SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 320
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 experienced impressive 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 music venue The Clarion 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 and
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 members 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 Senate of the State of Texas, 86th
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 a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
Brazosport College as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.
Huffman
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on March 5, 2019.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate