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Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D., and Component University Presidents Testify Before Texas House Committees

March 10, 2021 | Contact: Scott Lacefield

Â鶹ÌìÀǸ±ÀûÔº Chancellor , and component university presidents spent the first week of March testifying before elected officials of the Texas House of Representatives and committee members of the House Appropriations Sub-Committee on Education and House Higher Education Committee.

(TTU) President and (ASU) President joined Mitchell testifying in front of the House Appropriations Sub-Committee on Education on March 3.

(Â鶹ÌìÀǸ±ÀûÔº) President and (Â鶹ÌìÀǸ±ÀûÔº El Paso) President , delivered their testimonies before the House Appropriations Sub-Committee on Education the following day (March 4).

Mitchell, who presented his testimony in-person at the Capitol both days, completed his trip to Austin with testimony before the House Higher Education Committee on March 4.

• Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D., Chancellor, TTU System (19:00-32:30)
• Lawrence Schovanec, Ph.D., President, TTU (32:45-42:07)
• Ronnie D. Hawkins Jr., President, ASU (42:10-52:25)

• Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D., Chancellor, TTU System (1:11:19-1:24:01)

• Lori Rice-Spearman, Ph.D., Â鶹ÌìÀǸ±ÀûÔº (3:33:05-3:40:33)
• Richard Lange, M.D., President, Â鶹ÌìÀǸ±ÀûÔº El Paso (3:40:36-3:46:55)

About the Â鶹ÌìÀǸ±ÀûÔº 
Established in 1996 and headquartered in Lubbock, Texas, the is a $2 billion higher education enterprise focused on advancing higher education, health care, research and community outreach. Consisting of four universities – , ,  and – the TTU System collectively has approximately 57,000 students, in 18 cities (16 in Texas, 2 internationally), more than 300,000 alumni and an endowment valued at over $1.3 billion.

During the 86th Texas Legislature under the leadership of Chancellor , M.D., legislative funding and authority was provided to establish a new Texas Tech University veterinary school in Amarillo and a new dental school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. This will be the state’s first veterinary school in more than a century and first dental school in over 50 years. The addition of these two schools makes the Â鶹ÌìÀǸ±ÀûÔº one of only nine in the nation to offer programs for undergraduate, medical, law, nursing, pharmacy, dental and veterinary education, among other academic areas.

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