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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Skillful, enthusiastic, and innovative teachers
3 change the lives of countless students for the better and
4 forever by encouraging curiosity and understanding and by
5 contributing to the development of mind and spirit; and
6 WHEREAS, The U.S. Professors of the Year program,
7 sponsored by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
8 Teaching and administered by the Council for Advancement and
9 Support of Education, is the nation's most highly respected
10 program to recognize outstanding faculty; and
11 WHEREAS, The Illinois Professor of the Year represents
12 the thousands of dedicated university and college instructors
13 throughout Illinois who serve their students, their
14 community, and their State with dedication and talent; and
15 WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has long supported
16 excellence in undergraduate teaching through competitively
17 funding faculty salaries and other initiatives to make our
18 system of higher education the envy of many states and other
19 nations; and
20 WHEREAS, The quality of life and the scope of opportunity
21 for many future citizens of Illinois will be determined by
22 the quality of teaching in the classroom; therefore, be it
23 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
24 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
25 we recognize and commend Rose Marie Lynch, professor of
26 English and Journalism at Illinois Valley Community College,
27 upon being named the 1999 Illinois Professor of the Year; and
28 be it further
29 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
30 presented to her as a token of our esteem.