Texas SR 232: Recognizing February 27, 2019, as United Way's Community Day.

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89(R) SR 232 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  

  

   

 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 232

   

        WHEREAS, Distinguished representatives of the Texas Tech 

  

 University System are gathering at the State Capitol on March 12, 

  

 2025, to celebrate the system's vital role in the Lone Star 

  

 State; and

  

        WHEREAS, The Texas Tech University System, governed by a 

  

 nine-member board of regents and led by its chancellor, Dr. Tedd 

  

 L. Mitchell, consists of Texas Tech University, Texas Tech 

  

 University Health Sciences Center, Angelo State University, 

  

 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, and 

  

 Midwestern State University; the system is a more than $3 billion 

  

 enterprise that currently educates over 64,000 students, 

  

 conducts research that results in more than $228 million in 

  

 annual expenditures, and boasts over 400,000 alumni; the system 

  

 has a $3 billion endowment and employs approximately 21,000 

  

 employees who are dedicated to advancing higher education, 

  

 health care, research, and outreach across the state; and

  

        WHEREAS, Established more than a century ago, Texas Tech 

  

 University, the flagship institution of the Texas Tech 

  

 University System, is a major comprehensive research university 

  

 led by its president, Dr. Lawrence Schovanec; enrolling over 

  

 40,000 students across 10 colleges and 3 schools, the university 

  

 has set fall enrollment records for nearly two decades; this 

  

 year, the inaugural class of students will graduate from the 

  

 Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine, providing 

  

 trained veterinarians to rural communities where they are needed 

  

 most; in striving to become one of the nation's premier research 

  

 institutions, the university has increased its total research 

  

 expenditures by 50 percent in the past decade; among its many 

  

 achievements, the university earned the Very High Research 

  

 Activity designation from the Carnegie Classification of 

  

 Institutions of Higher Education, and it is one of only 135 

  

 public research institutions in the nation to achieve Tier One 

  

 status; and

  

        WHEREAS, In its 56-year history, Texas Tech University 

  

 Health Sciences Center has grown from a school of medicine into a 

  

 comprehensive health-related institution encompassing six 

  

 schools, which have trained more than 42,000 health care 

  

 professionals and enrolled over 5,000 students; the institution 

  

 benefits from the able leadership of its president, Dr. Lori 

  

 Rice-Spearman, and it produces about 24 percent of all degrees 

  

 and certificates awarded by health-related institutions in the 

  

 state; in addition, the center serves as a vital health care 

  

 resource for more than 10 million people across a vast 121-county 

  

 area; committed to addressing critical health disparities, the 

  

 university is at the forefront of rural health innovation, 

  

 facilitated by the Division of Rural Affairs; with more than $233 

  

 million in research expenditures over the past five years, the 

  

 university is advancing studies in aging, cancer, reproduction, 

  

 parasitology, and brain diseases; and

  

        WHEREAS, Angelo State University joined the Texas Tech 

  

 University System in 2007, and under the guidance of President 

  

 Ronnie D. Hawkins Jr., it currently enrolls over 11,500 students 

  

 across more than 100 majors and concentrations; the university 

  

 was one of the first in Texas to offer a degree in cyber defense 

  

 certified by the National Security Agency; its award-winning 

  

 Regional Security Operations Center, the first in the state, has 

  

 become a nationwide model for public-private collaborative 

  

 cybersecurity programs; Angelo State University has also become 

  

 a nationally recognized leader in security studies, nursing, 

  

 education, and social work, while its newest undergraduate 

  

 degree program in commercial aviation is gaining prominence 

  

 across the country; notably, more than 80 percent of students 

  

 receive some type of financial aid, allowing many to graduate 

  

 with little to no debt; the university has been named to The 

  

 Princeton Review's "Best Colleges" list every year since 2010; 

  

 and