Full Text of HR0983 96th General Assembly
HR0983 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to congratulate the administration, | 4 |
| staff, and students of Roosevelt University on the occasion of | 5 |
| the university's 65th anniversary and the ground-breaking for a | 6 |
| dramatic 32-story building at the university on April 17, 2010; | 7 |
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| WHEREAS, Roosevelt University has graduated more than | 9 |
| 70,000 students who have become leaders in their professions | 10 |
| and careers, including Chicago's first African-American mayor, | 11 |
| Harold Washington; and
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| WHEREAS, Roosevelt University was founded at a time when | 13 |
| most American universities and colleges did not enroll large | 14 |
| numbers of minority, immigrant, or Jewish students; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Roosevelt University became one of the nation's | 16 |
| first colleges to admit all qualified students, regardless of | 17 |
| race, religion, or national origin; and
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| WHEREAS, Throughout its history, Roosevelt University has | 19 |
| always remained true to the values of inclusiveness, | 20 |
| opportunity, and social justice; today, Roosevelt remains one | 21 |
| of the most diverse private universities in the Midwest; and
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| WHEREAS, Under the leadership of President Chuck | 2 |
| Middleton, Roosevelt University has undertaken a major new | 3 |
| venture in the construction of the nation's second-tallest | 4 |
| university building; when the new vertical campus opens in | 5 |
| January of 2012, Roosevelt will have modern classrooms, | 6 |
| laboratories, offices, student life facilities, and housing | 7 |
| for 600 students; and
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| WHEREAS, This extraordinary building will both transform | 9 |
| Roosevelt University and create construction jobs for hundreds | 10 |
| of Chicagoans at a time when there are very few new building | 11 |
| projects in the city; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| congratulate the administration, staff, and students of | 15 |
| Roosevelt University on the occasion of the university's 65th | 16 |
| anniversary and its new building and wish President Middleton | 17 |
| and the entire Roosevelt community many years of continued | 18 |
| success in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to Roosevelt University President Chuck Middleton | 21 |
| and the Roosevelt University Board of Trustees.
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