TITLE: Recognizing March 3, 2011, as Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education Day.

SUMMARY: Recognizing March 3, 2011, as Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education Day.

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WHEREAS, Members of the Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education are gathering in Austin on March 3-5, 2011, for their annual state conference; and WHEREAS, Formed in 1973, the TABPHE works to foster the success and advancement of African American faculty, staff, and administrators in Texas colleges and universities; through the years, the association has served as an advocate for ethnic minorities in education and acted as a unified force in addressing new and recurring challenges in Texas postsecondary instruction; and WHEREAS, Today, the association has more than 1,000 members from all levels of higher education; it provides these esteemed Texans with an opportunity to contribute their unique knowledge and experience to improving the state's educational system, and it fosters collaboration with organizations that share similar goals; and WHEREAS, Through a staunch commitment to its vital mission, the Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education has significantly improved the lives of countless citizens of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby recognize March 3, 2011, as Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education Day and extend to all the members of that organization sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the TABPHE as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Turner Dukes Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr. Allen Gooden Murphy Alonzo Guillen Naishtat Alvarado Gutierrez Nash Anchia Hamilton Oliveira Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto Aycock Harless Parker Beck Harper-Brown Patrick Berman Hartnett Paxton Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena Bonnen Hilderbran Perry Branch Hochberg Phillips Brown Hopson Pickett Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts Burnam Howard of Travis Price Button Huberty Quintanilla Cain Hughes Raymond Callegari Hunter Reynolds Carter Isaac Riddle Castro Jackson Ritter Chisum Johnson Rodriguez Christian Keffer Schwertner Coleman King of Parker Scott Cook King of Taylor Sheets Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons Deshotel Lavender Strama Driver Legler Taylor of Collin Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston Dutton Lozano Thompson Eiland Lucio III Torres Eissler Lyne Truitt Elkins Madden Turner Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farrar Margo Villarreal Fletcher Marquez Vo Flynn Martinez Walle Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber Gallego McClendon White Garza Menendez Woolley Geren Miles Workman Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 382 was adopted by the House on March 3, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House