| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 795 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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| 3 | 3 | | recognize the Texas Legislative Internship Program Class of the |
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| 4 | 4 | | 85th Legislature; and |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The Texas Legislative Internship Program was |
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| 6 | 6 | | established by Senator Rodney Ellis in December of 1990 and is |
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| 7 | 7 | | administered by Texas Southern University; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, This excellent internship program provides a unique |
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| 9 | 9 | | opportunity for students from Texas colleges and universities to |
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| 10 | 10 | | serve as interns in the Texas Legislature, the United States |
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| 11 | 11 | | Congress, and a variety of local, state, and national governmental |
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| 12 | 12 | | agencies and public policy organizations; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, Students receive academic credit for participating |
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| 14 | 14 | | in the program, which combines academic study and research with |
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| 15 | 15 | | supervised practical training; as interns, they gain firsthand |
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| 16 | 16 | | knowledge of the governmental process and work experience in a |
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| 17 | 17 | | political environment, as well as insight into the issues facing |
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| 18 | 18 | | our communities and our state today; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, The participants in the Texas Legislative |
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| 20 | 20 | | Internship Program are Margaret Alfred, Garrett Auzenne, John |
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| 21 | 21 | | Bachinskas, Christopher Brault, Taylor Carter-Jones, Terra |
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| 22 | 22 | | Coffey, Anthony Collier, Brandy Douglas, Raven Douglas, Tyler |
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| 23 | 23 | | Faust, Naiyolis Garcia, Matthew Gaskin, Alejandro Guajardo, |
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| 24 | 24 | | LaTreshia Hamilton, Elizabeth Hann, Casandra Johnson, Jiovanni |
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| 25 | 25 | | Jones, Tamoria Jones, Bria Joshua, Brian King, Theodore Knatt, |
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| 26 | 26 | | Lorrianne Lucas, Fatima Mann, D'Juan Mansfield, Taren Marsaw, |
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| 27 | 27 | | Kelsey Marsh, Esperanza Martinez, Israel Martinez, Dondraius |
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| 28 | 28 | | Mayhew, Josiah Mercer, Andrew Parks, Parker Patterson, Jaime |
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| 29 | 29 | | Puente, Andrew Sanchez, Rachel Spotts, Angela Taylor, Laymond |
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| 30 | 30 | | Wilburn, Molly Wilson, and Matthew Wurst; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, Program participants demonstrated resourcefulness |
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| 32 | 32 | | and diligence in the performance of their multifaceted duties and |
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| 33 | 33 | | contributed significantly to the ongoing operations in the |
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| 34 | 34 | | offices in which they served; now, therefore, be it |
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| 35 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
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| 36 | 36 | | Legislature, hereby commend the participants in the Texas |
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| 37 | 37 | | Legislative Internship Program on their excellent work and |
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| 38 | 38 | | extend to them best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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| 40 | 40 | | the class as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. |
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| 41 | 41 | | West |
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| 42 | 42 | | ________________________________ |
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| 43 | 43 | | President of the Senate |
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| 44 | 44 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 45 | 45 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 46 | 46 | | the Senate on May 25, 2017. |
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| 47 | 47 | | ________________________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 49 | 49 | | ________________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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