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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 185
2	2	WHEREAS, Dr. Diana Natalicio announced her retirement as
3	3	president of The University of Texas at El Paso in May of 2018,
4	4	and as she prepares to conclude her remarkable three-decade
5	5	tenure in office, it is indeed fitting to recognize her
6	6	exceptional accomplishments; and
7	7	WHEREAS, Dr. Natalicio joined the university's faculty as
8	8	an assistant professor of linguistics in 1971; she rose to become
9	9	chair of the modern languages department, dean of the College of
10	10	Liberal Arts, and vice president of Academic Affairs before her
11	11	appointment as president in 1988; and
12	12	WHEREAS, Committed to expanding access to higher
13	13	education, Dr. Natalicio has skillfully guided the growth of
14	14	enrollment from 15,000 to more than 25,000; the school's
15	15	demographics now reflect those of the predominantly Hispanic
16	16	Paso del Norte region, and many students are the first in their
17	17	families to attend college; over the past 30 years, the
18	18	university's budget has increased from $65 million to more than
19	19	$500 million; and
20	20	WHEREAS, Dr. Natalicio has also focused on improving the
21	21	quality and breadth of academics and research; when she took the
22	22	helm, the university had a single doctoral program; today, it
23	23	offers 22 doctoral programs, and the institution's reputation
24	24	for excellence has helped capture significant research funding,
25	25	including more than $94 million annually from such agencies as
26	26	the United States Department of Energy, the National Endowment
27	27	for the Humanities, and the Environmental Protection Agency; the
28	28	university has designated nearly $400 million to build and
29	29	renovate facilities for science, engineering, and health
30	30	sciences, as well as for infrastructure related to student
31	31	quality of life; in 2018, the institution launched a new
32	32	binational academic partnership with a leading research
33	33	institution in Mexico, the Universidad Tecnológica de Ciudad
34	34	Juárez; and
35	35	WHEREAS, An acclaimed leader in higher education,
36	36	Dr. Natalicio was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the
37	37	National Science Board and by President George H. W. Bush to the
38	38	Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic
39	39	Americans; she has served on the boards of the Hispanic
40	40	Scholarship Fund, the Rockefeller Foundation, Trinity
41	41	Industries, Sandia Corporation, the United States-Mexico
42	42	Foundation for Science, and the American Council on Education; in
43	43	2017, she was named one of Fortune magazine's Top 50 World
44	44	Leaders, and the previous year, Time magazine ranked her among
45	45	the 100 Most Influential People in the World; her other honors
46	46	include the Academic Leadership Award from the Carnegie
47	47	Corporation of New York and the Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca,
48	48	the highest recognition Mexico accords foreign nationals; she
49	49	holds a bachelor's degree from Saint Louis University and both a
50	50	master's degree in Portuguese and a doctoral degree in
51	51	linguistics from The University of Texas at Austin; and
52	52	WHEREAS, Diana Natalicio has elevated the national
53	53	profile of The University of Texas at El Paso while making the
54	54	university more responsive to the needs of residents of the
55	55	Paso del Norte region, and her tremendous contributions to
56	56	higher education will continue to resonate for decades to
57	57	come; now, therefore, be it
58	58	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th
59	59	Legislature, hereby commend Dr. Diana Natalicio for her
60	60	exemplary service as president of The University of Texas at El
61	61	Paso and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be
62	62	it further
63	63	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
64	64	Dr. Natalicio as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate.
65	65	Rodríguez
66	66	________________________________
67	67	President of the Senate
68	68	I hereby certify that the
69	69	above Resolution was adopted by
70	70	the Senate on February 13, 2019.
71	71	________________________________
72	72	Secretary of the Senate
73	73	________________________________
74	74	Member, Texas Senate