H.R. No. 8

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Dr. Jaime Chahin retired as dean of the Texas State
	University College of Applied Arts on August 7, 2023, following a
	distinguished career spanning 36 years with the institution; and
	WHEREAS, A skilled administrator and esteemed scholar,
	Dr. Chahin joined the university in 1987; he taught undergraduate
	and graduate courses in education and social work policy while
	focusing his research on migrants and Latino families; widely
	published, his work has appeared in peer-reviewed journal articles,
	monographs, and books; he was executive producer of two PBS
	documentaries, Mexican American Legislative Caucus: The Texas
	Struggle for Equality and Opportunity and The Forgotten Americans,
	a film about colonias along the Mexican-American border, which won
	a first-place award at the National Council on Family Relations;
	over the years, he has garnered more than $8 million in grants and
	contracts from foundations, corporations, and state and federal
	agencies; and
	WHEREAS, Dr. Chahin served as a lead expert witness in LULAC
	v. Richards, a South Texas class action lawsuit regarding higher
	education; committed to opening doors of opportunity, he was named
	a Kellogg Fellow and served as an advisor to the Kellogg Foundation
	ENLACE project, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund master teacher
	project, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the Institute for
	Higher Education Policy-Walmart Foundation first-generation
	student success initiative; he has conducted accreditation visits
	in Central and South America at the behest of the U.S. Department of
	State and served as an advisor to the Federal Reserve Bank; his
	myriad accolades include the Ohtli Award from Mexico's Ministry of
	Foreign Affairs and recognition as a Distinguished Alumnus by Texas
	A&M University-Kingsville, where he earned his bachelor's degree in
	sociology and political science; he also holds a master's degree in
	administration and policy and a doctorate in educational
	administration from the University of Michigan; and
	WHEREAS, Through his exceptional contributions to higher
	education, Jaime Chahin has earned the respect and admiration of
	innumerable people, and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career
	well spent; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
	Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr. Jaime
	Chahin on his retirement from Texas State University and extend to
	him sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Dr. Chahin as an expression of high regard by the Texas
	House of Representatives.
	Zwiener
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 8 was adopted by the House on November
	17, 2023, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House