| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 358 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, A delegation from Angelo State University is |
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| 6 | 6 | | visiting Austin on March 21, 2023, in celebration of Angelo State |
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| 7 | 7 | | University Day at the State Capitol; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Founded as San Angelo Junior College, ASU opened its |
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| 9 | 9 | | doors in 1928 with an initial enrollment of 112 students, and its |
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| 10 | 10 | | first graduating class consisted of six students; in the 1930s, the |
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| 11 | 11 | | school changed its name to San Angelo College, and it evolved into a |
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| 12 | 12 | | four-year, state-supported university during the 1960s; the school |
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| 13 | 13 | | adopted the name Angelo State College in 1965 and Angelo State |
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| 14 | 14 | | University in 1969; it was part of the Texas State University System |
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| 15 | 15 | | from 1963 to 2007, when it joined the Texas Tech University System; |
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| 16 | 16 | | and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Today, ASU serves more than 10,500 students and |
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| 18 | 18 | | employs some 900 faculty and staff members, who benefit from the |
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| 19 | 19 | | able leadership of President Ronnie D. Hawkins Jr.; it offers a wide |
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| 20 | 20 | | range of undergraduate and graduate programs with more than 100 |
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| 21 | 21 | | majors and concentrations, including an essential and rapidly |
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| 22 | 22 | | expanding commercial aviation program, across its six colleges, |
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| 23 | 23 | | which encompass health and human services, arts and humanities, |
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| 24 | 24 | | education, science and engineering, business, and graduate studies |
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| 25 | 25 | | and research; in addition, the school established the ASU |
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| 26 | 26 | | Distinguished Scholarship Program, which is funded by one of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | largest endowments at a U.S. regional university; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Among its many achievements, ASU has been ranked as |
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| 29 | 29 | | one of the nation's best colleges by The Princeton Review every year |
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| 30 | 30 | | since 2010; it has also been named a Hispanic-Serving Institution |
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| 31 | 31 | | by the U.S. Department of Education and a Military Friendly School |
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| 32 | 32 | | by G.I.Jobs magazine; ASU has more than 49,000 alumni around the |
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| 33 | 33 | | globe; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, For almost nine and a half decades, Angelo State |
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| 35 | 35 | | University has played an important role in higher education in the |
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| 36 | 36 | | Lone Star State, and its graduates continue to achieve success and |
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| 37 | 37 | | make significant contributions in numerous fields of endeavor; now, |
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| 38 | 38 | | therefore, be it |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 40 | 40 | | Legislature hereby recognize March 21, 2023, as Angelo State |
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| 41 | 41 | | University Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the |
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| 42 | 42 | | school's visiting delegation. |
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| 43 | 43 | | Darby |
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| 44 | 44 | | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 46 | 46 | | I certify that H.R. No. 358 was adopted by the House on March |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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| 48 | 48 | | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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