Full Text of HR1244 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. Karen Hunter Anderson | 4 | | on the occasion of her retirement as the Illinois Community | 5 | | College Board (ICCB) Executive Director on November 30, 2018; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Anderson joined the ICCB in 1999 and became | 8 | | the first ICCB staff person to be selected for the permanent | 9 | | position of Executive Director in 2013; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Anderson has provided leadership and has | 11 | | served as an administrator for nearly all of the board's | 12 | | functions in the divisions related to workforce, adult | 13 | | education, career and technical education, academic affairs, | 14 | | student services, minority affairs, education technology, and | 15 | | institutional research; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Anderson serves as a commissioner to the | 17 | | Midwest Higher Education Compact and as a member of the | 18 | | Governor's Cabinet for Children and Youth; she is a founding | 19 | | member of the Illinois Longitudinal Data System Governance | 20 | | Committee and has recently served as the chair of the National | 21 | | Council of State Directors of Community Colleges; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Anderson has received numerous leadership | 2 | | awards, including the Illinois Council of Community College | 3 | | Administrators 2010 Outstanding Service Award, the Illinois | 4 | | Community College Trustees Association 2016 Meritorious | 5 | | Service Award, and the Chinese Mutual Aid Association 2017 | 6 | | Visionary of the Year Award; under her leadership, the ICCB | 7 | | received the College Changes Everything 2017 Champion Award; | 8 | | she has also represented the State's community college system | 9 | | through her participation in three White House Summits, | 10 | | including the White House College Opportunity Day of Action in | 11 | | 2016; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Prior to coming to the Illinois Community College | 13 | | Board, Dr. Anderson was the principal and president of Ursuline | 14 | | Academy in Springfield, provost, registrar, and acting | 15 | | president of Springfield College in Illinois, assistant | 16 | | professor of English at Millikin University, a trustee of St. | 17 | | John's College of Nursing, and a professor and coordinator of | 18 | | the Bilingual Business Studies Program at Midway College in | 19 | | Kentucky; 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. Karen Hunter Anderson on her retirement as the | 23 | | Illinois Community College Board Executive Director, and we | 24 | | wish her the best in all her future endeavors; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Dr. Anderson as a symbol of our respect and | 4 | | esteem.
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