Bill Text: IN SR0079 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Honoring Professor Melissa Butler upon her retirement from Wabash College.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-17 - First reading: adopted voice vote [SR0079 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SR0079-Introduced.html
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Professor Melissa
Butler on her retirement after 37 years of service to Wabash
College.
, read first time and referred to Committee on
MADAM PRESIDENT:
I offer the following resolution and move its adoption:
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Professor
Melissa Butler on her retirement after 37 years of service to
Wabash College.
Whereas, Professor Melissa Butler has taught thousands of
Wabash College students since 1976, teaching courses in
Political Theory, International Relations and Foreign Policy,
and the capstone course for senior political science majors;
Whereas, Professor Butler is the first woman to receive
tenure at Wabash College;
Whereas, Professor Butler rose to full professor, chaired
the Political Science Department, and served two terms as
chair of the Social Sciences Division;
Whereas, Professor Butler has taught literally around the world as a faculty member of the Semester at Sea program, a visiting senior lecturer at Sheffield City Polytechnic in Sheffield, England, a director of the Great Lakes College Association's European Urban Term, a summer faculty member of East China Normal University's International Summer School in Shanghai, and immersion trips to Europe and
Ecuador with Wabash students;
Whereas, Professor Butler has received many accolades for
her service to Wabash College, including being named the
Eugene N. and Marian C. Beesley Professor of Political
Science in 2008 and receiving the McLean-McTurnan-Arnold
Award for Teaching Excellence in 1994;
Whereas, Professor Butler is a recognized scholar of Jean-
Jacques Rousseau and past president of the Rousseau
Association; and
Whereas, Professor Butler has profoundly affected the lives
of many Wabash students, mentored new Wabash faculty
members, served the College community through numerous
committees and administrative positions, and "spread the fame
of Wabash's honored name": Therefore,
SECTION 1. The Indiana Senate congratulates Professor Melissa Butler on her retirement after 37 years of service to Wabash College.
SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to Professor Melissa Butler.