Full Text of HR1164 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. Georgia Costello on | 4 | | the occasion of her retirement as President of Southwestern | 5 | | Illinois College; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Appointed in 2008, Dr. Costello became the first | 7 | | former student and the first woman to be named President of | 8 | | Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC) since it opened in 1946; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Under Dr. Costello's leadership, Southwestern | 11 | | Illinois College secured $19.1 million in state funds to | 12 | | complete the LEED Gold-certified Liberal Arts Complex, $8.3 | 13 | | million in grants to improve vehicle, bike, and pedestrian | 14 | | traffic at the Belleville Campus, and $6.1 million in state | 15 | | funds to build an Early Childhood Education Center; the College | 16 | | became a founding member of the community-college driven | 17 | | Illinois Green Economy Network, which secured a grant to | 18 | | construct one of three regional sustainability centers at the | 19 | | Belleville Campus; the College also helped the Illinois Green | 20 | | Economy Network secure a $20 million U.S. Department of Labor | 21 | | Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career | 22 | | Training Grant, along with a $13 million second round split | 23 | | equally among 19 colleges; these funds helped SWIC create one |
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| 1 | | of the finest advanced manufacturing training facilities at any | 2 | | U.S. college on its Sam Wolf Granite City Campus; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Costello helped the school maintain its | 4 | | commitment to Information Technology and provided students | 5 | | with state-of-the-art tools to excel in the classroom, via | 6 | | online instruction and beyond; SWIC also received the | 7 | | Governor's Award for Excellence in Education for veterans | 8 | | programs, including designation as a VetSuccess on Campus | 9 | | school, just one of 94 nationwide to host a full-time U.S. | 10 | | Department of Veteran Affairs counselor on campus; SWIC serves | 11 | | the largest population of student veterans of any Illinois | 12 | | public institution; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Costello first attended what was then known as | 14 | | Belleville Area College in the fall of 1967; she earned 60-plus | 15 | | credit hours while starting her family, then transferred to | 16 | | McKendree College (University) to finish her bachelor's degree | 17 | | in 1977; in 1994, she earned her master's degree from Southern | 18 | | Illinois University Carbondale, where she also received her | 19 | | doctorate in 2007; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Before her tenure at SWIC, Dr. Costello taught in | 21 | | Belleville Grade School District 118 from 1977 until 1990; she | 22 | | later served as Dean of Students and Principal of Central | 23 | | Junior High School and then as Assistant Superintendent at the |
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| 1 | | St. Clair County Regional Office of Education from 2000 until | 2 | | 2005; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Costello has served on many boards and | 4 | | committees, including the Illinois Governor's Education | 5 | | Accountability and Education Excellence Task Forces, the St. | 6 | | Clair County Child Advocacy Board, the Board of Trustees at | 7 | | McKendree University, and the Advisory Board at United Missouri | 8 | | Bank; she is co-chair of the Higher Education Council for the | 9 | | St. Louis Regional Chamber and is on the St. Louis Zoo's Board | 10 | | of Directors; she is an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Girl | 11 | | Scouts of America and the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement | 12 | | Award from the Boy Scouts of America; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Georgia Costello is the daughter of the late | 14 | | George H. and the late Eloise Cockrum; she and her husband, | 15 | | former U.S. Representative Jerry Costello, are the parents of | 16 | | Illinois State Representative Jerry (Lori) Costello II, Gina | 17 | | Costello, and John (Lindsay) Costello and the grandparents of | 18 | | Jay, Jerry III, Victoria, Austin, Rorey, Danielle, Ireland, | 19 | | John Patrick Jr., and Camryn Rose; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 21 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 | | congratulate Dr. Georgia Costello on the occasion of her | 23 | | retirement as President of Southwestern Illinois College, and |
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| 1 | | we commend her leadership and dedication to her students; and | 2 | | be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to Dr. Costello as an expression of our esteem and | 5 | | respect.
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