| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 346 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Over the course of a century, Midwestern State |
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| 6 | 6 | | University in Wichita Falls has distinguished itself as an |
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| 7 | 7 | | outstanding educational resource in North Texas; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Established as Wichita Falls Junior College in 1922, |
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| 9 | 9 | | the school was the second municipal junior college in Texas, and it |
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| 10 | 10 | | shared its building and faculty with Wichita Falls High School; in |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1937, the school was renamed Hardin Junior College in honor of |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. and Mrs. John G. Hardin, and the Hardin Building, a striking |
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| 13 | 13 | | Lombard-Romanesque edifice with a bell tower, became the |
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| 14 | 14 | | centerpiece of a new 40-acre campus; during World War II, the |
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| 15 | 15 | | college began an affiliation with nearby Sheppard Air Force Base |
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| 16 | 16 | | that continues to this day; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, After the war, the school added a senior division |
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| 18 | 18 | | and became Hardin College; in 1950, the school was renamed |
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| 19 | 19 | | Midwestern University, and in 1959, a graduate school was |
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| 20 | 20 | | established; by an act of the 56th Texas Legislature, the |
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| 21 | 21 | | university dissolved the junior college division and joined the |
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| 22 | 22 | | Texas Colleges and Universities System in 1961, and in 1975, its |
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| 23 | 23 | | name was changed to Midwestern State University; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Today, MSU Texas is a dynamic institution of higher |
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| 25 | 25 | | learning with 70 buildings on a 255-acre campus, and its diverse |
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| 26 | 26 | | population of nearly 5,800 students takes advantage of bachelor's |
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| 27 | 27 | | and master's degree programs in the school's six colleges and |
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| 28 | 28 | | graduate school; in May 2019, the school dedicated its new, |
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| 29 | 29 | | state-of-the-art health sciences facility as Centennial Hall in |
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| 30 | 30 | | honor of its 100th anniversary, and in January 2021, the university |
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| 31 | 31 | | welcomed its first doctoral students in educational leadership; in |
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| 32 | 32 | | September of that same year, MSU Texas became the fifth campus to |
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| 33 | 33 | | become part of the Texas Tech University System; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, Since its founding a century ago, Midwestern State |
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| 35 | 35 | | University has provided generations of Texans with a strong |
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| 36 | 36 | | foundation for achievement, and as the university celebrates its |
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| 37 | 37 | | milestone anniversary, its students, faculty, staff, and alumni may |
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| 38 | 38 | | take great pride in their rich history while looking forward to an |
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| 39 | 39 | | exciting future; now, therefore, be it |
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| 40 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 41 | 41 | | Legislature hereby commemorate the centennial of Midwestern State |
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| 42 | 42 | | University and extend to all those associated with the school |
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| 43 | 43 | | sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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| 44 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 45 | 45 | | prepared for the university as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 46 | 46 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 47 | 47 | | Frank |
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| 48 | 48 | | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 50 | 50 | | I certify that H.R. No. 346 was adopted by the House on |
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| 51 | 51 | | February 28, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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| 52 | 52 | | ______________________________ |
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| 53 | 53 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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