Full Text of SR0274 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Larry Dietz is retiring as the 19th president of | 3 | | Illinois State University (ISU), a position he assumed on | 4 | | March 22, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, During the tenure of President Larry Dietz, ISU | 6 | | has seen record enrollment, including increases in enrollment | 7 | | of students from underrepresented groups, while maintaining | 8 | | high academic quality; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Illinois State University continues to be ranked | 10 | | among the top universities in the United States, recognized | 11 | | for its strong retention rate, top 10 percent graduation rate, | 12 | | and very low student loan default rate; it has achieved record | 13 | | fundraising in recent years and initiated its second | 14 | | comprehensive campaign, Redbirds Rising: The Campaign for | 15 | | Illinois State University; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Despite difficult economic times in Illinois, | 17 | | Illinois State University has remained strong and stable under | 18 | | Larry Dietz's leadership and is making plans to reach new | 19 | | heights in the future; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Larry Dietz came to Illinois State University in | 21 | | June of 2011 as vice president for Student Affairs and as a |
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| 1 | | tenured associate professor in the Department of Educational | 2 | | Administration and Foundations; previously, he served as vice | 3 | | chancellor for Student Affairs at Southern Illinois University | 4 | | Carbondale for ten years; he also served as special assistant | 5 | | to the chancellor at SIUC and as a tenured associate professor | 6 | | in educational administration and higher education; prior to | 7 | | his tenure there, he served as vice chancellor for Student | 8 | | Affairs and Enrollment Management, among other leadership | 9 | | positions, at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and in | 10 | | leadership positions at Iowa State University; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Larry Dietz earned a Ph.D. in higher education | 12 | | administration and a master's degree in higher education and | 13 | | student personnel from Iowa State University; he has a | 14 | | bachelor's degree in political science from Southern Illinois | 15 | | University; he attended the Institute for Educational | 16 | | Management at Harvard University, a Fulbright International | 17 | | Education Seminar for Administrators in Germany, and the | 18 | | Harvard Management Development Program; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, A strong supporter of global education, Larry | 20 | | Dietz has implemented plans to enhance diversity, support | 21 | | global learning, and create a global campus environment at | 22 | | Illinois State University; his international experiences | 23 | | include representing the American Universities Iraq Consortium | 24 | | on a panel with Prime Minister Al-Malaki and representing SIUC |
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| 1 | | at the Iraq Education Initiative in Baghdad; in addition, he | 2 | | had responsibility for SIUC's campus in Japan and has | 3 | | negotiated agreements with institutions in China, Malaysia, | 4 | | Kuwait, Germany, and the Czech Republic; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare June 30, | 7 | | 2021 to be Larry Dietz Commemoration Day to commemorate Larry | 8 | | Dietz on his years of service and to wish him the best in | 9 | | retirement; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to | 11 | | Larry Dietz as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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