Bill Text: IL HR0618 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Christine J. Sobek, Ed.D., on serving as president of Waubonsee Community College for the past 20 years. Thanks her for her commitment to the community and the State of Illinois. Further wishes her continued success.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-02-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR0618 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0618-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Christine J. Sobek, | ||||||
| 4 | Ed.D., on the occasion of her 20th year serving as president of | ||||||
| 5 | Waubonsee Community College; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Dr. Sobek became the fourth president of | ||||||
| 7 | Waubonsee Community College on July 1, 2001; in this role, she | ||||||
| 8 | is responsible for the overall leadership of the college, | ||||||
| 9 | which serves more than 14,000 students each year, employs | ||||||
| 10 | approximately 1,100 employees, and provides educational | ||||||
| 11 | programs and services at a network of four permanent campuses | ||||||
| 12 | located across the 624-square-mile college district and | ||||||
| 13 | through extensive virtual and online classes and services; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Dr. Sobek has more than 40 years of community | ||||||
| 15 | college administrative experience; she served in several | ||||||
| 16 | administrative roles at Waubonsee Community College prior to | ||||||
| 17 | her appointment as president, including provost from 2000 to | ||||||
| 18 | 2001, executive vice president for Educational Affairs from | ||||||
| 19 | 1997 to 2000, assistant vice president for Instruction from | ||||||
| 20 | 1993 to 1997, assistant vice president for Student Development | ||||||
| 21 | from 1991 to 1993, and dean of Student Development from 1989 to | ||||||
| 22 | 1991; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Prior to joining Waubonsee Community College in | ||||||
| 2 | 1989, Dr. Sobek served at the College of Lake County in | ||||||
| 3 | Grayslake for 11 years, where her leadership roles included | ||||||
| 4 | executive assistant to the president, director of Personnel, | ||||||
| 5 | Affirmative Action officer, and director of Placement; she | ||||||
| 6 | also served as an adjunct faculty member at Trinity College in | ||||||
| 7 | Deerfield from 1985 to 1989 and as an assistant director of | ||||||
| 8 | Student Affairs at Lyman Briggs Residential College at | ||||||
| 9 | Michigan State University; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Dr. Sobek has participated in a number of local | ||||||
| 11 | organizations, including serving as a member of the Invest | ||||||
| 12 | Aurora Board of Directors, the Marmion Academy Board of | ||||||
| 13 | Trustees, the Mutual Ground Advisory Board, the Conservation | ||||||
| 14 | Foundation Leadership Board and as trustee emeritus, and | ||||||
| 15 | serving as vice chair of the City of Aurora Education | ||||||
| 16 | Commission and the Rush-Copley Medical Center Board of | ||||||
| 17 | Directors; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Dr. Sobek belongs to several regional, state, and | ||||||
| 19 | national organizations; on the regional and state level, she | ||||||
| 20 | is a member of the Illinois Facilities Fund, where she serves | ||||||
| 21 | on the Chicago Area Local Market Advisory Committee, and the | ||||||
| 22 | Illinois Council of Community College Presidents; on the | ||||||
| 23 | national level, she belongs to the Association of American | ||||||
| 24 | Colleges and Universities Presidents' Trust, the Alliance for | ||||||
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| 1 | Innovation and Transformation as an executive committee member | ||||||
| 2 | and a secretary/treasurer, and the American Association of | ||||||
| 3 | Community Colleges Advocacy Advisory Group; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Dr. Sobek has received a number of accolades | ||||||
| 5 | during her career, including Crain's Chicago Business | ||||||
| 6 | Chicago's Notable Women in Education, the Quad County Urban | ||||||
| 7 | League's Woman of Power Award, Phi Theta Kappa International | ||||||
| 8 | Honor Society's Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction, and | ||||||
| 9 | the Illinois Community College Trustees Association Advocacy | ||||||
| 10 | Award; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Dr. Sobek earned her doctoral degree from | ||||||
| 12 | Northern Illinois University, her master's degree from | ||||||
| 13 | Michigan State University, and her bachelor's degree from | ||||||
| 14 | Purdue University; she is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and an | ||||||
| 15 | honorary member of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor | ||||||
| 16 | Society; therefore, be it
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| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 18 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 19 | we congratulate Christine J. Sobek, Ed.D., on serving as | ||||||
| 20 | president of Waubonsee Community College for the past 20 | ||||||
| 21 | years, thank her for her commitment to the community and the | ||||||
| 22 | State of Illinois, and wish her continued success; and be it | ||||||
| 23 | further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to Dr. Sobek as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 3 | respect.
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