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By: Bonnen of Brazoria H.R. No. 366
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Brazosport College is celebrating its 50th
anniversary during the 2018-2019 school year, and this is a fitting
opportunity to take note of its outstanding record of service to the
students of southern Brazoria County; and
WHEREAS, Originally known as Brazosport Junior College, the
school enrolled its first 879 students in the fall of 1968, and it
graduated its inaugural class in 1970, when the name was changed to
Brazosport College; this venerable institution has benefited from
the leadership of four presidents, including Dr. J. R. Jackson,
Dr. W. A. Bass, Dr. John R. Grable, and the current president,
Dr. Millicent Valek, who has served since 1996; and
WHEREAS, Situated on a spacious 156-acre campus in Lake
Jackson, Brazosport College has undergone an impressive period of
growth over the past two decades; in 2002, the Corporate Learning
Center and the Bill and Julia May Children's Center were built, and
in 2005, The Clarion music venue was added; in recent years, the
school has seen the construction of the BASF Center for Process
Technology, the Byron and Sandra Sadler Health Professions/Science
Complex, the Dow Academic Center, and a new student pavilion;
moreover, the BCPC Welding Technologies Lab and the Freeport LNG
Crafts Academy were dedicated in 2016; and
WHEREAS, Brazosport College received accreditation as a
baccalaureate-level institution in 2004, and it offers four-year
programs in industrial and health services management, along with
two-year degree and certification programs for a wide variety of
careers; its 300 faculty serve the educational needs of 4,000
degree students each semester and 4,000 continuing education
students each year, as well as 20,000 participants in business and
industry training; and
WHEREAS, The Brazosport College Foundation has done
outstanding work raising funds for the college, including $5.6
million for the Building a Legacy Campaign in 2002, $5.5 million
with the Your College Capital Campaign in 2008, and $3 million with
the Crafts Academy Capital Campaign in 2015; in 2013 and 2015, the
college was named a Top 10 Community College in the nation by the
Aspen Institute, and in 2010, 2013, and 2016, the school was
certified as a Leader College by Achieving the Dream; and
WHEREAS, For half a century, Brazosport College has remained
committed to meeting the educational needs of its students, and the
school has played a vital role in helping many Texans build a bright
and prosperous future for themselves; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Brazosport College on its 50th
anniversary and extend to all those associated with the college
sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Brazosport College as an expression of high regard by
the Texas House of Representatives.