Bill Text: TX SR561 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing April 4, 2017, as Sul Ross State University Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-04-06 - Reported enrolled [SR561 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR561-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Faculty, students, staff, and alumni are | ||
| celebrating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Sul | ||
| Ross State University in April 2017; and | ||
| WHEREAS, On April 4, 1917, Governor James E. Ferguson | ||
| signed a bill of the 35th Texas Legislature that established a | ||
| teaching college in the Big Bend region of West Texas; the new | ||
| school was named for Lawrence Sullivan Ross, who served as | ||
| governor of Texas from 1887 to 1891 and as president of what is | ||
| now Texas A&M University from 1891 to 1898; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Sul Ross Normal College began operations on June | ||
| 14, 1920, in Alpine, where the residents provided the land, water, | ||
| and utilities for the college, as well as housing for its earliest | ||
| students; with the opening of the Museum of the Big Bend in the | ||
| 1930s, the institution quickly became a cultural and educational | ||
| center for the region; in 1948, it served as the birthplace of the | ||
| National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Sul Ross attained university status in 1969, and | ||
| in 1985, it joined with Southwest Texas Junior College to | ||
| establish upper-level and graduate study centers in Del Rio, | ||
| Uvalde, and Eagle Pass; another center was opened in Castroville | ||
| in 2015; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, Sul Ross is a well-respected regional | ||
| comprehensive university that boasts an average enrollment of | ||
| 2,000 students and offers 25 undergraduate and 22 graduate degree | ||
| programs; blessed with a learning environment that includes such | ||
| resources as Big Bend National Park, Fort Davis State Park, the | ||
| Rio Grande, and the Guadalupe Mountains, it is among the most | ||
| affordable public universities in Texas, and its gifted faculty | ||
| have made significant contributions in such disciplines as | ||
| natural resource management, history, theater, biology, and | ||
| geology; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Among the school's 29,000 graduates to date are | ||
| such notable alumni as baseball great Norm Cash, of the Detroit | ||
| Tigers; the actor Dan Blocker, a star of the television classic | ||
| Bonanza; Olympic volleyball athlete Marilyn Nolen; and former | ||
| Texas state representative and United States congressman Pete | ||
| Gallego; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For 100 years, this dynamic university has helped | ||
| thousands of Texans to achieve prosperous careers and fulfilling | ||
| lives by empowering them to take on the challenges and | ||
| opportunities that await them; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
| Legislature, hereby recognize April 4, 2017, as Sul Ross State | ||
| University Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those | ||
| associated with the school sincere best wishes for a memorable | ||
| and meaningful centennial celebration; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| Sul Ross State University as an expression of high regard from | ||
| the Texas Senate. | ||
| Uresti | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on April 6, 2017. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
