Full Text of HR0778 095th General Assembly
HR0778 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 Dr. Alice Marie | 4 |
| Jacobs on the occasion of being the recipient of the 2007 ACCT | 5 |
| Chief Executive Award for the Central Region of the United | 6 |
| States from the Association of Community College Trustees; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Alice Marie Jacobs was named President of | 8 |
| Danville Area Community College in 1999; as President, she was | 9 |
| charged with increasing enrollment, particularly among | 10 |
| minorities; her plans of action included the implementation of | 11 |
| initiatives designed to encourage diversity in faculty, staff, | 12 |
| and students, as well as the promotion and support of the | 13 |
| expansion of health programs at the college; she developed an | 14 |
| innovative partnership between DACC and Lakeview College of | 15 |
| Nursing and supported the transfer of a much-needed Radiologic | 16 |
| Technology program from Provena United Samaritans Medical | 17 |
| Center to the college in order to preserve health education | 18 |
| opportunities within the community; she also improved | 19 |
| relations between DACC and local school districts, which | 20 |
| allowed the college to provide dual credit career education | 21 |
| courses and expanded dual credit transfer courses to area high | 22 |
| school juniors and seniors; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to her tenure as President of Danville Area |
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| Community College, Dr. Alice Marie Jacobs served as President | 2 |
| of Kaskaskia College in Centralia, Vice President of | 3 |
| Instruction and Student Development at Cape Fear Community | 4 |
| College in Wilmington, North Carolina, Dean of Instruction at | 5 |
| Rochester Community College in Rochester, Minnesota, and as | 6 |
| Dean of Occupational Education at Kellogg Community College in | 7 |
| Battle Creek, Michigan; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Alice Marie Jacobs was elected to the Board of | 9 |
| Directors of the American Association of Community Colleges | 10 |
| (AACC) in 2006; she has served on the AACC Commission on | 11 |
| Minority Resources and chairs the AACC Commission on Diversity, | 12 |
| Inclusion and Equity; she is also a current member of the | 13 |
| Illinois Community College System Foundation Board of | 14 |
| Directors and has served as the President, Vice President, and | 15 |
| Secretary/Treasurer of the Illinois Community College | 16 |
| Presidents Council; she has also served as chairperson of the | 17 |
| Presidents Council Student Development Committee, chairperson | 18 |
| of the Governance Committee, and as chairperson of the | 19 |
| Presidents Council Administrative Services Committee; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Alice Marie Jacobs received her Ph.D. in | 21 |
| College and University Administration from Michigan State | 22 |
| University; she also holds a M.A. from Western Michigan | 23 |
| University, a B.S. from Western Michigan University, and an | 24 |
| A.A. from Louisburg College in North Carolina; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Alice Marie Jacobs's exemplary | 2 |
| professionalism and dedication to her profession make her a | 3 |
| model for the citizens of the State of Illinois; therefore, be | 4 |
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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 Dr. Alice Marie Jacobs on the occasion of being | 8 |
| the recipient of the 2007 ACCT Chief Executive Award and wish | 9 |
| her continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | 10 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to Dr. Alice Marie Jacobs as a symbol of our esteem | 13 |
| and respect.
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