Full Text of HR0179 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. G. Gary Grace, | 4 | | Executive Director and Dean of the University Center of Lake | 5 | | County, on his retirement; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In 2001, Dr. Grace became the founding Executive | 7 | | Director and first full-time employee of the University Center | 8 | | of Lake County; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Grace worked with the Center's Governing Board | 10 | | to turn into a reality the vision of the Illinois Board of | 11 | | Higher Education that University Center of Lake County would be | 12 | | an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, a voluntary | 13 | | consortium of public and private universities, working | 14 | | together to provide opportunities for people to complete | 15 | | bachelor's degrees, earn graduate degrees, or pursue advanced | 16 | | professional development, while continuing to live and work in | 17 | | Lake County; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, From a partnership of 12 institutions, the | 19 | | University Center of Lake County has grown under Dr. Grace's | 20 | | direction to a partnership of 18 institutions, offering more | 21 | | than 130 programs on an evening, weekend, or online schedule to | 22 | | approximately 1,275 students annually, and congratulating more |
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| 1 | | than 325 graduates each year; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, From an initial instruction, "You'll want to | 3 | | figure out how to run a payroll", Dr. Grace went on to develop | 4 | | University Center systems and practices for human resources, | 5 | | purchasing, accounts payable and receivable, room scheduling, | 6 | | needs assessment, outreach and government relations, board | 7 | | governance, capital construction, facility operations, and, | 8 | | most of all, collaboration with member institutions and local | 9 | | partners; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Grace worked closely with the College of Lake | 11 | | County to establish a small University Center facility in | 12 | | downtown Waukegan, which opened in 2004; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Grace also worked closely with the Illinois | 14 | | Board of Higher Education, the Capital Development Board, and | 15 | | the Governing Board of the University Center and with | 16 | | bipartisan support from Lake County's state, county, and | 17 | | federal legislators to build a 91,146 square foot facility on | 18 | | the Grayslake campus of the College of Lake County on land | 19 | | generously donated by the college; the building opened in 2005 | 20 | | and won the Thomas H. Madigan Award for Outstanding New | 21 | | Construction through the CDB's "Pride in Partnership" awards | 22 | | program (2006) and the Gold Award in the Illinois/Indiana | 23 | | Masonry Council's "Excellence in Masonry" competition (2007); |
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| 1 | | and | 2 | | WHEREAS, During Dr. Grace's tenure leading the University | 3 | | Center of Lake County, it received the Educational Leadership | 4 | | Award from the Coalicion Unidos de Lake County in 2009, the | 5 | | Reflejos Reflecting Excellence Award for service to the Latino | 6 | | community in 2012, and the Innovative Initiative Award for its | 7 | | "First Generation College Outreach Program" from the Illinois | 8 | | Council on Continuing Higher Education in 2017; Dr. Grace | 9 | | himself received a 2007 Forefronts award from the Lake County | 10 | | Journal in appreciation of his overall commitment to the | 11 | | excellence of the Lake County community; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Grace's leadership of the University Center of | 13 | | Lake County has capped a distinguished career in higher | 14 | | education administration, including service as the Vice | 15 | | Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of | 16 | | Missouri-St. Louis, as the Assistant Chancellor for Student | 17 | | Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, as the Vice | 18 | | President for Student Development at Morehead State | 19 | | University, as Director of Residence Life at Miami University, | 20 | | and as Assistant to the Vice President for University Relations | 21 | | at Florida State University; his career began right here in | 22 | | Illinois as Director of Residential Programs and Counseling | 23 | | Services at Illinois Wesleyan University; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Grace has contributed to the Lake County | 2 | | region through volunteer service to the Health Professions | 3 | | Education Consortium, the Clara Abbott Foundation, Lake County | 4 | | Partners, the St. Vincent DePaul Society, and Prince of Peace | 5 | | parish in Lake Villa; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we congratulate Dr. G. Gary Grace on his retirement from the | 9 | | University Center of Lake County, and we wish him success and | 10 | | good health in the future; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to Dr. Grace as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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