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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate Alexa C. Jordan and Trisha N. Prabhu on their | ||||||
| 4 | selection as Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University; | ||||||
| 5 | and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, The Knight-Hennessy Scholars program is one of | ||||||
| 7 | the most prestigious graduate fellowship programs in the | ||||||
| 8 | United States and identifies potential scholars who | ||||||
| 9 | demonstrate independence of thought, purposeful leadership, | ||||||
| 10 | and a civic mindset; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Alexa Jordan and Trisha Prabhu graduated summa | ||||||
| 12 | cum laude from Metea Valley High School and Neuqua Valley High | ||||||
| 13 | School, respectively, in 2018; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Alexa Jordan was awarded the Metea Social Studies | ||||||
| 15 | Department Award, the Metea Valley LIFE Award, the Exchange | ||||||
| 16 | Club of Naperville's Youth of the Year Award, and the Mayor of | ||||||
| 17 | Aurora's Service Above Self Award; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, Trisha Prabhu was elected the first female Youth | ||||||
| 19 | Governor of the Illinois YMCA Youth and Government program in | ||||||
| 20 | 28 years, was awarded the Neuqua Social Studies Department | ||||||
| 21 | Award and the full-tuition Bryan Cameron Impact Scholarship, | ||||||
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| 1 | and graduated with a perfect ACT score; and | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Alexa Jordan and Trisha Prabhu both graduated | ||||||
| 3 | summa cum laude from Harvard University, earning numerous | ||||||
| 4 | academic honors during their studies, including recognition as | ||||||
| 5 | two of the top 24 graduating seniors in the Harvard Class of | ||||||
| 6 | 2022 as Phi Beta Kappa Scholars; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, Alexa Jordan earned a master's degree from the | ||||||
| 8 | University of Oxford, where she was a Harvard-UK Knox Fellow; | ||||||
| 9 | and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Trisha Prabhu earned two master's degrees from | ||||||
| 11 | the University of Oxford, where she was a United States Rhodes | ||||||
| 12 | Scholar; she is now continuing her academic pursuits at Yale | ||||||
| 13 | Law School, where she is earning her Juris Doctor; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Alexa Jordan and Trisha Prabhu continue to serve | ||||||
| 15 | as role models for young women in the State of Illinois and the | ||||||
| 16 | youth of Indian Prairie School District #204; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 18 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Alexa | ||||||
| 19 | C. Jordan and Trisha N. Prabhu on their selection as | ||||||
| 20 | Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University, where Alexa | ||||||
| 21 | Jordan will pursue her Juris Doctor and Trisha Prabhu will | ||||||
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| 1 | pursue her Master of Business Administration; and be it | ||||||
| 2 | further | ||||||
| 3 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to Alexa Jordan and Trisha Prabhu as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 5 | respect and esteem. | ||||||