Full Text of HR0381 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Eric Radtke as | 4 | | he retires as president of Prairie State College; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Eric Radtke has served as president of Prairie | 6 | | State College since 2008; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Eric Radtke has an extensive background in the | 8 | | field of higher education administration; prior to joining | 9 | | Prairie State College, Dr. Eric Radtke served as Executive | 10 | | Vice-President of Administration at Cuyahoga Community College | 11 | | in Cleveland, Ohio; before his time at Cuyahoga Community | 12 | | College, he spent 6 years in the United Arab Emirates, where he | 13 | | served as chief planning, budget, and human resources officer | 14 | | for Higher College of Technology, a system of 12 technical | 15 | | colleges serving 16,000 Emirati Students across the UAE; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Prior to his service in the United Arab Emirates, | 17 | | Dr. Eric Radtke served as Vice-President of Finance and | 18 | | Operations for Minneapolis Community and Technical College | 19 | | from 1996 to 2000, and he served in various senior | 20 | | administrative roles for the Minnesota Community College | 21 | | System from 1985 to 1995; he was instrumental in implementing | 22 | | the merger of the technical colleges, state universities, and |
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| 1 | | community colleges into a single new system, which today is | 2 | | known as Minnesota State Colleges and Universities or MnSCU; | 3 | | and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Eric Radtke dabbled in politics and government | 5 | | before moving to the world of higher education; from 1980 to | 6 | | 1984, he served the Minnesota Legislature as a fiscal and | 7 | | policy analyst for the House Appropriations Committee; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Eric Radtke received his Ph.D. in Higher | 9 | | Education Policy and Administration and his masters of arts in | 10 | | Public Affairs from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at | 11 | | the University of Minnesota; he received his bachelors degree | 12 | | in Community Science (Psychology) from the University of | 13 | | Wisconsin-Green Bay; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Eric Radtke has been married to Jane Eccles | 15 | | for 38 years and they have 2 children, Caitlin Eccles-Radtke | 16 | | M.D. and Erica Eccles-Radtke Psy.D.; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate Dr. Eric Radtke on the occasion of his | 20 | | retirement, thank him for his commitment to higher education, | 21 | | and wish him the best with all his future endeavours; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Dr. Eric Radtke as an expression of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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