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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Dr. M. Vali Siadat is a skilled academic, with two | ||||||
| 3 | doctorates in mathematics (a Ph.D. in pure mathematics and a | ||||||
| 4 | D.A. in mathematics education) both from the University of | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois at Chicago, received following the earning of his | ||||||
| 6 | Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California at | ||||||
| 7 | Berkeley; Dr. Siadat has been on the faculty of Richard J. | ||||||
| 8 | Daley College since 1982, and has been chairman in the | ||||||
| 9 | Department of Mathematics since 1997; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Dr. Siadat has been an outstanding member of the | ||||||
| 11 | faculty and a dedicated member of the campus community; he does | ||||||
| 12 | more than teach his classes, he mentors students, performs | ||||||
| 13 | committee work, performs research, and serves the district; he | ||||||
| 14 | is a team player who has always shown his respect and | ||||||
| 15 | appreciation for his colleagues, and has in turn been | ||||||
| 16 | recognized and honored by them; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Dr. Siadat is the founding Director and acted as | ||||||
| 18 | the Principal Investigator of the Proyecto Access-Chicago, an | ||||||
| 19 | intensive mathematics-based academic summer program targeting | ||||||
| 20 | low income and minority students in middle school and high | ||||||
| 21 | school, for 8 years; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Dr. Siadat has also also been active in academic | ||||||
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| 1 | research; in collaboration with a University of | ||||||
| 2 | Illinois-Chicago math professor, he developed and implemented | ||||||
| 3 | the Keystone Project, a new approach to teaching basic | ||||||
| 4 | mathematics that has improved student outcomes in math and has | ||||||
| 5 | shown to enhance students' general educational skills; the | ||||||
| 6 | Keystone Project has placed Daley College in the national | ||||||
| 7 | spotlight, as it was featured in many publications and won | ||||||
| 8 | various awards; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Recently, the Carnegie Foundation for the | ||||||
| 10 | Advancement of Teaching and Council for Advancement and Support | ||||||
| 11 | of Education 2005 Illinois Professor of the Year Award was | ||||||
| 12 | presented to Dr. Siadat; the Prestigious Carnegie Award was won | ||||||
| 13 | in a competition among nearly 400 top professors in the United | ||||||
| 14 | States; the award recognizes extraordinary dedication to | ||||||
| 15 | undergraduate teaching at higher education institutions in the | ||||||
| 16 | United States, innovative instructional methods, achievement | ||||||
| 17 | as an educational leader, and a record of teaching excellence; | ||||||
| 18 | therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 20 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 21 | congratulate Dr. M. Vali Siadat on winning the Carnegie | ||||||
| 22 | Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Council for | ||||||
| 23 | Advancement and Support of Education 2005 Illinois Professor of | ||||||
| 24 | the Year Award; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to Dr. M. Vali Siadat.
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