TITLE: Recognizing February 23, 2015, as University of Houston System Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing February 23, 2015, as University of Houston System Day at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, February 23, 2015, is University of Houston System Day at the State Capitol, and the occasion provides a fitting opportunity to recognize all those associated with the institutions that are part of this notable system; and WHEREAS, The University of Houston System is composed of the University of Houston, the University of Houston-Clear Lake, the University of Houston-Downtown, and the University of Houston-Victoria, and off-campus teaching centers UH-Sugar Land, UHS-Cinco Ranch, UHCL-Pearland, UHS-Northwest, and UHS-Texas Medical Center; with a current enrollment of over 68,000 students in Southeast Texas and the Coastal Bend region, UH System components are meeting higher education needs in an area that is home to a quarter of the state's population and that generates nearly a third of the state's gross product; and WHEREAS, More than 345,000 students have graduated from the four UH System universities, and a great majority of them remain in Texas to live and work, thereby adding to the economic and social vitality of the state, and the regional economic impact of the system itself is over $3 billion annually; and WHEREAS, Today, the system benefits from the able leadership of chancellor and University of Houston president Renu Khator, University of Houston-Clear Lake president William A. Staples, University of Houston-Downtown president William V. Flores, and University of Houston-Victoria interim president Raymond Victor Morgan Jr.; and WHEREAS, Throughout its history, the University of Houston System has provided students with an outstanding education and a strong foundation for the future, and in so doing, it has played a pivotal role in the prosperity of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby recognize February 23, 2015, as University of Houston System Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to all those from the UH System who are visiting here today. Coleman Straus Guerra Otto Allen Guillen Paddie Alonzo Gutierrez Parker Alvarado Harless Paul Anchia Hernandez Pe a Anderson of Dallas Herrero Phelan Anderson of McLennan Howard Phillips Ashby Huberty Pickett Aycock Hughes Price Bell Hunter Raney Blanco Isaac Raymond Bohac Israel Reynolds Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Riddle Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rinaldi Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Burns Keough Rodriguez of Travis Burrows King of Hemphill Romero, Jr. Button King of Parker Rose Canales King of Taylor Sanford Capriglione King of Uvalde Schaefer Clardy Klick Schofield Coleman Koop Shaheen Collier Krause Sheets Cook Kuempel Sheffield Craddick Landgraf Simmons Crownover Larson Simpson Dale Laubenberg Smith Darby Leach Smithee Davis of Dallas Longoria Spitzer Davis of Harris Lozano Springer Deshotel Lucio III Stephenson Dukes M rquez Stickland Dutton Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Elkins Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Faircloth McClendon Tinderholt Fallon Men ndez Turner of Collin Farias Metcalf Turner of Harris Farney Meyer Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles VanDeaver Fletcher Miller of Comal Villalba Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White of Bell Galindo Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Geren Murphy Workman Giddings Murr Wray Goldman Naishtat Wu Gonzales Nev rez Zedler Gonz lez Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 583 was adopted by the House on February 23, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House