Full Text of HR0851 97th General Assembly
HR0851 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In June 2009, Hortense Brice retired from teaching | 3 | | after dedicating 41 years to education in the Chicago Public | 4 | | School system; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She received her Bachelor of Science Degree from | 6 | | Illinois State University, her Master's Degree in Curriculum | 7 | | and Instruction from the University of Illinois in Chicago, and | 8 | | trained for 36 hours in Science Education at the Illinois | 9 | | Institute of Technology; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, After obtaining her degrees she partook in | 11 | | workshops, conferences, and graduate-level courses in various | 12 | | fields of science at respected universities to further her | 13 | | knowledge in the subject and expand her capability to teach it | 14 | | to high school students; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, She created the first biotechnology curriculum in | 16 | | the Chicago Public School system; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, In the mid-1990s she taught elements of | 18 | | biotechnology at Whitney Young Magnet High School and taught | 19 | | the first full-time biotechnology course at Lindblom Math and | 20 | | Science Academy in Chicago Illinois; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Her meeting with Dr. George Keiffer of the | 2 | | University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana secured a grant from | 3 | | the National Science Association that helped to provide formal | 4 | | training in biotechnology to more Chicago Public high school | 5 | | educators; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, She arranged for Chicago Public high school | 7 | | teachers to enroll in the two-year biotechnology training | 8 | | course at the University of Illinois; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, In the spring of 2006, she worked with the After | 10 | | School Matters program to develop a successful pharmaceutical | 11 | | drug curriculum for high school students; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, She has been recognized as an outstanding | 13 | | educator, researcher, and trainer for the next generation of | 14 | | young scientists by receiving the iBio Institute iCON Knowledge | 15 | | Builder Award for grades 6-12; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Even after retirement, she continues to attend | 17 | | science training programs, including the five-day | 18 | | biotechnology immersion program held by the Biotechnology | 19 | | Institute at the BIO International Convention; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, After her retirement Ms. Brice established, in | 21 | | partnership with Baxter International, Inc., the Biotechnology |
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| 1 | | Center of Excellence, a professional development course for | 2 | | Chicago Public School teachers to learn the fundamentals of | 3 | | biotechnology; the Center has, in 3 years, taught nearly 90 | 4 | | teachers at the junior high and high school levels, and has | 5 | | brought both acumen and biotechnology tools into the classroom; | 6 | | therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we recognize Hortense Brice for her dedication to the teaching | 10 | | of advanced science to high school students in Chicago Public | 11 | | Schools; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to Hortense Brice as a symbol of our respect and | 14 | | esteem.
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