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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Alice Marie 
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Jacobs, President of Danville Area Community College, on being 
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named Woman of Achievement 2007 by the American Association of 
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University Women; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Alice Marie Jacobs has served as President of 
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Danville Area Community College since September of 1999; she is 
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the second woman to hold the position in the College's 60-year 
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history; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Before coming to Danville, Dr. Jacobs served as 
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President of Kaskaskia College in Centralia, Illinois; Vice 
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President of Instruction and Student Development at Cape Fear 
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Community College, Wilmington, North Carolina; Dean of 
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Instruction at Rochester Community College, Rochester, 
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Minnesota; and Dean of Occupational Education and faculty 
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member at Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, Michigan; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Jacobs is the immediate past President of the 
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Illinois Council of Community College Presidents, an 
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organization representing 39 community college districts and 
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48 colleges in Illinois; she represented that Council with the 
 


 






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Illinois Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community 
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College Board, and the Illinois Community College Trustees 
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Association; and she has also served on the American 
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Association of Community Colleges Commission on Minority 
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Resources and is currently serving on its Commission on 
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Diversity, Inclusiveness, and Equity; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 2006, Dr. Jacobs was elected to a three-year 
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term on the board of the American Association of Community 
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Colleges; in Danville, Dr. Jacobs served as the first Chair of 
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the Board of Directors for Vermilion Advantage, the merged 
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Economic Development Corporation and Chamber of Commerce; she 
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serves as president of the Danville Symphony Orchestra Board, 
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on the Vermilion County Workforce Investment Board, the United 
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Way of Danville Area Board, and the No Child Left Behind 
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District Council; she successfully chaired the 2002 United Way 
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of Danville Area Campaign and has also served on the board of 
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the Danville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1999, Dr. Jacobs received the Centralia NAACP 
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Outstanding Citizen's Award; in 2002, she received the 
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International Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Shirley B. Gordon 
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Award of Distinction granted to outstanding community college 
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executive officers and  the ninth annual Rotary Vocational 
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Service Person of the Year Award from the Danville, Illinois, 
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Noon Rotary Club; Dr. Jacobs was also selected as a 2003 Woman 
 


 






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of Distinction by the Girl Scouts Green Meadows Council; and 
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Dr. Jacobs received a special Outstanding Advocacy Award from 
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the Illinois Community College Trustees Association in 2006; 
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and
 
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    WHEREAS,

Dr. Jacobs received her Ph.D. in College and 
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University Administration from Michigan State University; she 
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also holds an M.A. from Western Michigan University, and a B.S. 
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from Western Michigan University; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Dr. Alice Marie Jacobs on being named Woman of 
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Achievement 2007 by the American Association of University 
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Women; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Dr. Alice Marie Jacobs as a symbol of our esteem.