H.R. No. 132
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Alumni of Texas A&M University--Kingsville are
gathering at the State Capitol in Austin on January 31, 2017, to
celebrate Javelina Day, named in honor of the university's beloved
mascot; and
WHEREAS, Established as a teacher's college in 1925, Texas
A&M University--Kingsville is the oldest continuously operating
public institution of higher education in South Texas; through the
years, the school has greatly expanded its educational scope to
include six colleges offering numerous baccalaureate degrees as
well as master's and doctoral degree programs; it joined The Texas
A&M University System in 1989, and in 2006, the Texas A&M Health
Science Center also opened its Rangel College of Pharmacy on the
250-acre main Kingsville campus; and
WHEREAS, Today, the university enrolls more than 9,000
students from throughout the country and around the world,
reflecting its commitment to serving individuals of diverse
cultural, religious, educational, and economic backgrounds; with a
student population that is approximately 58 percent Hispanic and 20
percent international, Texas A&M--Kingsville ranks among the top
schools in the nation for awarding degrees to Latinas and Latinos,
particularly in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics; and
WHEREAS, The institution has received well-deserved
recognition for a host of academic programs, including the 545-acre
teaching farm it operates for agriculture students and its
bilingual postgraduate courses; its outstanding environmental
engineering curriculum has been rated one of the 50 best in the
country by U.S. News and World Report, and Washington Monthly
magazine has placed the Kingsville campus among the top 100
universities in the South; and
WHEREAS, Javelina men's and women's sports teams further
reflect the ferocity and tenacity for which the student mascot is
known; the football team has been especially successful in the
athletic arena, capturing 7 national championships and 34 Lone Star
Conference titles since 1931; and
WHEREAS, For more than nine decades, Texas A&M
University--Kingsville has enriched the lives of its students,
contributed to the advancement of human knowledge, and proved a
powerful force for social progress and economic development in the
Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize January 31, 2017, as Javelina Day at
the State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation sincere
best wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Texas A&M University--Kingsville as an expression of
high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
Lozano
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 132 was adopted by the House on
February 23, 2017, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House