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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Vickie Miller,
4 Danville Area Community College Board of Trustees Chairperson,
5 on being elected to the office of Secretary of the Illinois
6 Community College Trustees' Association; and
 
7     WHEREAS, She was elected unanimously during the
8 Association's annual Board of Representatives meeting on June 9
9 in Chicago; as secretary, she also will serve on the Illinois
10 Community College Trustees' Association's Executive Committee,
11 with a one-year term that began on July 1, 2007; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Vickie Miller is co-manager of the Miller family
13 farm in Indianola and is a lifelong resident of Vermilion
14 County; she was originally elected to the DACC Board of
15 Trustees on November 5, 1991 and was re-elected in 1997 and
16 2003; she was elected Vice Chair on November 16, 1999, and
17 Chairperson on November 20, 2001, reelected on November 18,
18 2003, and again on May 15, 2007; and
 
19     WHEREAS, She has served the Illinois Community College
20 Trustees' Association in many areas, including: as the East
21 Central Regional Chair; serving on the Women in Leadership
22 Committee, the Government Relations Committee, and the

 

 

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1 Education Committee; and she was Alternate Representative,
2 1999-2003; in 2003 she received the Trustee Education Award,
3 and in 2006 she received the Illinois Community College
4 Trustees' Association Trustee Education Award; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She is an active member and leader at Calvary
6 Baptist Church; she is also active in the Fairmount Women's
7 Club, having served as President, Vice President, and
8 Secretary; in addition to her community service in numerous
9 organizations, she is a generous community volunteer, giving
10 her time to the Jamaica school district and as an active member
11 of the Festival of Trees Steering Committee; and
 
12     WHEREAS, She opens her home and historic farm to various
13 large groups, including Leadership Danville; she is a graduate
14 of Leadership Danville Class of XIII and has co-chaired the
15 annual Leadership Danville Ag Day three times; and
 
16     WHEREAS, In recognition of her dedicated service to the
17 community, Vickie Miller received the prestigious Woman of
18 Distinction Award from the Green Meadows Girl Scout Council in
19 2003; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Vickie Miller earned an Associate degree in 1970
21 from Monticello College (Lewis and Clark Community College),
22 and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education from

 

 

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1 MacMurray College in Jacksonville; she has been employed as an
2 elementary school teacher by the Vermilion County schools, and
3 also has worked as a private school teacher/librarian;
4 therefore, be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
7 congratulate Vickie Miller on her election to the office of
8 Secretary of the Illinois Community College Trustees'
9 Association and wish her continued success in her future
10 endeavors; and be it further
 
11     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to Vickie Miller as a symbol of our respect.