Full Text of HR1546 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Waubonsee Community | 4 | | College on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its founding | 5 | | in 2016; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Waubonsee Community College, a two-year public | 7 | | institution of higher learning, came into existence in August | 8 | | of 1966, when the electorate of 12 school districts in most of | 9 | | Kane and portions of Kendall, DeKalb, LaSalle, and Will | 10 | | Counties voted to establish Community College District 516; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, From the beginning, the philosophy of Waubonsee | 12 | | Community College has been that education is the cornerstone of | 13 | | a literate, democratic society, that learning is a lifelong | 14 | | process, and that the pursuit of knowledge must be supported by | 15 | | institutional policies demonstrating accessibility, service, | 16 | | quality, innovation, and value; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Waubonsee Community College truly began taking | 18 | | shape in early 1967, when its first president took office and | 19 | | subsequently began assembling a staff, developing a | 20 | | multi-level curriculum, and locating classroom space; in March | 21 | | of 1967, in order to give the college a suitable name, the | 22 | | school called upon its community through a district-wide naming |
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| 1 | | contest; from among the 600 entries, Susan Miller of Aurora and | 2 | | Patricia Ann Dillon of Batavia suggested Waubonsee, a | 3 | | Pottawatomie Native American chief who lived in the Fox River | 4 | | Valley during the 1800s, so the Fox Valley Community College | 5 | | officially became Waubonsee Community College; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Waubonsee Community College had a permanent name | 7 | | but not a permanent campus; when the college opened its doors | 8 | | for classes on September 11, 1967, the doors were those of a | 9 | | variety of community facilities; the school had an initial | 10 | | enrollment of 1,603 students, 403 full-time and 1,200 | 11 | | part-time; in December of 1967, a successful bond referendum | 12 | | allowed the college to begin planning its first permanent | 13 | | campus; the campus, situated on a 243-acre tract of land north | 14 | | of Sugar Grove on Route 47, still serves as the main campus; a | 15 | | second Waubonsee campus opened in 1986 in downtown Aurora at | 16 | | the corner of Galena Boulevard and Stolp Avenue, which ceased | 17 | | operations in May of 2011; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, In June of 2011, Waubonsee Community College moved | 19 | | its downtown campus to a new 132,000-square-foot facility at 18 | 20 | | South River Street, while the Aurora Downtown Campus remains | 21 | | the headquarters for Workforce Development, Adult Education, | 22 | | GED, English as a Second Language, and the Adult Literacy | 23 | | Project; Waubonsee established another major extension in | 24 | | January of 1997 on the Rush-Copley Medical Center campus, which |
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| 1 | | was renovated and renamed the Aurora Fox Valley Campus in the | 2 | | summer of 2016; in the spring of 2011, courses began at a | 3 | | fourth permanent campus in Plano; classes are also held at | 4 | | nearly 16 other extension sites throughout the district; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In accordance with the Waubonsee Community | 6 | | College 2020 College Master Plan, five building projects were | 7 | | completed at the Sugar Grove Campus: the Campus Operations | 8 | | facility, which opened in August of 2005; the new Science | 9 | | Building, which opened during the Fall 2006 semester; the | 10 | | Academic and Professional Center, which held classes for the | 11 | | first time in the fall of 2007; the Student Center, which | 12 | | opened in the spring of 2009; and the Field House, which opened | 13 | | in the spring of 2015; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Waubonsee Community College has always been a | 15 | | leader in distance learning; the college was a founding member | 16 | | of the Illinois Virtual Campus and has provided courses to | 17 | | students statewide through Illinois Community Colleges Online; | 18 | | the college offers nearly 200 online courses and delivers | 19 | | fully-accredited associate degrees and certificates to | 20 | | students on an online platform; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 23 | | congratulate Waubonsee Community College on the occasion of the |
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| 1 | | 50th anniversary of its founding in 2016 and wish the college | 2 | | continued success in the future; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to Waubonsee Community College as a symbol of our | 5 | | esteem and respect.
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