Nine of the ten Austin interns visited the gallery of the Texas Senate on Monday, May 22, 2017 to be recognized from the Senate floor. With Lt. Governor Dan Patrick presiding over the Senate…
…the session began with a prayer…
Senator Charles Schwertner, whose Senate district encompasses SHSU, drafted the resolution…
…worked with other elected officials…
…prepped floor leaders…
….and read the resolution from the Senate floor.
Nine of SHSU’s ten Austin Interns were able to make the recognition: Karla Rosales (Rep. Zerwas’s office), Christina Perez (Rep. Jim Murphy’s office), Brian Aldaco (Rep. Will Metcalf’s office), Alejandra Galvan (Sen. Lois Kolkhorst’s office), Beatriz Martinez (Rep. Armando Martinez’s office), Vincent Melore (Rep. Tom Oliverson’s office), Spencer Copeland (Rep. Larry Phillips’ office), Mitchell Sanchez (Rep. Todd Hunter’s office), and Kaitlyn Tyra (Senator Schwertner’s office). Kim Roach, who is interning for the Texas Association of Counties, could not attend.
The students’ internships will end in six days. At that time, three of the interns will start new jobs (Beatriz Martinez, Christina Perez, and Brian Aldaco), two of the interns will return to previous jobs (Karla Rosales, Kaitlyn Tyra), and four of the interns will officially graduate (Alejandra Galvan, Spencer Copeland, Kim Roach, and Mitchell Sanchez). Of the four graduating, Kim Roach will be going to the Bush School of Public Service; Alejandra Galvan is deliberating among three top law schools (Baylor, UH, and TAMU) who accepted her, and Mitchell Sanchez is leaning toward South Texas College of Law.
The resolution in its entirety can be seen here.
We have received tremendous support while completing our internships. Thanks to Senator Schwertner for the recognition, to President Dana Hoyt and all of SHSU for putting faith in us to do well, and to the Texas House and Senate offices (and Texas Association of Counties) for taking us in and making us feel at home for the entire session!
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