Full Text of SR0226 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | 3 | | recognize Loyola University Chicago, the only Jesuit Catholic | 4 | | University in the State of Illinois; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago originally opened its | 6 | | doors as St. Ignatius College on September 5, 1870; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago's School of Law opened | 8 | | in 1908, admitting both women and men; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago's Stritch School of | 10 | | Medicine was founded in 1920; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago, initially having no | 12 | | home field for its football team, adopted the nickname | 13 | | "Ramblers" for all of its athletic teams in 1926; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago opened Arrupe College, | 15 | | an innovative two-year college for Chicago-area students with | 16 | | limited financial means, in the fall of 2015; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago additionally includes | 18 | | the Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health, the | 19 | | Niehoff School of Nursing, the Quinlan School of Business, the |
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| 1 | | College of Arts & Sciences, and the Schools of Education, | 2 | | Social Work, and Communications; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Today, Loyola University Chicago enrolls more | 4 | | than 17,000 students seeking undergraduate, graduate, and | 5 | | professional degrees, with 42% of its study body being | 6 | | students of color and 98% of its undergraduate students | 7 | | receiving grants and/or scholarships; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago had 2,418 students | 9 | | receive a Monetary Assistance Program (MAP) grant in 2023, | 10 | | more than one-half of all Illinois undergraduates attending | 11 | | the university; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago inaugurated Mark C. | 13 | | Reed, Ed.D., as its 25th president on November 3, 2022; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, President Dr. Reed has been a distinguished | 15 | | leader and educator at Jesuit institutions for more than 20 | 16 | | years, previously serving as president of St. Joseph's | 17 | | University in Pennsylvania for seven years and holding several | 18 | | leadership positions at Fairfield University in Connecticut | 19 | | for 15 years; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, President Dr. Reed is a student-centered leader | 21 | | committed to being an active participant in the academic, |
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| 1 | | spiritual, and social life of Loyola University Chicago; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, President Dr. Reed serves as chair of the Council | 3 | | of Presidents for the Atlantic 10 Conference, which Loyola | 4 | | University Chicago joined in July 2022; he also serves on the | 5 | | boards of the American Council on Education, the Association | 6 | | of Catholic Colleges and Universities, and the Association of | 7 | | Jesuit Colleges and Universities; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago will celebrate its | 9 | | 153rd anniversary in September 2023; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize Loyola | 12 | | University Chicago, the only Jesuit Catholic University in the | 13 | | State of Illinois; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the President of Loyola University Chicago, Mark | 16 | | C. Reed, Ed.D., as an expression of our esteem and respect.
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