Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 55
2	2	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
3	3	recognize the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton in honor
4	4	of the 175th anniversary of the university's founding, which was
5	5	celebrated in 2020; and
6	6	WHEREAS, The university traces its roots to February 1,
7	7	1845, when the Republic of Texas approved the charter for the
8	8	first Baptist university west of the Mississippi; named Baylor
9	9	University, it was established in Independence with
10	10	coeducational classes and a collegiate preparatory department;
11	11	separate men's and women's departments were created in 1851, and
12	12	in 1886, the women's department relocated to Belton as Baylor
13	13	Female College; that same year, the men's department
14	14	consolidated with Waco University and retained the name Baylor
15	15	University; and
16	16	WHEREAS, The Belton campus was renamed Baylor College for
17	17	Women in 1925, Mary Hardin-Baylor College in 1934, and the
18	18	University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in 1978; the university's many
19	19	historical accomplishments include founding the first journalism
20	20	school in a college for women in the United States and becoming
21	21	the first Texas Baptist university to enjoy full membership in
22	22	the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; and
23	23	WHEREAS, Today, UMHB serves a diverse enrollment of more
24	24	than 3,900 students from 31 countries and offers a wide range of
25	25	undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs that include
26	26	business administration, education, fine arts, engineering,
27	27	nursing, pre-veterinary medicine, physical therapy, and Christian
28	28	studies; moreover, the university has invested over $135 million in
29	29	new campus facilities in recent years; and
30	30	WHEREAS, Students, faculty, and staff of the University of
31	31	Mary Hardin-Baylor may indeed take great pride in their
32	32	institution's long history of educational excellence and its
33	33	ongoing contributions to the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be
34	34	it
35	35	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th
36	36	Legislature, hereby commend the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
37	37	on its outstanding educational programs and extend sincere
38	38	congratulations to all those associated with the school on its
39	39	success; and, be it further
40	40	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in
41	41	honor of this exemplary institution.
42	42	Buckingham
43	43	________________________________
44	44	President of the Senate
45	45	I hereby certify that the
46	46	above Resolution was adopted by
47	47	the Senate on February 9, 2021.
48	48	________________________________
49	49	Secretary of the Senate
50	50	________________________________
51	51	Member, Texas Senate