Bill Text: TX HR1124 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Manuel M. Vela on being named vice president and chief operating officer of the Texas A&M University Higher Education Center at McAllen.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1124 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1124-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1124 |
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WHEREAS, Manuel M. Vela has been named vice president and | ||
chief operating officer of the Texas A&M University Higher | ||
Education Center at McAllen; and | ||
WHEREAS, Now in its fifth year of operation, the Higher | ||
Education Center at McAllen offers undergraduate programs in | ||
agriculture economics, biomedical sciences, construction sciences, | ||
education, human resource development, engineering, maritime | ||
business administration, and public health; and | ||
WHEREAS, As vice president and chief operating officer, Manny | ||
Vela will oversee the university's efforts to develop the Higher | ||
Education Center's infrastructure, increase its academic | ||
offerings, and double its enrollment over the next five years; | ||
moreover, he will help direct the Colonias Program, which focuses | ||
on improving quality of life along the Texas-Mexico border; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Vela is currently president and chief executive | ||
officer of Valley Baptist Health System, which he previously served | ||
as senior vice president and chief legal officer; over the course of | ||
his tenure, he has played an instrumental role in a number of major | ||
corporate transactions, including the purchase of Brownsville | ||
Medical Center in 2004 and a joint venture with Vanguard Health | ||
Systems in 2011; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through his leadership, expertise, and commitment | ||
to excellence, Manny Vela has earned the respect and admiration of | ||
his colleagues and peers, and he may indeed reflect with pride on | ||
his accomplishments as he takes on the challenges and opportunities | ||
of his new position; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Manuel M. Vela on his selection as | ||
president and chief operating officer of the Texas A&M University | ||
Higher Education Center at McAllen and extend to him sincere best | ||
wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Vela as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Guerra | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1124 was adopted by the House on April | ||
28, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||