Full Text of HR0823 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. Mary D. Bruce on the | 4 | | occasion of her promotion to the position of Full Professor at | 5 | | Governors State University; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mary D. Bruce earned her bachelor's degree in | 7 | | Mass Communications from Southern University in Baton Rouge, | 8 | | Louisiana in 1984, her master's degree in Public Administration | 9 | | from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan in 1992, and her | 10 | | Ph.D. in Political Science from Wayne State University in | 11 | | Detroit, Michigan in 2003; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mary D. Bruce began her educational career in | 13 | | 1995 as a substitute teacher in the Detroit public school | 14 | | system; in 1998, she began teaching English and math at Wayne | 15 | | State University; in 1999, she began teaching English and math | 16 | | at the Lewis College of Business; in 2001, she started teaching | 17 | | American Government courses at Wayne State University; in 2003, | 18 | | at Wayne County Community College, she continued teaching | 19 | | American Government courses; from September of 2003 to August | 20 | | of 2004, she served as a lecturer of Intermediate Reading and | 21 | | Writing and Oral Communications/Public Speaking at Wayne State | 22 | | University; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In August of 2004, Dr. Mary D. Bruce became an | 2 | | Assistant Professor at Governors State University; while at | 3 | | Governors State University, she has taught numerous courses in | 4 | | public administration, including the Introduction to Public | 5 | | Administration and Public Policy Analysis undergraduate | 6 | | courses; she also taught the Seminar in Public Policy: | 7 | | Community Planning and Strategic Planning, Human Resource | 8 | | Management, Seminar in Public Policy, and Seminar in Urban and | 9 | | Local Government graduate courses; in July of 2007, she became | 10 | | a Visiting Professor at the Makerere University Business School | 11 | | in Kampala, Uganda; in 2014, she was selected to serve as the | 12 | | Not-for-Profit/Social Entrepreneurship Concentration | 13 | | Coordinator for Governors State University's doctoral program | 14 | | (Ed.D) in Interdisciplinary Leadership; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mary D. Bruce is a member of the National | 16 | | Conference of Black Political Scientists, the African Working | 17 | | Group of the National Academy of Public Administration, the | 18 | | American Political Science Association, the American Society | 19 | | of Public Administrators, the National Association of Schools | 20 | | of Public Affairs and Administration, and the Consortium for | 21 | | International Management, Policy, and Development; she is a | 22 | | member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and has served | 23 | | on several boards, including the South Suburban Family Shelter | 24 | | and the Access to Care Board; she is also a lifetime member of | 25 | | Jack and Jill of America and an Itinerant Elder in the African |
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| 1 | | Methodist Episcopal Church since 1998, serving in the fourth | 2 | | Episcopal District; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mary D. Bruce is a charter member of the | 4 | | International Public Administration Honors Society of Pi Alpha | 5 | | Alpha while at Oakland University and started the Pi Alpha | 6 | | Alpha Society at Governors State University; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mary D. Bruce has authored numerous scholarly | 8 | | publications, including "Training for Disaster Management" for | 9 | | the Illinois Political Science Review, presented a paper | 10 | | entitled "Education at Opposite Ends of the Spectrum" for the | 11 | | Midwest Political Science Association, and published an | 12 | | article entitled "Is Equity in education Attainable?" in the | 13 | | Journal of Public Management and Social Policy; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mary D. Bruce is a diligent and poised | 15 | | educator who serves as a model of integrity and dedication for | 16 | | the people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 | | congratulate Dr. Mary D. Bruce on the occasion of her promotion | 20 | | to the position of Full Professor at Governors State University | 21 | | and wish her continued success and happiness in the future; and | 22 | | be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Dr. Mary D. Bruce as a symbol of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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