Full Text of SR0270 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | 3 | | congratulate Dr. Jerry Corcoran on the occasion of his | 4 | | retirement as president of Illinois Valley Community College | 5 | | on July 1, 2023; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Corcoran was appointed the tenth president of | 7 | | Illinois Valley Community College on March 18, 2008 and has | 8 | | had a 33-year career with the school; he began his career with | 9 | | the dislocated workers center as farm grant coordinator; he | 10 | | then became director, followed by director of purchasing, the | 11 | | college's first director of human resources, vice-president | 12 | | for business services, and finance/treasurer; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Corcoran is the third longest-serving | 14 | | president in the Illinois Valley Community College's 99-year | 15 | | history; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In his 15 years as president of Illinois Valley | 17 | | Community College, Dr. Corcoran oversaw numerous improvements, | 18 | | including the opening of the 80,000 sq. ft. Peter Miller | 19 | | Community Technology Center in 2014, the opening of the | 20 | | college's first satellite campus, the demolishing of the | 21 | | 40-year-old "temporary buildings" on the east campus, the | 22 | | relaunching of the successful agriculture program, the |
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| 1 | | addition of a 600-vehicle parking lot, the completion of a new | 2 | | ADA-only parking lot, the enhancement of the truck driver | 3 | | training program and facilities, and the addition of a | 4 | | student-life center and cyber café; the school's foundation | 5 | | raised more than $2.1 million in support of its first capital | 6 | | campaign, and a $7.5 million endowment is now in place in order | 7 | | to award more scholarships; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Corcoran holds a Doctorate of Education in | 9 | | Curriculum and Instruction from Northern Illinois University, | 10 | | a Masters of Arts in Educational Administration and | 11 | | Supervision from Chicago State University, and a Bachelor of | 12 | | Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Corcoran and his wife, Katherine, live on the | 14 | | family farm north of Ottawa; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Dr. | 17 | | Jerry Corcoran on his retirement as president of Illinois | 18 | | Valley Community College on July 1, 2023, and we wish him the | 19 | | best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to Dr. Corcoran as a symbol of our respect and | 22 | | esteem.
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