Full Text of HR0721 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Leslie Roundtree, D.H.S. | 4 | | on the occasion of her retirement as interim provost and | 5 | | senior vice president of Academic and Student Affairs and as | 6 | | chairperson of the Department of Occupational Therapy at | 7 | | Chicago State University; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Roundtree began her career in higher | 9 | | education in 1982, working as a guest lecturer at the | 10 | | University of Illinois at Chicago while also serving as an | 11 | | occupational therapist at numerous hospitals throughout the | 12 | | Chicago area; in 1993, she accepted a tenure-track position in | 13 | | the Department of Occupational Therapy with teaching | 14 | | responsibilities in the areas of Psychosocial Theory and | 15 | | Practice, Health Systems Management, Research Methods in | 16 | | Occupational Therapy, and other courses while also providing | 17 | | clinical supervision for Level I and Level II students in | 18 | | community sites without licensed therapists; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Upon earning tenure, Dr. Roundtree assumed | 20 | | administrative and management responsibilities at Chicago | 21 | | State University, beginning as chairperson of the Department | 22 | | of Occupational Therapy; she maintained a robust research | 23 | | agenda in the area of elderly wellness, adolescents, health |
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| 1 | | promotion, and minority and disadvantaged student learning; | 2 | | she also led the department through two exceptional | 3 | | accreditation processes and transitioned the undergraduate | 4 | | program to a combined Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences | 5 | | and Master of Occupational Therapy program; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Roundtree served as dean of the College of | 7 | | Health Sciences from 2014 to 2018, during which she was | 8 | | responsible for three departments and the university's | 9 | | Wellness Center; in her role as dean, she ensured cross | 10 | | college communication for recruitment, retention, and student | 11 | | engagement activities; she also developed an interprofessional | 12 | | task force that addressed interprofessional education between | 13 | | the College of Health Sciences and the College of Pharmacy; | 14 | | and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Roundtree was selected as interim provost and | 16 | | vice president of Academic and Student Affairs in August 2018; | 17 | | her duties have included administrative oversight of the five | 18 | | colleges of Chicago State University as well as the Division | 19 | | of Student Affairs, Grants & Research, Graduate & Professional | 20 | | Studies, and Non-traditional Programs and Continuing | 21 | | Education; she was also responsible for managing a $42 million | 22 | | budget and securing a 10-year renewal of the university's | 23 | | accreditation reaffirmation with the Higher Learning | 24 | | Commission; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, While serving as a member of the executive | 2 | | leadership team, Dr. Roundtree continued as a scholar, and one | 3 | | focus of her scholarship has been student success that targets | 4 | | enhancing the educational options for underserved and | 5 | | underrepresented students; she has served as the principal | 6 | | investigator for multiple federal grants to support student | 7 | | success, the education of health professionals, and the | 8 | | improvement of improving educational outcomes, securing over | 9 | | $26 million in multi-year funding in the process; her | 10 | | initiatives along with others have assisted Chicago State | 11 | | University in leading the State of Illinois in increasing the | 12 | | graduation rate of ethnic and racial minorities and | 13 | | educationally disadvantaged students in the field of health | 14 | | information administration, public health, nursing, and | 15 | | occupational therapy; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Roundtree has been the recipient of several | 17 | | honors during her career, including receiving a Service | 18 | | Commendation as an Advocate in Workforce Diversity by the | 19 | | American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) in 2021, | 20 | | receiving an Award of Merit by the Illinois Occupational | 21 | | Therapy Association that same year, and being recognized as a | 22 | | Fellow and as a Pioneer in Diversifying the Occupational | 23 | | Therapy Profession by the AOTA in 2022; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Roundtree will retire on June 30, 2024; | 2 | | therefore, be it | 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 4 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we congratulate Leslie Roundtree, D.H.S. on her retirement | 6 | | from Chicago State University, and we thank her for her 32 | 7 | | years of service and dedication to the institution; and be it | 8 | | further | 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to Dr. Roundtree as an expression of our esteem and | 11 | | respect. |
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