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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. Larry W. Long on the | ||||||
| 4 | occasion of his retirement as the Executive Director of the | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois State University (ISU) School of Communication; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Dr. Long has served ISU for 19 years and has | ||||||
| 7 | served the last 13 years as the founding Executive Director of | ||||||
| 8 | the School of Communication; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Dr. Long helped develop the first public relations | ||||||
| 10 | major in Illinois during the 1980s, and, in 2013, it became the | ||||||
| 11 | first public relations academic program in the State, and one | ||||||
| 12 | of only 40 public relations academic programs worldwide, to be | ||||||
| 13 | accredited with a Certification in Education for Public | ||||||
| 14 | Relations by the education branch of Public Relations Society | ||||||
| 15 | of America; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Dr. Long's support has kept ISU's TV-10 and WZND | ||||||
| 17 | radio station as the leading student broadcast education | ||||||
| 18 | programs in the State; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, Dr. Long has expanded the School of | ||||||
| 20 | Communication's journalistic and entertainment footprint with | ||||||
| 21 | the addition of the WGLT radio station and Vidette Online to | ||||||
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| 1 | the school's media portfolio; and | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Dr. Long has engaged School of Communication | ||||||
| 3 | alumni and other professionals with the creation of the | ||||||
| 4 | school's Alumni Advisory Board and the expansion of the | ||||||
| 5 | school's internship program; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, During Dr. Long's tenure, the School of | ||||||
| 7 | Communication's innovative Communication Studies program has | ||||||
| 8 | expanded opportunities for specialized studies in a variety of | ||||||
| 9 | communication disciplines, the graduate program was recognized | ||||||
| 10 | nationally as the top program of its kind by the National | ||||||
| 11 | Communication Association in 2013, and the undergraduate | ||||||
| 12 | program received the Outstanding Undergraduate Communication | ||||||
| 13 | Program Award from the Central States Communication | ||||||
| 14 | Association in 2014; and | ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, Dr. Long's efforts to develop and build the Social | ||||||
| 16 | Media Analytics Command Center (SMACC) gives School of | ||||||
| 17 | Communication students, faculty, and the entire university, | ||||||
| 18 | access to one of the 3 campus-based facilities of its kind in | ||||||
| 19 | the nation; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, Dr. Long has inspired and motivated award-winning | ||||||
| 21 | student success and faculty achievement at unprecedented | ||||||
| 22 | levels of teaching, research, and service; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, In December 2014, Dr. Long will be concluding a | ||||||
| 2 | distinguished 40-year career as a communication scholar, | ||||||
| 3 | leader, and innovator to join his wife and collaborator Dr. | ||||||
| 4 | Penelope Long in retirement; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 6 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 7 | we congratulate Dr. Larry W. Long on his retirement as the | ||||||
| 8 | Executive Director of the Illinois State University School of | ||||||
| 9 | Communication, and we wish him the best in all his future | ||||||
| 10 | endeavors; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to Dr. Long as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 13 | respect.
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