TITLE: Commending Baylor University on the occasion of Baylor Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Commending Baylor University on the occasion of Baylor Day at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is pleased to join Texans across the state in celebrating March 30, 2015, as Baylor Day at the Capitol; and WHEREAS, Baylor University was established February 1, 1845, by an act of the Congress of the Republic of Texas; it is the oldest continually operating university in the state; and WHEREAS, This private Christian university and nationally ranked research institution provides a vibrant campus community to more than 15,000 students; it offers 141 undergraduate degrees, 75 graduate degrees, 37 doctoral degrees, and a juris doctor in addition to a wide array of preprofessional tracks and specialized academic opportunities; and WHEREAS, Baylor University is also home to a variety of exceptional athletic programs; its football team recently won the school's first outright conference championship since 1980, and the women's basketball team continued its dominance with its fourth consecutive sweep of regular-season and conference tournament titles; and WHEREAS, The university produced the top graduate success rate score in the Big 12 Conference in the 2013-2014 academic year; a school-record 213 Baylor University student-athletes were selected to Academic All-Big 12 teams, and a school-record 678 students were named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll; and WHEREAS, The school's interdisciplinary research and a faculty committed to teaching and scholarship have served to create an institution with an international reputation for educational excellence; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby commend Baylor University on its commitment to educating men and women for worldwide leadership and service and extend to its students, faculty, and staff best wishes for a memorable Baylor Day at the Capitol; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the university as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Anderson of McLennan Straus Gonz lez Paddie Allen Guerra Parker Alonzo Guillen Paul Alvarado Gutierrez Pe a Anchia Harless Phelan Anderson of Dallas Hernandez Phillips Anderson of McLennan Herrero Pickett Ashby Howard Price Aycock Huberty Raney Bell Hughes Raymond Bernal Hunter Reynolds Blanco Isaac Riddle Bohac Israel Rinaldi Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Rodriguez of Bexar Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rodriguez of Travis Burkett Keffer Romero, Jr. Burns Keough Rose Burrows King of Hemphill Sanford Button King of Parker Schaefer Canales King of Taylor Schofield Capriglione King of Uvalde Schubert Clardy Klick Shaheen Coleman Koop Sheets Collier Krause Sheffield Cook Kuempel Simmons Craddick Landgraf Simpson Crownover Larson Smith Cyrier Laubenberg Smithee Dale Leach Spitzer Darby Longoria Springer Davis of Dallas Lozano Stephenson Davis of Harris Lucio III Stickland Deshotel M rquez Thompson of Brazoria Dukes Martinez Thompson of Harris Dutton Martinez Fischer Tinderholt Elkins McClendon Turner of Collin Faircloth Metcalf Turner of Harris Fallon Meyer Turner of Tarrant Farias Miles VanDeaver Farney Miller of Comal Villalba Farrar Miller of Fort Bend Vo Fletcher Moody Walle Flynn Morrison White of Bell Frank Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Frullo Murphy Workman Galindo Murr Wray Geren Naishtat Wu Giddings Nev rez Zedler Goldman Oliveira Zerwas Gonzales Otto Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1601 was adopted by the House on March 30, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House