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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the
4administration, faculty, and students of Highland Community
5College on the occasion of the institution's 50th anniversary;
6and
 
7    WHEREAS, After being established by public referendum in
8November of 1961, Freeport Community College held its first
9classes in September of 1962 at their temporary location on the
10campus of Freeport High School; and
 
11    WHEREAS, In the fall of 1966, a successful referendum held
12in 15 school districts in Stephenson, Ogle, Jo Daviess, and
13Carroll Counties established District No. 519; the name
14Highland Community College was taken the following year; and
 
15    WHEREAS, With the generous support of their community and
16the Highland Community College Foundation - the first such
17organization in the State of Illinois - Highland Community
18College moved to their first permanent facilities on the site
19of the Parker-Taft farm west of Freeport in 1971; and
 
20    WHEREAS, The Sports Center, built in 1979 as a result of a
21partnership between Highland Community College and the YMCA of

 

 

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1Northwest Illinois, was the first such cooperative endeavor
2between a community college and a regional YMCA; and
 
3    WHEREAS, In 2003, the HCC West campus was established in
4Elizabeth to further meet the needs of the residents in the
5western region of District No. 519; and
 
6    WHEREAS, In 2008, Highland Community College established
7the first associate of applied science degree in wind turbine
8technology and erected a dedicated Wind Turbine Technician
9Training Center to house the program; and
 
10    WHEREAS, A new state-of-the-art addition to the Natural
11Science and Health Center, the Ray and Betty Stamm Health
12Science Nursing Wing, was built in 2009 to house the growing
13number of students and program offerings in nursing and allied
14health disciplines; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Highland Community College has continually
16adapted to meet the needs of students and residents of
17northwest Illinois by offering more than 60 programs of applied
18and transfer degrees, community education, and business
19training, as well as theatre, visual arts, and music
20opportunities for the community; and
 
21    WHEREAS, As a proud member of the Illinois Community

 

 

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1College System, Highland Community College will celebrate 50
2years of excellent service to the communities of northwest
3Illinois during the 2012-2013 academic year; therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
6we congratulate the administration, faculty, and students of
7Highland Community College on the occasion of the institution's
850th anniversary of providing quality education and wish them
9continued success and happiness in the future; and be it
10further
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12presented to Highland Community College as a symbol of our
13esteem and respect.