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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate Thaddeus Bergschneider on being named president | ||||||
| 4 | of the National FFA Organization at the 97th National FFA | ||||||
| 5 | Convention & Expo, which was held in Indianapolis, Indiana | ||||||
| 6 | from October 23 to October 26, 2024; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, The National FFA Organization, an intracurricular | ||||||
| 8 | student organization formerly known as the Future Farmers of | ||||||
| 9 | America (FFA), consists of more than one million student | ||||||
| 10 | members from more than 9,000 local chapters located across all | ||||||
| 11 | 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Thaddeus Bergschneider, a former member of the | ||||||
| 13 | Franklin FFA Chapter and 2023-24 president of the Illinois | ||||||
| 14 | FFA, was raised on the fifth-generation JP Bergschneider | ||||||
| 15 | Farms, where his family grows corn and soybeans and raises | ||||||
| 16 | cattle and turkeys in Morgan County; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, Thaddeus Bergschneider was selected as the | ||||||
| 18 | 2024-25 president of the National FFA Organization from among | ||||||
| 19 | 37 candidates who all participated in an extensive interview | ||||||
| 20 | process with the National FFA Officer Nominating Committee; | ||||||
| 21 | and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Thaddeus Bergschneider's selection as president | ||||||
| 2 | of the National FFA Organization makes him the first Illinois | ||||||
| 3 | student chosen to lead the organization in three decades; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, As president, Thaddeus Bergschneider will | ||||||
| 5 | represent and lead FFA members across the country while | ||||||
| 6 | working alongside five other members of the 2024-25 National | ||||||
| 7 | FFA Officer Team to drive the organization's mission of | ||||||
| 8 | developing future leaders through agricultural education; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Thaddeus Bergschneider is currently a freshman at | ||||||
| 10 | the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he is | ||||||
| 11 | pursuing a degree in agricultural and consumer economics in | ||||||
| 12 | the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental | ||||||
| 13 | Sciences (ACES); therefore, be it | ||||||
| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate | ||||||
| 16 | Thaddeus Bergschneider on being named president of the | ||||||
| 17 | National FFA Organization at the 97th National FFA Convention & | ||||||
| 18 | Expo, and we wish him continued success in his endeavors; and | ||||||
| 19 | be it further | ||||||
| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to Thaddeus Bergschneider as an expression of our | ||||||
| 22 | esteem and respect. | ||||||