[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 129 (Friday, September 2, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1537-E1538]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          A TRIBUTE TO HOWARD COLLEGE ON ITS 65TH ANNIVERSARY

                                 ______
                                 

                         HON. RANDY NEUGEBAUER

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 2, 2011

  Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Howard College on 
its 65th Anniversary. Howard College is a fine institution of higher 
education in West Texas that has been educating young people since 
September 30, 1946.

[[Page E1538]]

  The original Howard County Junior College District was created when 
residents of the county approved a ballot measure on November 17, 1945. 
That vote shows area residents had a vision for the future as they 
began to move beyond World War II, which had just ended a few months 
before.
  After a few years of operating in a converted hospital, the decision 
was made in 1951 to move the college to a new location consisting of 
120 acres where it could build a new campus in. Over the years, the Big 
Spring campus expanded and satellite campuses have now been added in 
the cities of Lamesa and San Angelo. Additionally, a campus for the 
hearing impaired, known as the Southwest Collegiate Institute for the 
Deaf, was opened in August of 1980.
  Howard College has also developed an exceptional athletics program 
over the years which offers team sports for students including 
baseball, softball, men's and women's basketball and a rodeo team. The 
accomplishments of these teams include the record setting 2009 Hawk 
Baseball team that had a record of 63-1 and won the 2009 JUCO World 
Championship and the Men's Hawk Basketball team won the NCJAA D1 
National Championship in 2010.
  Today, Howard College has a service area that includes 13 counties 
and 13,000 square miles. Students at Howard College can receive two-
year degrees in a number of areas including computer technology, 
respiratory care, or business just to name a few. Howard College has 
and I suspect will continue to offer a quality two-year education to 
young adults in the West Texas region.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in extending my hearty congratulations to 
Howard College and its staff, alumni, students and supporters on 
reaching 65 years as an educational institution. I applaud them and 
extend my best wishes for all their future endeavors.