TITLE: Recognizing February 25, 2013, as Texas Southern University Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing February 25, 2013, as Texas Southern University Day at the State Capitol.

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WHEREAS, A number of proud Texans are visiting Austin on February 25, 2013, to celebrate Texas Southern University Day at the State Capitol; and WHEREAS, Founded in 1927, with a loan from the Houston Public School Board, Texas Southern University opened its doors as Houston Colored Junior College; the school was highly successful and enrollment grew quickly, leading to its transition to a four-year institution in 1934, with a graduate program added in 1943; the Texas Legislature appropriated $2 million in 1947 to buy the campus of what was then Houston College for Negroes in order to create a new state-supported university, and four years later the school assumed the name Texas Southern University; and WHEREAS, Today, Texas Southern is one of the largest of the historically black colleges and universities in the United States; located in Houston's Third Ward, it enrolls more than 9,500 students from throughout the country and around the world, and it employs nearly 1,300 faculty and staff; it is composed of 10 schools and colleges that offer 45 baccalaureate academic majors, as well as 29 master's degree programs, 8 doctorate programs, and a J.D. law program; and WHEREAS, Texas Southern University is committed to serving students of diverse cultural, religious, educational, and economic backgrounds and to preparing them for future leadership roles; the university trains the majority of African American lawyers in Houston and African American teachers in the Houston Independent School District, and it has historically graduated more than 27 percent of the African American pharmacists in the United States; in addition, the university's Thurgood Marshall School of Law has been recognized by U.S.News & World Report as the most diverse law school in the nation; and WHEREAS, Throughout its history, Texas Southern University has provided its students with a solid foundation for achievement, and it has been a powerful force for social progress and economic development in the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby recognize February 25, 2013, as Texas Southern University Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those associated with this notable institution sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Texas Southern University as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Coleman 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 Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 576 was adopted by the House on February 25, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House