Full Text of HR0606 095th General Assembly
HR0606 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| WHEREAS, She was elected unanimously during the
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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| 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
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| 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
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to Vickie Miller as a symbol of our respect.
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