SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 141
	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
	recognize Dr. Isabel Baca, who has been honored with a 2017
	Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award by The University of Texas
	Board of Regents; and
	WHEREAS, Established in 2008, the Regents' Outstanding
	Teaching Awards recognize faculty members in The University of
	Texas System who have demonstrated extraordinary classroom
	performance and innovation in undergraduate instruction; and
	WHEREAS, Dr. Baca is an associate professor of English at
	The University of Texas at El Paso, where she serves as an
	instructor in the Rhetoric and Writing Studies Program and as the
	director of the Undergraduate Bilingual Professional Writing
	certificate program; and
	WHEREAS, Her bicultural upbringing helped shape her
	professional interests, and she has built a rewarding career with
	a focus on community writing, bilingual professional writing,
	and service learning; and
	WHEREAS, Dr. Baca is a community-engaged scholar who has
	worked with more than 25 area nonprofits through her work at the
	university; these partnerships enable students to apply their
	knowledge in beneficial real-world settings as writers,
	translators, researchers, website developers, and social media
	platform developers; and
	WHEREAS, A highly respected mentor and academic, Dr. Baca
	regularly presents at the Conference on College Composition and
	Communication, and she has received numerous accolades for
	excellence in her profession; she is truly deserving of recognition
	for her exemplary accomplishments; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th
	Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commend Dr. Isabel Baca for
	her outstanding contributions to higher education and congratulate
	her on receiving a 2017 Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award; and,
	be it further
	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
	her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.
	Rodríguez
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		President of the Senate
		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on August 14, 2017.
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		Secretary of the Senate
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		Member, Texas Senate