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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate Taylor Fusinatto on being 
4nominated for the 2015 iCon Knowledge Builder Award; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Taylor Fusinatto is currently the middle
school 
6science teacher and Department Chair at Dr. Bessie Rhodes 
7School of Global Studies with Evanston/Skokie School District 
865; she is an exceptional teacher who strives to bring science 
9to life
through real-world connections; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Taylor Fusinatto is constantly seeking to provide 
11her students with access to new technologies; she established 
12the first Stellar Girls after-school STEM engineering program 
13in the
district; Stellar Girls introduces girls in grades 3 
14through 8 to
current, interesting "Big Ideas" in STEM fields; 
15through weekly hands-on program
activities, girls explore how 
16science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
are used to 
17feed, fuel, heal, and save the world; participants also have 
18the
opportunity to interact with STEM professionals to learn 
19about STEM careers, apply
STEM skills to real-world problems, 
20and employ critical-thinking skills through
collaborative 
21inquiry; the program will be entering its third year, engaging 
22girls in inquiry-based engineering projects
that merge content 
23with ingenuity; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Taylor Fusinatto has worked on educator 
2ambassador programs with NASA and the EPA; she has presented on 
3nanotechnology labs adapted for middle
school students at the 
4Illinois State CONNECTIONS conference and on literacy 
5strategies in the content
areas at the Illinois Reading Council 
6Conference; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS,  Taylor Fusinatto participated in a
materials 
8science and nanotechnology workshop at the University of 
9Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and acted
as a research assistant 
10on a nano-drug delivery system for chemothearputic medicine at 
11the University of
Illinois at Chicago; and
  
 
  
12    WHEREAS, Taylor Fusinatto graduated summa cum laude from 
13Loyola University-Chicago; therefore, be it
  
 
  
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
15NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
16congratulate Taylor Fusinatto on being nominated for the 2015 
17iCon Knowledge Builder Award; and be it further
  
 
18    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
19presented to Taylor Fusinatto as an expression of our esteem 
20and respect.