Bill Text: TX SR133 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Recognizing February 9, 2023, as St. Edward's University Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-08 - Reported enrolled [SR133 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR133-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Recognizing February 9, 2023, as St. Edward's University Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-08 - Reported enrolled [SR133 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR133-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Representatives and alumni from St. Edward's | ||
University in Austin are gathering at the State Capitol on | ||
February 9, 2023, to commemorate St. Edward's University Day; and | ||
WHEREAS, St. Edward's University is a private, liberal | ||
arts institution founded in the Catholic and Holy Cross | ||
tradition, and it currently serves approximately 3,600 students | ||
in over 55 undergraduate and graduate degree programs; committed | ||
to providing a highly personalized academic environment in which | ||
students can deepen their knowledge with experiential learning, | ||
the university has thrived as a diverse and highly collaborative | ||
community and has excelled at producing well-rounded scholars as | ||
well as exceptional leaders, innovators, and justice-minded | ||
thinkers who use their talents to help shape the world for the | ||
better; for 20 consecutive years, St. Edward's has been | ||
recognized as one of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S. News & | ||
World Report, which has additionally listed it among the 10 Best | ||
Regional Universities in the West for four years in a row; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2021, St. Edward's named its first Hispanic | ||
president, Dr. Montserrat Fuentes, to lead the institution; | ||
under Dr. Fuentes's guidance, St. Edward's is advancing a bold | ||
and visionary strategic plan focused on expanding academic | ||
programs to meet local and statewide workforce needs, connecting | ||
graduates with careers, investing in ways to give back to the | ||
community, and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion; as a | ||
Hispanic Serving Institution, St. Edward's takes pride in a | ||
student body that is more than 50 percent Hispanic, and over a | ||
third of its students are the first in their families to attend | ||
college; at 50 years of service, its College Assistance Migrant | ||
Program has earned the distinction of being the longest | ||
continuously running CAMP program in the nation; and | ||
WHEREAS, Throughout its history, St. Edward's graduates | ||
have embodied the university's mission by courageously taking | ||
risks and confronting the critical issues facing our great state | ||
to bring about positive change, and it is a privilege to honor | ||
this outstanding institution; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby recognize February 9, 2023, as St. Edward's | ||
University Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those | ||
associated with the university sincere best wishes for continued | ||
success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for St. Edward's as an expression of high regard from | ||
the Texas Senate. | ||
Zaffirini | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on February 8, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |