Bill Text: IL HR1546 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Waubonsee Community College on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its founding in 2016.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-01-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR1546 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1546-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 Waubonsee Community | ||||||
4 | College on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its founding | ||||||
5 | in 2016; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Waubonsee Community College, a two-year public | ||||||
7 | institution of higher learning, came into existence in August | ||||||
8 | of 1966, when the electorate of 12 school districts in most of | ||||||
9 | Kane and portions of Kendall, DeKalb, LaSalle, and Will | ||||||
10 | Counties voted to establish Community College District 516; and
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11 | WHEREAS, From the beginning, the philosophy of Waubonsee | ||||||
12 | Community College has been that education is the cornerstone of | ||||||
13 | a literate, democratic society, that learning is a lifelong | ||||||
14 | process, and that the pursuit of knowledge must be supported by | ||||||
15 | institutional policies demonstrating accessibility, service, | ||||||
16 | quality, innovation, and value; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Waubonsee Community College truly began taking | ||||||
18 | shape in early 1967, when its first president took office and | ||||||
19 | subsequently began assembling a staff, developing a | ||||||
20 | multi-level curriculum, and locating classroom space; in March | ||||||
21 | of 1967, in order to give the college a suitable name, the | ||||||
22 | school called upon its community through a district-wide naming |
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1 | contest; from among the 600 entries, Susan Miller of Aurora and | ||||||
2 | Patricia Ann Dillon of Batavia suggested Waubonsee, a | ||||||
3 | Pottawatomie Native American chief who lived in the Fox River | ||||||
4 | Valley during the 1800s, so the Fox Valley Community College | ||||||
5 | officially became Waubonsee Community College; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Waubonsee Community College had a permanent name | ||||||
7 | but not a permanent campus; when the college opened its doors | ||||||
8 | for classes on September 11, 1967, the doors were those of a | ||||||
9 | variety of community facilities; the school had an initial | ||||||
10 | enrollment of 1,603 students, 403 full-time and 1,200 | ||||||
11 | part-time; in December of 1967, a successful bond referendum | ||||||
12 | allowed the college to begin planning its first permanent | ||||||
13 | campus; the campus, situated on a 243-acre tract of land north | ||||||
14 | of Sugar Grove on Route 47, still serves as the main campus; a | ||||||
15 | second Waubonsee campus opened in 1986 in downtown Aurora at | ||||||
16 | the corner of Galena Boulevard and Stolp Avenue, which ceased | ||||||
17 | operations in May of 2011; and
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18 | WHEREAS, In June of 2011, Waubonsee Community College moved | ||||||
19 | its downtown campus to a new 132,000-square-foot facility at 18 | ||||||
20 | South River Street, while the Aurora Downtown Campus remains | ||||||
21 | the headquarters for Workforce Development, Adult Education, | ||||||
22 | GED, English as a Second Language, and the Adult Literacy | ||||||
23 | Project; Waubonsee established another major extension in | ||||||
24 | January of 1997 on the Rush-Copley Medical Center campus, which |
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1 | was renovated and renamed the Aurora Fox Valley Campus in the | ||||||
2 | summer of 2016; in the spring of 2011, courses began at a | ||||||
3 | fourth permanent campus in Plano; classes are also held at | ||||||
4 | nearly 16 other extension sites throughout the district; and
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5 | WHEREAS, In accordance with the Waubonsee Community | ||||||
6 | College 2020 College Master Plan, five building projects were | ||||||
7 | completed at the Sugar Grove Campus: the Campus Operations | ||||||
8 | facility, which opened in August of 2005; the new Science | ||||||
9 | Building, which opened during the Fall 2006 semester; the | ||||||
10 | Academic and Professional Center, which held classes for the | ||||||
11 | first time in the fall of 2007; the Student Center, which | ||||||
12 | opened in the spring of 2009; and the Field House, which opened | ||||||
13 | in the spring of 2015; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Waubonsee Community College has always been a | ||||||
15 | leader in distance learning; the college was a founding member | ||||||
16 | of the Illinois Virtual Campus and has provided courses to | ||||||
17 | students statewide through Illinois Community Colleges Online; | ||||||
18 | the college offers nearly 200 online courses and delivers | ||||||
19 | fully-accredited associate degrees and certificates to | ||||||
20 | students on an online platform; therefore, be it
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21 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
22 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
23 | congratulate Waubonsee Community College on the occasion of the |
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1 | 50th anniversary of its founding in 2016 and wish the college | ||||||
2 | continued success in the future; and be it further
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3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
4 | presented to Waubonsee Community College as a symbol of our | ||||||
5 | esteem and respect.
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