Full Text of HR1324 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. Larry W. Long on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as the Executive Director of the | 5 | | Illinois State University (ISU) School of Communication; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Long has served ISU for 19 years and has | 7 | | served the last 13 years as the founding Executive Director of | 8 | | the School of Communication; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Long helped develop the first public relations | 10 | | major in Illinois during the 1980s, and, in 2013, it became the | 11 | | first public relations academic program in the State, and one | 12 | | of only 40 public relations academic programs worldwide, to be | 13 | | accredited with a Certification in Education for Public | 14 | | Relations by the education branch of Public Relations Society | 15 | | of America; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Long's support has kept ISU's TV-10 and WZND | 17 | | radio station as the leading student broadcast education | 18 | | programs in the State; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Long has expanded the School of | 20 | | Communication's journalistic and entertainment footprint with | 21 | | the addition of the WGLT radio station and Vidette Online to |
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| 1 | | the school's media portfolio; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Long has engaged School of Communication | 3 | | alumni and other professionals with the creation of the | 4 | | school's Alumni Advisory Board and the expansion of the | 5 | | school's internship program; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, During Dr. Long's tenure, the School of | 7 | | Communication's innovative Communication Studies program has | 8 | | expanded opportunities for specialized studies in a variety of | 9 | | communication disciplines, the graduate program was recognized | 10 | | nationally as the top program of its kind by the National | 11 | | Communication Association in 2013, and the undergraduate | 12 | | program received the Outstanding Undergraduate Communication | 13 | | Program Award from the Central States Communication | 14 | | Association in 2014; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Long's efforts to develop and build the Social | 16 | | Media Analytics Command Center (SMACC) gives School of | 17 | | Communication students, faculty, and the entire university, | 18 | | access to one of the 3 campus-based facilities of its kind in | 19 | | the nation; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Long has inspired and motivated award-winning | 21 | | student success and faculty achievement at unprecedented | 22 | | levels of teaching, research, and service; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In December 2014, Dr. Long will be concluding a | 2 | | distinguished 40-year career as a communication scholar, | 3 | | leader, and innovator to join his wife and collaborator Dr. | 4 | | Penelope Long in retirement; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we congratulate Dr. Larry W. Long on his retirement as the | 8 | | Executive Director of the Illinois State University School of | 9 | | Communication, and we wish him the best in all his future | 10 | | endeavors; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to Dr. Long as an expression of our esteem and | 13 | | respect.
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