstrating institutional strength in the sciences, |
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| 31 | 31 | | the school's Rocket Club has won top-five honors in two |
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| 32 | 32 | | international competitions sponsored by professional |
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| 33 | 33 | | associations; moreover, the institution's state-of-the-art |
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| 34 | 34 | | observatory is the largest in the state dedicated to |
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| 35 | 35 | | undergraduate education and research; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | WHEREAS, A forward-looking institution with a long history |
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| 37 | 37 | | and rich traditions, Tarleton State University continues to |
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| 38 | 38 | | provide its students with an outstanding education and a solid |
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| 39 | 39 | | foundation for achievement; now, therefore, be it |
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| 40 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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| 41 | 41 | | Legislature, hereby recognize March 24, 2015, as Tarleton State |
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| 42 | 42 | | University Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to |
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| 43 | 43 | | all those participating in this event. |
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| 44 | 44 | | Estes |
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| 45 | 45 | | ________________________________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | President of the Senate |
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| 47 | 47 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 48 | 48 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 49 | 49 | | the Senate on March 16, 2015. |
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| 50 | 50 | | ________________________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 52 | 52 | | ________________________________ |
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| 53 | 53 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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