Bill Text: IA HR23 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A resolution honoring Dr. Sally Mason and her outstanding achievements as President of the University of Iowa.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 39-8)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-24 - Sponsor added, Isenhart. H.J. 691. [HR23 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HR23-Introduced.html

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House Resolution 23 - Introduced

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                    HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
        BY  MASCHER, LENSING, STUTSMAN, WINCKLER, T. TAYLOR,
         HUNTER, GASKILL, SMITH, WESSEL=KROESCHELL, KEARNS,
          RUFF, ANDERSON, HANSON, WOLFE, STAED, H. MILLER,
         THEDE, BERRY, BROWN=POWERS, GAINES, KELLEY, FORBES,
        JACOBY, MEYER, COHOON, LYKAM, BEARINGER, ABDUL=SAMAD,
              KRESSIG, McCONKEY, STECKMAN, FINKENAUER,
        RUNNING=MARQUARDT, HALL, BENNETT, PRICHARD, HEDDENS,
         OLSON, BYRNES, KAUFMANN, PAUSTIAN, DRAKE, MOORE, R.
                  TAYLOR, DOLECHECK, and JORGENSEN
  1  1 A Resolution honoring Dr. Sally Mason and her
  1  2    outstanding achievements as President of the
  1  3    University of Iowa.
  1  4    WHEREAS, in 2007, Dr. Mason was appointed the 20th
  1  5 President of the University of Iowa after a remarkable
  1  6 academic career as a researcher, professor, department
  1  7 chair, dean, and provost at several other leading
  1  8 Midwest universities; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, in the following eight years, President
  1 10 Mason has demonstrated exceptional resolve in leading
  1 11 the University of Iowa through a devastating flood and
  1 12 economic recession; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, President Mason has provided national
  1 14 leadership as a member of many prestigious
  1 15 organizations including as Chair of the Association of
  1 16 Public and Land=Grant Universities Board of Directors
  1 17 and as Chair of the Big Ten Council of Presidents and
  1 18 Chancellors; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, President Mason has furthered the
  2  1 development of the University of Iowa as a world=class
  2  2 institution through many notable achievements
  2  3 including:
  2  4  1.  Increased enrollment to 31,387 students in 2014.
  2  5  2.  Enhanced student success as indicated by
  2  6 increased freshman retention rates, increased
  2  7 four=year graduation rates, and increased
  2  8 employment=after=graduation rates.
  2  9  3.  Prioritized student access to education by
  2 10 offering debt counseling, expanding free tutoring
  2 11 services, implementing a six=point plan to combat
  2 12 sexual assault, expanding partnership agreements with
  2 13 Iowa community colleges, enhancing distant learning
  2 14 programs, providing free summer courses through Summer
  2 15 Hawk Tuition Grants, and implementing programs to
  2 16 assist first=generation and under=represented students.
  2 17  4.  Reinvigorated campus infrastructure by
  2 18 overseeing the completion of more than 25 projects
  2 19 including a state=of=the=art learning commons, the
  2 20 Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building, the College of
  2 21 Public Health Building, and the Campus Recreation and
  2 22 Wellness Center.
  2 23 5.  Initiated new campus construction projects
  2 24 which are not yet completed, including the Hancher
  2 25 Auditorium replacement, the Art Building replacement,
  2 26 the Mary Louise Petersen Residence Hall, the Voxman
  2 27 Music Building, and the University of Iowa Children's
  2 28 Hospital; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 29    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That
  2 30 the House of Representatives expresses its sincere
  3  1 gratitude to President Sally Mason for her years of
  3  2 service to the University of Iowa and to the people of
  3  3 Iowa and honors her effort, leadership, and outstanding
  3  4 achievements in improving the University of Iowa during
  3  5 her tenure; and
  3  6    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
  3  7 Resolution be presented to University of Iowa President
  3  8 Sally Mason.
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