Full Text of HR0559 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the | 4 | | administration, staff, and students of Olney Central College in | 5 | | Olney on the occasion of the college's 50th anniversary; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Olney Central College is a 2-year, co-educational | 7 | | public community college operated by Illinois Eastern | 8 | | Community Colleges District 529; Olney Central was founded in | 9 | | 1963 after a citizens' committee for education was formed by | 10 | | the president of the East Richland Community Unit 1 Board of | 11 | | Education; on June 13, 1962, the superintendent of public | 12 | | instruction approved a public referendum to determine if the | 13 | | voters of the East Richland school district supported a Class | 14 | | II Junior College; the referendum establishing Olney Community | 15 | | College passed 2,578 to 585 during a special election held on | 16 | | September 15, 1962; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, On September 3, 1963, Olney Community College | 18 | | opened in the former Pure Oil Company building with a total | 19 | | enrollment of 154 students; Olney Community College | 20 | | subsequently experienced rapid growth; by the fall of 1965, the | 21 | | college had 303 students; soon after, efforts began to make | 22 | | Olney Community College a Class I Area College; in 1967, | 23 | | approval was received from the Junior College Board; in April |
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| 1 | | of 1967, the college received Class I approval from the State | 2 | | Board of Higher Education; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, On September 7, 1967, the referendum for Class I | 4 | | status for Olney Community College was approved by vote of | 5 | | 7,278 to 778; on July 1, 1968, Olney Community College | 6 | | officially became a Class I College and was renamed Olney | 7 | | Central College; the college then joined with Lincoln Trail | 8 | | College and Wabash Valley College to form what would become | 9 | | Illinois Eastern Community Colleges District 529; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In later years, Olney Central College grew | 11 | | steadily; the groundbreaking for Wattleworth Hall was held on | 12 | | December 8, 1971; in 1974, classes began in the new building; 2 | 13 | | years later, the college's gymnasium and the Dr. John D. Stull | 14 | | Performing Arts Center were built; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, In the course of its 50-year history, Olney | 16 | | Central College has graduated over 18,500 students and has | 17 | | instructed thousands of other students; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Olney Central College will celebrate its 50th | 19 | | anniversary with numerous events planned throughout 2013; a | 20 | | special "50th Anniversary Celebration" will be held on October | 21 | | 23, 2013 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of | 22 | | the college; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate the administration, staff, and students of | 4 | | Olney Central College on the occasion of the college's 50th | 5 | | anniversary and wish them continued success and happiness in | 6 | | the future; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Board of | 9 | | Trustees as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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