Full Text of HR0246 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize Loyola University Chicago, | 4 | | the only Jesuit Catholic University in the State of Illinois; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago originally opened its | 7 | | doors as St. Ignatius College on September 5, 1870; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago's School of Law opened | 9 | | in 1908, admitting both women and men; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago's Stritch School of | 11 | | Medicine was founded in 1920; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago, initially having no | 13 | | home field for its football team, adopted the nickname | 14 | | "Ramblers" for all of its athletic teams in 1926; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago opened Arrupe College, | 16 | | an innovative two-year college for Chicago-area students with | 17 | | limited financial means, in the fall of 2015; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago additionally includes | 19 | | the Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health, the |
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| 1 | | Niehoff School of Nursing, the Quinlan School of Business, the | 2 | | College of Arts & Sciences, and the Schools of Education, | 3 | | Social Work, and Communications; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Today, Loyola University Chicago enrolls more | 5 | | than 17,000 students seeking undergraduate, graduate, and | 6 | | professional degrees, with 42% of its study body being | 7 | | students of color and 98% of its undergraduate students | 8 | | receiving grants and/or scholarships; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago had 2,418 students | 10 | | receive a Monetary Assistance Program (MAP) grant in 2023, | 11 | | more than one-half of all Illinois undergraduates attending | 12 | | the university; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago inaugurated Mark C. | 14 | | Reed, Ed.D., as its 25th president on November 3, 2022; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, President Dr. Reed has been a distinguished | 16 | | leader and educator at Jesuit institutions for more than 20 | 17 | | years, previously serving as president of St. Joseph's | 18 | | University in Pennsylvania for seven years and holding several | 19 | | leadership positions at Fairfield University in Connecticut | 20 | | for 15 years; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, President Dr. Reed is a student-centered leader |
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| 1 | | committed to being an active participant in the academic, | 2 | | spiritual, and social life of Loyola University Chicago; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, President Dr. Reed serves as chair of the Council | 4 | | of Presidents for the Atlantic 10 Conference, which Loyola | 5 | | University Chicago joined in July 2022; he also serves on the | 6 | | boards of the American Council on Education, the Association | 7 | | of Catholic Colleges and Universities, and the Association of | 8 | | Jesuit Colleges and Universities; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago will celebrate its | 10 | | 153rd anniversary in September 2023; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we recognize Loyola University Chicago, the only Jesuit | 14 | | Catholic University in the State of Illinois; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the President of Loyola University Chicago, Mark | 18 | | C. Reed, Ed.D., as an expression of our esteem and respect.
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