Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Alamo Colleges District.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. RES. 1242 Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Alamo Colleges District. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOVEMBER 30, 2020 Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. HURD of Texas, and Mr. ROY) submitted the following resolution; which was re- ferred to the Committee on Education and Labor RESOLUTION Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Alamo Colleges District. Whereas the Alamo Colleges District is comprised of a family of five colleges and eight regional and neighborhood training centers across the greater Bexar County region; Whereas the Alamo Colleges District is celebrating 75 years of providing excellence in education to hundreds of thou- sands of community residents; Whereas the rich history of achievement and growth for the Alamo Colleges District began with the founding of St. Philip’s College as a sewing school for daughters and granddaughters of emancipated slaves in 1898, followed by becoming a formal junior college in 1927 as the only college open to San Antonio’s Black residents; VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:51 Dec 01, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR1242.IH HR1242 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 1242 IH Whereas, in 1925, San Antonio College was founded as Uni- versity Junior College under the University of Texas at Austin; Whereas, in 1945, St. Philip’s College and San Antonio Col- lege formed the San Antonio Union Junior College Dis- trict (SAUJCD) becoming the first public, State-sup- ported institutions of higher education in the region, of- fering an alternative to private universities, especially for the underserved populations in the region; Whereas, after the end of legalized segregation in 1955, San Antonio College and St. Philip’s College each admitted Black and White students; Whereas, in 1982, the SAUJCD changed its name to the Alamo Community College District; Whereas Palo Alto College was chartered in 1983 and began classes in 1985; Whereas Northwest Vista College was formed and began classes in 1995 with the opening of its first building in 1998; Whereas tracing its history back to 1996 when classes were offered as part of the Northeast Learning Center, North- east Lakeview College was officially established in 2007 and opened its permanent campus on Kitty Hawk in 2008; Whereas the Alamo Colleges District holds the distinction of having four of our colleges designated as Hispanic-Serv- ing Institutions (HSI) and one college, St. Philip’s Col- lege, serving as both an HSI and Historically Black Col- lege and University (HBCU)—the only one in the United States with this designation; VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:51 Dec 01, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR1242.IH HR1242 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 1242 IH Whereas Northwest Vista College, Palo Alto College, St. Phil- ip’s College, and San Antonio College have been named in the top 150 of community colleges in the Nation by the Aspen Institute, with Palo Alto College and San An- tonio College recently named in the top 10; Whereas, in 2018, the Alamo Colleges District was recog- nized with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the Nation’s highest Presidential honor for performance excellence through innovation, improvement, and vision- ary leadership; Whereas the Alamo Colleges District has created the AlamoPROMISE program to provide last-dollar scholar- ships to eligible graduating seniors to make college more accessible; Whereas the Alamo Colleges District has provided strong, employer-informed workforce training programs for area residents leading to expanded partnerships at a local, State, and Federal level; Whereas the Alamo Colleges District was created by the com- munity, who saw the need for an affordable college edu- cation option for all residents and voted to create the dis- trict, allowing for 75 years of growth and expansion to provide economic and social mobility for residents; and Whereas the Alamo Colleges District will continue to em- power our diverse communities for success and economic prosperity for the region: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog- 1 nizes and celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Alamo 2 Colleges District. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:51 Dec 01, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR1242.IH HR1242 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS