[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16172-16173]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY

  (Mr. WILLIAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to represent several Texas 
colleges and universities in my Texas 25th Congressional District, but 
it is Austin's first institution of higher education that I would like 
to speak about today.
  Huston-Tillotson University is referred to by many as the jewel of 
the east Austin community. I have had the pleasure of meeting the 
school's president, Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette. She is only the second 
female president in the institution's rich history. I can tell you, Dr. 
Colette Pierce Burnette is an experienced leader who is committed to 
the success of her students.
  Huston-Tillotson College was chartered by the State of Texas in 1952 
and was renamed to Huston-Tillotson University in 2005. Its name 
derives from the merger of Tillotson College and Samuel Huston College.
  The school's focus is on liberal arts. It offers associate and 
master's degrees, in addition to bachelor of arts and bachelor of 
science degrees, in more than 19 areas of study.
  I would like to thank President Colette Pierce-Burnette, the faculty, 
and the administration for their devotion to higher education, and I 
expect they will keep up the good work for many years to follow.
  In God we trust.

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