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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Robert A. Remedi was recently selected among 37 |
| 3 | | nominees by the Illinois Community College Trustees |
| 4 | | Association as Illinois Teacher of the Year; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Remedi is the first-born son of Robert and |
| 6 | | Cheryl Remedi of Orland Park; he has 3 brothers, Steve, Brian, |
| 7 | | and Kevin; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Robert and his wife, Beth, have 2 children, Robby |
| 9 | | and Lindsey, and they reside in Gurnee; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Robert attended Moraine Valley Community College |
| 11 | | where he received his Associate of Science Degree in May 1988; |
| 12 | | he went on to receive his Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology |
| 13 | | Education from Western Illinois University in May 1991, his |
| 14 | | Master of Science Degree in Biology from Western Illinois |
| 15 | | University in December 1993, and his Graduate Certificate in |
| 16 | | Community College Learning and Teaching from Loyola University |
| 17 | | in 2006; he also completed coursework at the Problem-based |
| 18 | | Learning Design Institute at Aurora University in July 2008; |
| 19 | | and; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Robert has served as Field Biologist for the U.S. |
| 21 | | Army Joliet Training Area, visiting lecturer at North Central |
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| 1 | | College, part-time Biology instructor at the College of DuPage |
| 2 | | and Joliet Junior College, part-time Biology/Education |
| 3 | | instructor at Moraine Valley Community College, and full-time |
| 4 | | Biology instructor at Joliet Junior College, Black Hawk |
| 5 | | College, and the College of Lake County; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Robert's outstanding instruction has not been |
| 7 | | without professional recognition; while instructing at the |
| 8 | | College of Lake County, Robert was awarded the Illinois |
| 9 | | Community College Trustees Association Outstanding Full-time |
| 10 | | Faculty Award in 2011, the College of Lake County Outstanding |
| 11 | | Faculty Award in 2011, the National Association of Biology |
| 12 | | Teachers Two-Year College Biology Teaching Award in 2010, and |
| 13 | | the NISOD Teaching Excellence Award in 2005; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Robert has served as the past Chair of the |
| 15 | | Two-Year Section of the National Association of Biology |
| 16 | | Teachers and as the past President of the Illinois Association |
| 17 | | of Community College Biologists, has co-authored a lab book for |
| 18 | | Anatomy and Physiology, and is currently developing a new |
| 19 | | course to teach science lab skills to students underprepared |
| 20 | | for college science lab classes; therefore, be it
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 22 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 23 | | we congratulate Robert A. Remedi on his professional success, |