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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Governors State University was established on | ||||||
| 3 | July 17, 1969 by Governor Richard B. Ogilvie as a bold, new | ||||||
| 4 | model for transforming lives through education in Chicago's | ||||||
| 5 | South Suburbs; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Governors State University was initially known as | ||||||
| 7 | the "university without walls" to reflect its unlimited | ||||||
| 8 | potential and to commemorate opening the same week the United | ||||||
| 9 | States sent Apollo 11 to the moon; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Over two decades, Governors State University | ||||||
| 11 | transformed itself into a university with classrooms, | ||||||
| 12 | structured programs, and letter grades while staying true to | ||||||
| 13 | its version of serving nontraditional students; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Governors State University has since created a | ||||||
| 15 | national model for serving adults and returning adults whose | ||||||
| 16 | contributions as graduates and working professionals stimulate | ||||||
| 17 | local, regional, and global communities; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Between 2011 and 2014, Governors State University | ||||||
| 19 | reinvented itself once again with the creation of an | ||||||
| 20 | award-winning, structured, four-year undergraduate program, | ||||||
| 21 | the admittance of freshmen, the development of the Dual Degree | ||||||
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| 1 | Program (DDP), a nationally-recognized partnership with 17 | ||||||
| 2 | Chicagoland community colleges, the building of the | ||||||
| 3 | University's first living-learning community, Prairie Place, | ||||||
| 4 | and the addition of NAIA intercollegiate athletics; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, As the only public university in the area south of | ||||||
| 6 | Chicago, Governors State University is an educational and | ||||||
| 7 | cultural destination and serves nearly 5,000 undergraduate and | ||||||
| 8 | graduate students who reflect the nation's new student | ||||||
| 9 | majority, first-generation students, students of color, | ||||||
| 10 | adults, and military veterans; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 12 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 13 | we declare July 17, 2019 as Governors State University Day in | ||||||
| 14 | the State of Illinois and commend the University on 50 years of | ||||||
| 15 | leadership, innovation, education, and excellence in the | ||||||
| 16 | Chicagoland region, the nation, and the world; and be it | ||||||
| 17 | further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to Governors State University as an expression of our | ||||||
| 20 | esteem and respect.
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