Bill Text: TX SR37 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing February 12, 2019, as Baylor Day.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-12 - Reported enrolled [SR37 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR37-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| join Texans across the state in celebrating February 12, 2019, as | ||
| Baylor Day at the Capitol; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Baylor University was established February 1, | ||
| 1845, by an act of the Congress of the Republic of Texas; it is | ||
| the oldest continually operating university in the state; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This private Christian university and nationally | ||
| ranked research institution provides a vibrant campus community | ||
| to some 17,000 students; it offers 128 undergraduate degrees, 77 | ||
| graduate degrees, 46 doctoral degrees, and a juris doctor in | ||
| addition to a wide array of preprofessional tracks and | ||
| specialized academic opportunities; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The university's combination of interdisciplinary | ||
| research and a faculty committed to teaching and scholarship has | ||
| served to create an institution with an international reputation | ||
| for educational excellence; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Baylor has launched an ambitious academic | ||
| strategic plan titled "Illuminate" that puts the university on a | ||
| path to become the state's next tier one research institution | ||
| while maintaining its historic Texas Baptist roots and focusing | ||
| on critical areas such as health, materials science, data | ||
| sciences, human flourishing and ethics, and Latin America; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Baylor University is also home to a variety of | ||
| exceptional athletic programs; its football team recently won | ||
| the 2018 Texas Bowl game, and the women's basketball team | ||
| continued its dominance with its eighth consecutive sweep of | ||
| regular season and conference tournament titles while reaching | ||
| the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament; in | ||
| addition, the acrobatics and tumbling team won its fourth | ||
| straight National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association | ||
| national title; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
| Legislature, hereby commend Baylor University on its commitment | ||
| to educating men and women for worldwide leadership and service | ||
| and extend to its students, faculty, and staff best wishes for a | ||
| memorable Baylor Day at the Capitol; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| the university as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Birdwell, Hancock, Hughes, | ||
| Paxton, Taylor, Watson | ||
| ____________________________________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ____________________________________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ____________________________________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on February 11, | ||
| 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
