Bill Text: VA HJR155 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Commending Thomas Geary, Ph.D.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-02-03 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ155ER) [HJR155 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-HJR155-Introduced.html
WHEREAS, Thomas Geary, Ph.D., esteemed professor of English at Tidewater Community College, will receive the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education and Dominion Energy at a ceremony on March 1, 2022; and
WHEREAS, Thomas Geary is one of 12 recipients in the Commonwealth to be selected from a pool of 85 nominations for the State Council of Higher Education's distinguished prize, which annually recognizes professors who embody the highest ideals and standards of teaching, scholarship, and service; and
WHEREAS, a professor of English at the Virginia Beach campus of Tidewater Community College, Thomas Geary's classes on composition, rhetoric, technical writing, developmental writing, and the humanities have illuminated countless young minds and primed his students to lead successful and fulfilling lives; and
WHEREAS, Thomas Geary serves as the editor of Inquiry, a peer-reviewed journal for faculty, staff, and administrators of the Commonwealth's community colleges, fostering a lively and informative discourse for the benefit of the journal's readers; and
WHEREAS, dedicated to pursuit of excellence in the field of English education, Thomas Geary also serves as an elected representative on the Delegate Assembly of the Modern Language Association and as an executive committee member of the Two-Year College English Association; and
WHEREAS, through his steadfast commitment to the students and faculty at Tidewater Community College, Thomas Geary has demonstrated the profound impact one can have when they answer the call to teach; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Thomas Geary, Ph.D., for receiving the 2022 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education and Dominion Energy; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Thomas Geary, Ph.D., as an expression of the General Assembly's admiration for his contributions to the Commonwealth.