Bill Text: IL HR0413 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Southwestern Illinois College Sam Wolf Granite City Campus on its 40th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-24 - Resolution Adopted [HR0413 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0413-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Southwestern Illinois | ||||||
| 4 | College Sam Wolf Granite City Campus on the occasion of the | ||||||
| 5 | 40th anniversary of its founding; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Granite City Center opened in 1983, occupying | ||||||
| 7 | the previous Granite City North High School building; aviation | ||||||
| 8 | maintenance was the first program as training moved from the | ||||||
| 9 | Cahokia Airport to the Granite City Center; along with | ||||||
| 10 | aviation maintenance, machining and a few transfer courses | ||||||
| 11 | were offered; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The Granite City Center received approval from | ||||||
| 13 | the Illinois Community College Board to become the Granite | ||||||
| 14 | City Campus of Belleville Area College in 1985; the campus | ||||||
| 15 | offered a robust curriculum, including transfer and industrial | ||||||
| 16 | training programs to support the local industries, along with | ||||||
| 17 | community interest courses and adult education; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The Granite City campus gymnasium was converted | ||||||
| 19 | into an industrial training center in 1992; the new facility | ||||||
| 20 | opened and supported expanded programming in areas such as | ||||||
| 21 | pipefitting, electronics, welding, appliance repair and | ||||||
| 22 | heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration repair in 1994; | ||||||
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Belleville Area College was renamed Southwestern | ||||||
| 3 | Illinois College in 2000 to more closely align with the region | ||||||
| 4 | served; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, To honor Southwestern Illinois College Trustee | ||||||
| 6 | and former Illinois House of Representative Sam Wolf for his | ||||||
| 7 | long-time dedication to higher education and the residents of | ||||||
| 8 | Southern Illinois, the college renamed the Granite City Campus | ||||||
| 9 | as the Sam Wolf Granite City Campus in 2006; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The Sam Wolf Granite City Campus remains a | ||||||
| 11 | premier educational institution offering a wide array of | ||||||
| 12 | career and technical education programs in industrial trades | ||||||
| 13 | and health care and transfer courses; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 15 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 16 | we congratulate Southwestern Illinois College Sam Wolf Granite | ||||||
| 17 | City Campus on its 40th anniversary and wish them many more | ||||||
| 18 | wonderful years; and be it further
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