Full Text of HR0387 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives would like
| 3 | | to recognize Greenville College on the occasion of its 125th | 4 | | anniversary; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Greenville College was purchased in 1891 by the
| 6 | | Free Methodists of Central Illinois and they selected their
| 7 | | first president, Wilson T. Hogue, in 1892; it opened in 1892 | 8 | | and has been educating
students ever since; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Wilson T. Hogue's sound grasp of Christian | 10 | | culture,
clear definition of policy, and skillful | 11 | | administration has left such a
mark that later, one observer | 12 | | proclaimed, "Greenville College stands
as a living monument of | 13 | | Wilson T. Hogue"; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Eleven presidents have since guided the education | 15 | | of
students to obtain lives of character and service by | 16 | | integrating faith with
learning; in time, the campus grew to | 17 | | include 50 acres with spaces that
facilitate learning, | 18 | | computing, performance and practice, art
exhibition, | 19 | | athletics, science, and research; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Greenville College has provided education for
| 21 | | students from almost every state as well as 30 different
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| 1 | | countries and every inhabited continent; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Greenville College is home to 17 different
varsity | 3 | | sports teams and three club teams with outstanding
| 4 | | accomplishments over the past 20 years, including 45 conference
| 5 | | championships, 11 national championships, four NCAA Division | 6 | | III national
championship athletes, and two victory bowl | 7 | | championships; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Greenville College is an outstanding
academic | 9 | | institution; it was ranked as the top online school in Illinois | 10 | | in
2016 and offers over 50 majors; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, On September 20, 2017, Greenville College will | 12 | | celebrate its new identity as Greenville
University; | 13 | | therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 | | recognize Greenville College on all of its accomplishment over | 17 | | the
last 125 years and we wish the school many more years of
| 18 | | success; and be it further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That we wish Greenville College all the best as | 20 | | it embarks on a new future as Greenville University; and be it | 21 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Greenville College as a symbol of our respect and | 3 | | esteem.
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