| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 145 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, Students, faculty, staff, alumni, administrators, |
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| 3 | 3 | | and members of the board of regents from the University of Houston |
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| 4 | 4 | | are visiting Austin on February 12, 2019, to participate in |
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| 5 | 5 | | University of Houston Day at the State Capitol; and |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Tier One campus is located in the nation's |
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| 7 | 7 | | fourth largest city, within a region that is home to a quarter of |
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| 8 | 8 | | the state's population and that generates nearly a third of the |
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| 9 | 9 | | state's gross product; the student body, numbering more than |
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| 10 | 10 | | 46,000, including many first-generation college students, |
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| 11 | 11 | | mirrors the rich cultural tapestry of Houston; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, Each year, the university awards more than 10,000 |
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| 13 | 13 | | degrees in 261 undergraduate and graduate academic programs; it now |
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| 14 | 14 | | counts more than 285,000 alumni, many of whom stay in Texas, where |
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| 15 | 15 | | they contribute to the success of our communities and our state; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Under the able leadership of chancellor and |
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| 17 | 17 | | president Renu Khator, the university launched a $1 billion |
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| 18 | 18 | | system-wide fund-raising campaign that is close to reaching its |
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| 19 | 19 | | goal, fueled in part by gifts such as the one that will cover |
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| 20 | 20 | | tuition for the entire inaugural class of the new University of |
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| 21 | 21 | | Houston College of Medicine, whose focus is to prepare doctors to |
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| 22 | 22 | | serve in the state's underserved communities; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, The university is home to five nationally funded |
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| 24 | 24 | | research centers and 25 university research centers and |
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| 25 | 25 | | institutes, and had $177.7 million in research expenditures last |
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| 26 | 26 | | year, mainly in the critical areas of cyber and national |
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| 27 | 27 | | security, drug discovery and development, sustainable |
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| 28 | 28 | | communities and infrastructure, and accessible health care; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, For more than nine decades, the University of |
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| 30 | 30 | | Houston has contributed significantly to creating generation |
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| 31 | 31 | | after generation of productive and responsible citizens; now, |
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| 32 | 32 | | therefore, be it |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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| 34 | 34 | | Legislature, hereby recognize February 12, 2019, as University |
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| 35 | 35 | | of Houston Day at the State Capitol and extend to all |
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| 36 | 36 | | participants sincere best wishes for an informative and |
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| 37 | 37 | | enjoyable visit. |
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| 38 | 38 | | Miles |
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| 39 | 39 | | ________________________________ |
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| 40 | 40 | | President of the Senate |
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| 41 | 41 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 42 | 42 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 43 | 43 | | the Senate on February 12, 2019. |
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| 44 | 44 | | ________________________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 46 | 46 | | ________________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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