HR0468 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are honored to congratulate Joanne K. Glasser on her retirement as President of Bradley University; and

WHEREAS, President Glasser is a graduate of George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and the University of Maryland School of Law; she also has a certificate from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education Institute for Higher Education Management in Boston; and

WHEREAS, Prior to her presidency at Bradley University, President Glasser, a native of Baltimore, served as president of Eastern Kentucky University, as executive vice president and chief advancement officer at Towson University, and as an attorney and labor commissioner for the Baltimore County government; and

WHEREAS, Under President Glasser's leadership, Bradley University has enrolled the best classes academically on record in the University's history for fall 2012, 2013, and 2014 based on ACT scores; her other academic initiatives include the launch of both a Pre-Law Center and a PreProfessional Health Advisory Center; she also helped Bradley University create programs in interactive media, game and web design, social media marketing, accelerated nursing, global supply chain management, hospitality leadership, sports communication, and a dietetics internship curriculum; in 2015, the University launched an initiative to offer online graduate programs in nursing and counseling; and

WHEREAS, Numerous "firsts" occurred throughout her presidency; the Mund-Lagowski Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry became the first department to be named in the University's history; Bradley University's Executive MBA program was named in 2009 after Dr. Theresa Falcon, the first EMBA program in the world to be named for a woman and by a woman; President Glasser and the Board of Trustees announced the creation of the Robert and Carolyn Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in 2012; Bradley University is among the first universities in the nation to have a school of entrepreneurship and the first established as a freestanding academic unit; a second school was established for iconic sportscaster Charley Steiner in 2015, The Charley Steiner School of Sports Communication, which is the first such school to be named in the nation; acknowledging a decades-long history of support for the University, President Glasser announced the naming of the Caterpillar College of Engineering and Technology in 2012; and

WHEREAS, President Glasser successfully completed the largest comprehensive capital campaign, the campaign for a Bradley Renaissance, in the University's history; the campaign that changed the face of the University surpassed its goal of $150 million; the first phase of the Renaissance included construction of the $30 million Markin Family Student Recreation Center and a 600-car parking deck; the $50 million, 4,200-seat Renaissance Coliseum, home to the women's basketball and volleyball teams and the Men's Basketball Practice Facility opened in 2010; the $12 million Hayden-Clark Alumni Center which was completed in 2011, earning LEED Silver certification from the United States Green Building Council; the expansion and renovation of Westlake Hall, the second-oldest building on campus, was completed in 2012, earning LEED Gold certification from the United States Green Building Council; and

WHEREAS, President Glasser serves as the chair of the NCAA Division I Committee on Institutional Performance (formerly the NCAA Division I Committee on Athletics Certification) and as vice chair of its Executive Subcommittee; she was a member of the Board of Directors: Division I Presidential Advisory Group; she is also a member of the Commission on Women in Higher Education Task Force, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, and a former member of the American Council on Education Commission on Effective Leadership; and

WHEREAS, A student-focused university with an emphasis on student-learning and success, President Glasser is a champion of students; she was nationally recognized for her student engagement by The Chronicle of Higher Education, which published a story about the Office Hours she holds monthly for students; and

WHEREAS, President Glasser was the honorary chair of the 25th annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Peoria, hometown of Ms. Komen and her sister, Nancy Brinker, founder of the Komen Foundation and Race for the Cure; under her leadership, the University received an international award from Susan G. Komen for the Cure: the 2011 Outstanding Volunteer Group Award; in 2011, she was honored with the Peoria YWCA Education and Care of Children Award for her many contributions at Bradley; President Glasser also was the recipient of the Bradley University 2010 Megan Fong Inspiration Award; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Joanne K. Glasser on her retirement as President of Bradley University and for her dedicated service and leadership to the Bradley University community; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Joanne Glasser as an expression of our esteem and respect.