Bill Text: IL HJR0005 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares February 28, 2017 as "University of Illinois Day" in the State Illinois.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HJR0005 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HJR0005-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The University of Illinois is a world-class public | ||||||
3 | research university system that belongs to the
people of | ||||||
4 | Illinois; it is one of the original 37 public land-grant | ||||||
5 | institutions; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Over the past 150 years, the three
University of | ||||||
7 | Illinois institutions in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, and | ||||||
8 | Springfield have graduated almost 900,000 men and women; and
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9 | WHEREAS, University of Illinois alumni, benefiting from | ||||||
10 | their transformative learning experiences in and
out of the | ||||||
11 | classroom, have traversed the nation and the world to make | ||||||
12 | significant societal impacts; and
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13 | WHEREAS, The University of Illinois has played a | ||||||
14 | transformational role in the economic development of
this State | ||||||
15 | through innovations in engineering, the sciences, medicine, | ||||||
16 | humanities, business,
law, the social sciences, arts, media, | ||||||
17 | and much more, transforming the nation and the entire world; | ||||||
18 | and
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19 | WHEREAS, As the premier educator in the State, with a | ||||||
20 | brilliant legacy, the University of Illinois attracts | ||||||
21 | world-class faculty and students from across Illinois, across |
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1 | the nation, and across the globe; and
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2 | WHEREAS, The University of Illinois serves society by | ||||||
3 | creating and disseminating knowledge, putting it to work with | ||||||
4 | excellence; therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
6 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | ||||||
7 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we declare February 28,
2017 as | ||||||
8 | "University of Illinois Day" in the State of Illinois, and we | ||||||
9 | urge the citizens of Illinois to celebrate the Sesquicentennial | ||||||
10 | anniversary of
the leading institution of higher learning in | ||||||
11 | the State; and be it further
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12 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
13 | presented to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | ||||||
14 | Chancellor Robert Jones, Champaign Mayor Deborah Frank Feinen, | ||||||
15 | and Urbana Mayor Laurel Lunt Prussing.
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