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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. Larry W. Long on the
4occasion of his retirement as the Executive Director of the
5Illinois State University (ISU) School of Communication; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Dr. Long has served ISU for 19 years and has
7served the last 13 years as the founding Executive Director of
8the School of Communication; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Dr. Long helped develop the first public relations
10major in Illinois during the 1980s, and, in 2013, it became the
11first public relations academic program in the State, and one
12of only 40 public relations academic programs worldwide, to be
13accredited with a Certification in Education for Public
14Relations by the education branch of Public Relations Society
15of America; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Dr. Long's support has kept ISU's TV-10 and WZND
17radio station as the leading student broadcast education
18programs in the State; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Dr. Long has expanded the School of
20Communication's journalistic and entertainment footprint with
21the addition of the WGLT radio station and Vidette Online to

 

 

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1the school's media portfolio; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Dr. Long has engaged School of Communication
3alumni and other professionals with the creation of the
4school's Alumni Advisory Board and the expansion of the
5school's internship program; and
 
6    WHEREAS, During Dr. Long's tenure, the School of
7Communication's innovative Communication Studies program has
8expanded opportunities for specialized studies in a variety of
9communication disciplines, the graduate program was recognized
10nationally as the top program of its kind by the National
11Communication Association in 2013, and the undergraduate
12program received the Outstanding Undergraduate Communication
13Program Award from the Central States Communication
14Association in 2014; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Dr. Long's efforts to develop and build the Social
16Media Analytics Command Center (SMACC) gives School of
17Communication students, faculty, and the entire university,
18access to one of the 3 campus-based facilities of its kind in
19the nation; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Dr. Long has inspired and motivated award-winning
21student success and faculty achievement at unprecedented
22levels of teaching, research, and service; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, In December 2014, Dr. Long will be concluding a
2distinguished 40-year career as a communication scholar,
3leader, and innovator to join his wife and collaborator Dr.
4Penelope Long in retirement; therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7we congratulate Dr. Larry W. Long on his retirement as the
8Executive Director of the Illinois State University School of
9Communication, and we wish him the best in all his future
10endeavors; and be it further
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12presented to Dr. Long as an expression of our esteem and
13respect.