Full Text of HR0204 95th General Assembly
HR0204 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Dr. M. Vali Siadat is a skilled academic, with two | 3 |
| doctorates in mathematics (a Ph.D. in pure mathematics and a | 4 |
| D.A. in mathematics education) both from the University of | 5 |
| Illinois at Chicago, received following the earning of his | 6 |
| Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California at | 7 |
| Berkeley; Dr. Siadat has been on the faculty of Richard J. | 8 |
| Daley College since 1982, and has been chairman in the | 9 |
| Department of Mathematics since 1997; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Siadat has been an outstanding member of the | 11 |
| faculty and a dedicated member of the campus community; he does | 12 |
| more than teach his classes, he mentors students, performs | 13 |
| committee work, performs research, and serves the district; he | 14 |
| is a team player who has always shown his respect and | 15 |
| appreciation for his colleagues, and has in turn been | 16 |
| recognized and honored by them; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Siadat is the founding Director and acted as | 18 |
| the Principal Investigator of the Proyecto Access-Chicago, an | 19 |
| intensive mathematics-based academic summer program targeting | 20 |
| low income and minority students in middle school and high | 21 |
| school, for 8 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Siadat has also also been active in academic |
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| research; in collaboration with a University of | 2 |
| Illinois-Chicago math professor, he developed and implemented | 3 |
| the Keystone Project, a new approach to teaching basic | 4 |
| mathematics that has improved student outcomes in math and has | 5 |
| shown to enhance students' general educational skills; the | 6 |
| Keystone Project has placed Daley College in the national | 7 |
| spotlight, as it was featured in many publications and won | 8 |
| various awards; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Recently, the Carnegie Foundation for the | 10 |
| Advancement of Teaching and Council for Advancement and Support | 11 |
| of Education 2005 Illinois Professor of the Year Award was | 12 |
| presented to Dr. Siadat; the Prestigious Carnegie Award was won | 13 |
| in a competition among nearly 400 top professors in the United | 14 |
| States; the award recognizes extraordinary dedication to | 15 |
| undergraduate teaching at higher education institutions in the | 16 |
| United States, innovative instructional methods, achievement | 17 |
| as an educational leader, and a record of teaching excellence; | 18 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 |
| congratulate Dr. M. Vali Siadat on winning the Carnegie | 22 |
| Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Council for | 23 |
| Advancement and Support of Education 2005 Illinois Professor of | 24 |
| the Year Award; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Dr. M. Vali Siadat.
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