Bill Text: TX HR1796 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Laiza Hernandez-Legaspi on receiving a 2023 Top Ten Seniors Award from the UTEP Alumni Association.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-26 - Reported enrolled [HR1796 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1796-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1796 | ||
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| WHEREAS, An exemplary student received well-deserved | ||
| recognition when Laiza Hernandez-Legaspi was named a University of | ||
| Texas at El Paso Top Ten Senior for 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Presented by the UTEP Alumni Association, the award | ||
| recognizes the university's most promising graduating or recently | ||
| graduated seniors; honorees are chosen on the basis of multiple | ||
| criteria, including academic achievement, involvement, leadership, | ||
| and service, both in the community and on campus; and | ||
| WHEREAS, While studying biological sciences at UTEP, | ||
| Ms. Hernandez-Legaspi participated in the student organization | ||
| Future Educators of Math and Science; she also served as a tutor and | ||
| mentor at Bowie High School and with such community organizations | ||
| as Insights El Paso; committed to promoting STEAM (Science, | ||
| Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) learning, she went on to | ||
| be accepted to the ADP Math and Science Teachers Academy, the Robert | ||
| Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, and UTEP's Tech-E; in the | ||
| future, she plans to earn master's and doctoral degrees in STEAM | ||
| education and to teach science in El Paso; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through the dedication she has demonstrated in all | ||
| her endeavors, Laiza Hernandez-Legaspi has built a strong | ||
| foundation for continued achievement, and she is indeed deserving | ||
| of this prestigious accolade; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Laiza Hernandez-Legaspi on her | ||
| receipt of a 2023 Top Ten Seniors Award from the UTEP Alumni | ||
| Association and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Hernandez-Legaspi as an expression of high regard | ||
| by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Ortega | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1796 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 25, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
