Full Text of HR1314 97th 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, faculty, and students of Highland Community | 5 | | College on the occasion of the institution's 50th anniversary; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, After being established by public referendum in | 8 | | November of 1961, Freeport Community College held its first | 9 | | classes in September of 1962 at their temporary location on the | 10 | | campus of Freeport High School; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, In the fall of 1966, a successful referendum held | 12 | | in 15 school districts in Stephenson, Ogle, Jo Daviess, and | 13 | | Carroll Counties established District No. 519; the name | 14 | | Highland Community College was taken the following year; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, With the generous support of their community and | 16 | | the Highland Community College Foundation - the first such | 17 | | organization in the State of Illinois - Highland Community | 18 | | College moved to their first permanent facilities on the site | 19 | | of the Parker-Taft farm west of Freeport in 1971; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The Sports Center, built in 1979 as a result of a | 21 | | partnership between Highland Community College and the YMCA of |
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| 1 | | Northwest Illinois, was the first such cooperative endeavor | 2 | | between a community college and a regional YMCA; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, In 2003, the HCC West campus was established in | 4 | | Elizabeth to further meet the needs of the residents in the | 5 | | western region of District No. 519; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, In 2008, Highland Community College established | 7 | | the first associate of applied science degree in wind turbine | 8 | | technology and erected a dedicated Wind Turbine Technician | 9 | | Training Center to house the program; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, A new state-of-the-art addition to the Natural | 11 | | Science and Health Center, the Ray and Betty Stamm Health | 12 | | Science Nursing Wing, was built in 2009 to house the growing | 13 | | number of students and program offerings in nursing and allied | 14 | | health disciplines; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Highland Community College has continually | 16 | | adapted to meet the needs of students and residents of | 17 | | northwest Illinois by offering more than 60 programs of applied | 18 | | and transfer degrees, community education, and business | 19 | | training, as well as theatre, visual arts, and music | 20 | | opportunities for the community; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, As a proud member of the Illinois Community |
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| 1 | | College System, Highland Community College will celebrate 50 | 2 | | years of excellent service to the communities of northwest | 3 | | Illinois during the 2012-2013 academic year; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we congratulate the administration, faculty, and students of | 7 | | Highland Community College on the occasion of the institution's | 8 | | 50th anniversary of providing quality education and wish them | 9 | | continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to Highland Community College as a symbol of our | 13 | | esteem and respect.
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