Full Text of HR0179 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. Sylvia M. Jenkins on | 4 | | the occasion of her retirement as president of Moraine Valley | 5 | | Community College; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jenkins became the fifth president of Moraine | 7 | | Valley Community College, one of the largest community | 8 | | colleges in Illinois, on July 1, 2012; she previously served | 9 | | as vice president of Academic Affairs, dean of Academic | 10 | | Development & Learning Resources, assistant dean for the | 11 | | Center for Teaching & Learning/director of the library, public | 12 | | services librarian at Moraine Valley in Palos Hills, and | 13 | | director of Library Services and public services librarian at | 14 | | Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jenkins was appointed by Gov. JB Pritzker to | 16 | | sit on the Illinois Community College Board (2021) and serves | 17 | | on several other boards, including the League for Innovation | 18 | | in the Community College (chair 2018-19), Community Colleges | 19 | | for International Development (chair 2019-20), the Moraine | 20 | | Area Career Systems CEO Council, the Chicago Regional College | 21 | | Program, and the South Metropolitan Higher Education | 22 | | Consortium Presidents' Council; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jenkins served on the Higher Learning | 2 | | Commission's Partners in Transformation advisory group on | 3 | | innovation in higher education (2017-19); she was an elected | 4 | | member of the American Association of Community College's | 5 | | board of directors (2016-19); she served from 2016-19 as an | 6 | | associate member regional representative of the Hispanic | 7 | | Association of Colleges and Universities; since 2016, she has | 8 | | served as a National Advisory Board member for the Ferris | 9 | | State University Doctorate in Community College Leadership | 10 | | (chair 2021-22) and was featured in its 2017 Legendary | 11 | | Leadership video series; she is a member of the Illinois Green | 12 | | Economy Network President's Steering Committee; she is a | 13 | | member of the Illinois Council of Community College Presidents | 14 | | (vice chair 2019-20, chair 2020-21); she also serves on the | 15 | | Cook County Workforce Innovation Board and the Forest Preserve | 16 | | District of Cook County's Conservation and Policy Council; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jenkins was selected by District 3 of the | 18 | | National Council for Marketing and Public Relations as its | 19 | | 2021 Pacesetter of the Year for demonstrating leadership and | 20 | | support of college communication and marketing efforts; in | 21 | | June of 2021, she also received the Advocacy Award from the | 22 | | Illinois Community College Trustees Association for her | 23 | | leadership in advocating for the needs of students and the | 24 | | community college system in Illinois; in December 2018, the | 25 | | Council for Advancement in Support of Education (CASE) |
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| 1 | | presented her with the CASE V Chief Executive Leadership | 2 | | Award, and she received the Craig Stettner Award for | 3 | | Environmental Education from the Chicago Audubon Society in | 4 | | spring 2019; in February 2018, she was recognized by Illinois | 5 | | State Treasurer Michael Frerichs with an Outstanding | 6 | | Commitment in Education Award; in June 2017, she was | 7 | | recognized with the Mosque Foundation's 2017 Leadership Award | 8 | | for exemplary efforts in fostering the celebration of | 9 | | diversity in the college and community; in 2017, she was | 10 | | recognized with a scholarship in her name through the Moraine | 11 | | Valley Foundation — the Dr. Sylvia M. Jenkins Women's | 12 | | Leadership Scholarship, which is an annual scholarship to | 13 | | support the education goals of future female leaders; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jenkins was a panelist for the World | 15 | | Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics World Congress in | 16 | | Melbourne, Australia on Establishing Holistic Partnerships to | 17 | | Embed Cybersecurity (October 2018); she was an external juror | 18 | | for Johnson County Community College's BNSF Railway Faculty | 19 | | Achievement Award (May 2018); she was an invited keynote | 20 | | speaker for Drexel University's Assessment Conference | 21 | | (September 2017); she was a co-presenter at the Association of | 22 | | Community College Trustees Leadership Congress (October 2016) | 23 | | and a panelist at the 2016 Assessment Institute hosted by | 24 | | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (October | 25 | | 2016); she was a co-presenter at the League for Innovation in |
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| 1 | | the Community College's Innovations Conference (March 2016); | 2 | | she has also been an invited faculty member of the League for | 3 | | Innovation's Executive Leadership Institute/ELI (2013, 2014, | 4 | | 2017, 2018, 2019); and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jenkins is a member of the Rotary Club of | 6 | | Moraine Valley and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Chicago | 7 | | Alumnae Chapter; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jenkins holds a Ph.D. in Education and Human | 9 | | Resource Studies with a specialization in Community College | 10 | | Leadership from Colorado State University, a Master of Library | 11 | | Science from State University of New York at Albany, and a | 12 | | Bachelor of Science in English Education from Grambling State | 13 | | University; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jenkins and her husband, Craig, have four | 15 | | daughters, Carmen, Courtney, Christine, and Carol, and 10 | 16 | | grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 18 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate Dr. Sylvia M. Jenkins on her retirement as | 20 | | president of Moraine Valley Community College, and we wish her | 21 | | the best in all her future endeavors; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Dr. Jenkins as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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