TITLE: Congratulating George Ann Voss on her receipt of a Superstar Award from the Student Support Services--STEM program at Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi.

SUMMARY: Congratulating George Ann Voss on her receipt of a Superstar Award from the Student Support Services--STEM program at Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi.

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WHEREAS, George Ann Voss has been presented with a Superstar Award from the Student Support Services--STEM program at Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi; and WHEREAS, SSS-STEM is part of the university's Programs for Academic Student Support (PASS) initiative, which furthers the goals of TAMU--CC by providing resources to low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students; in receiving a Superstar Award, Ms. Voss was recognized for helping other students, demonstrating exceptional leadership, and participating in a variety of campus and program activities; and WHEREAS, A native of San Antonio, Ms. Voss received an associate degree in liberal arts from San Antonio College; she is currently a senior at TAMU--CC and will graduate with a bachelor's degree in nursing in May 2017; she is also an ROTC cadet and serves as a mentor for her fellow ROTC nursing students; moreover, she has helped lead two nursing classes at TAMU--CC as a student instructor, and she holds membership in the Golden Key International Honour Society and the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing; this outstanding young Texan has earned admission to the Washington State University Doctor of Nursing Practice--Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program, and in August 2017, she will be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps; and WHEREAS, George Ann Voss is indeed deserving of this prestigious honor, and she may look forward to a future bright with promise; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate George Ann Voss on her receipt of an SSS-STEM Superstar Award and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Ms. Voss as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Herrero Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2137 was adopted by the House on May 25, 2017, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House