Bill Text: IL SR0274 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares June 30, 2021 as Larry Dietz Commemoration Day to commemorate Larry Dietz on his years of service and to wish him the best on his retirement from Illinois State University.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-05 - Referred to Assignments [SR0274 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0274-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Larry Dietz is retiring as the 19th president of | ||||||
3 | Illinois State University (ISU), a position he assumed on | ||||||
4 | March 22, 2014; and
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5 | WHEREAS, During the tenure of President Larry Dietz, ISU | ||||||
6 | has seen record enrollment, including increases in enrollment | ||||||
7 | of students from underrepresented groups, while maintaining | ||||||
8 | high academic quality; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Illinois State University continues to be ranked | ||||||
10 | among the top universities in the United States, recognized | ||||||
11 | for its strong retention rate, top 10 percent graduation rate, | ||||||
12 | and very low student loan default rate; it has achieved record | ||||||
13 | fundraising in recent years and initiated its second | ||||||
14 | comprehensive campaign, Redbirds Rising: The Campaign for | ||||||
15 | Illinois State University; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Despite difficult economic times in Illinois, | ||||||
17 | Illinois State University has remained strong and stable under | ||||||
18 | Larry Dietz's leadership and is making plans to reach new | ||||||
19 | heights in the future; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Larry Dietz came to Illinois State University in | ||||||
21 | June of 2011 as vice president for Student Affairs and as a |
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1 | tenured associate professor in the Department of Educational | ||||||
2 | Administration and Foundations; previously, he served as vice | ||||||
3 | chancellor for Student Affairs at Southern Illinois University | ||||||
4 | Carbondale for ten years; he also served as special assistant | ||||||
5 | to the chancellor at SIUC and as a tenured associate professor | ||||||
6 | in educational administration and higher education; prior to | ||||||
7 | his tenure there, he served as vice chancellor for Student | ||||||
8 | Affairs and Enrollment Management, among other leadership | ||||||
9 | positions, at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and in | ||||||
10 | leadership positions at Iowa State University; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Larry Dietz earned a Ph.D. in higher education | ||||||
12 | administration and a master's degree in higher education and | ||||||
13 | student personnel from Iowa State University; he has a | ||||||
14 | bachelor's degree in political science from Southern Illinois | ||||||
15 | University; he attended the Institute for Educational | ||||||
16 | Management at Harvard University, a Fulbright International | ||||||
17 | Education Seminar for Administrators in Germany, and the | ||||||
18 | Harvard Management Development Program; and
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19 | WHEREAS, A strong supporter of global education, Larry | ||||||
20 | Dietz has implemented plans to enhance diversity, support | ||||||
21 | global learning, and create a global campus environment at | ||||||
22 | Illinois State University; his international experiences | ||||||
23 | include representing the American Universities Iraq Consortium | ||||||
24 | on a panel with Prime Minister Al-Malaki and representing SIUC |
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1 | at the Iraq Education Initiative in Baghdad; in addition, he | ||||||
2 | had responsibility for SIUC's campus in Japan and has | ||||||
3 | negotiated agreements with institutions in China, Malaysia, | ||||||
4 | Kuwait, Germany, and the Czech Republic; therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
6 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare June 30, | ||||||
7 | 2021 to be Larry Dietz Commemoration Day to commemorate Larry | ||||||
8 | Dietz on his years of service and to wish him the best in | ||||||
9 | retirement; and be it further
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10 | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to | ||||||
11 | Larry Dietz as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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