HJ0005 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The University of Illinois is a world-class public research university system that belongs to the people of Illinois; it is one of the original 37 public land-grant institutions; and

WHEREAS, Over the past 150 years, the three University of Illinois institutions in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, and Springfield have graduated almost 900,000 men and women; and

WHEREAS, University of Illinois alumni, benefiting from their transformative learning experiences in and out of the classroom, have traversed the nation and the world to make significant societal impacts; and

WHEREAS, The University of Illinois has played a transformational role in the economic development of this State through innovations in engineering, the sciences, medicine, humanities, business, law, the social sciences, arts, media, and much more, transforming the nation and the entire world; and

WHEREAS, As the premier educator in the State, with a brilliant legacy, the University of Illinois attracts world-class faculty and students from across Illinois, across the nation, and across the globe; and

WHEREAS, The University of Illinois serves society by creating and disseminating knowledge, putting it to work with excellence; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we declare February 28, 2017 as "University of Illinois Day" in the State of Illinois, and we urge the citizens of Illinois to celebrate the Sesquicentennial anniversary of the leading institution of higher learning in the State; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be presented to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chancellor Robert Jones, Champaign Mayor Deborah Frank Feinen, and Urbana Mayor Laurel Lunt Prussing.