TITLE: Recognizing February 20, 2013, as Texas Tech University System Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing February 20, 2013, as Texas Tech University System Day at the State Capitol.

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WHEREAS, Distinguished representatives of the Texas Tech University System are gathering at the State Capitol on February 20, 2013, to celebrate the system's vital role in the Lone Star State; and WHEREAS, The TTU System, governed by a nine-member board of regents and chancellor Kent Hance, consists of Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and Angelo State University; the system currently educates more than 43,500 students, employs some 17,000 faculty and staff members, and counts nearly 290,000 alumni; according to a 2012 report, the system generated a statewide economic impact of more than $7 billion in 2011; and WHEREAS, Looking to the future, the system has developed five strategic priorities, including improving access to education and promoting learning, strengthening the academic excellence of member institutions, expanding knowledge through research, serving its communities, and effectively managing its resources; and WHEREAS, Each component of the system provides innovative educational opportunities; Texas Tech University is a major comprehensive research university, led by interim president Dr. Lawrence Schovanec; enrolling more than 32,000 students in 11 colleges and 2 schools, TTU offers more than 100 undergraduate programs, over 100 master's programs, and nearly 60 doctoral programs, and it is among a select group of institutions to shelter a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; and WHEREAS, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is composed of the TTUHSC School of Medicine, the School of Allied Health Sciences, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Nursing, the School of Pharmacy, the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in El Paso, and the new Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing in El Paso, which admitted its first class in the fall of 2011; overseen by Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell, TTUHSC enrolls more than 4,300 students and boasts more than 16,000 alumni; and WHEREAS, Founded in 1928, Angelo State University enrolls nearly 6,900 students in five colleges and is directed by Dr. Brian J. May; ASU was the first university in the state to offer a degree in computer science, and the institution's physics department has been designated by Physics Today as one of the top undergraduate programs in the nation; and WHEREAS, The Texas Tech University System has provided generations of students with an outstanding education and a strong foundation for the future, and in so doing, it has contributed to the remarkable achievements of the state as a whole; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas hereby recognize February 20, 2013, as Texas Tech University System Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to all those from the TTU System who are visiting here today. Hilderbran Darby Perry Frullo N. Gonzalez of El Paso Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 49 was adopted by the House on February 20, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 49 was adopted by the Senate on February 20, 2013, by a viva-voce vote. Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: Date Governor