Full Text of HR0727 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Litesa Wallace on the | 4 | | occasion of earning her Doctor of Education in educational | 5 | | psychology from Northern Illinois University in May of 2013; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Litesa Wallace has resided in Rockford for over 7 | 8 | | years; she has contributed to her community through | 9 | | volunteering for community organizations, being involved in | 10 | | civic efforts, and educating; she teaches many subjects, | 11 | | including sociology, career planning, college reading, and | 12 | | educational psychology at such institutions as University of | 13 | | Wisconsin - Whitewater, Northern Illinois University, and City | 14 | | Colleges of Chicago; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Litesa Wallace holds a bachelor's degree in | 16 | | individual studies from Western Illinois University and a | 17 | | master's degree in applied family and child studies with a | 18 | | specialization in marriage and family therapy from Northern | 19 | | Illinois University; she holds a graduate certificate in | 20 | | advanced quantitative methods in education; she was also a | 21 | | doctoral fellow in the Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in | 22 | | Illinois Fellowship Program; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Litesa Wallace's dissertation was titled "The | 2 | | Relationship Between Racial Identity, Perceived Racial | 3 | | Discrimination, and the Academic Self-concept of | 4 | | African-American College Men: A Mixed-Methods Examination"; | 5 | | she presented part of her study at the National Conference on | 6 | | Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education in San | 7 | | Francisco, California; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Litesa Wallace has been the recipient of the | 9 | | Graduate Leadership Award in University Programming and | 10 | | Activities from Northern Illinois University; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Litesa Wallace has developed and facilitated a | 12 | | women's empowerment workshop for Family Services of Southern | 13 | | Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, Inc.; she has also been | 14 | | heavily involved in the Black Graduate Student Association at | 15 | | Northern Illinois University and has served as a counselor at | 16 | | Rock Valley College and Rosecrance; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Litesa Wallace has served the people of this State | 18 | | faithfully as chief of staff for Illinois State Representative | 19 | | Chuck Jefferson; in this capacity, she provides casework | 20 | | assistance to members of the community and performs numerous | 21 | | community outreach initiatives; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Litesa Wallace serves as a model of hard work, |
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| 1 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 2 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we congratulate Litesa Wallace on her many achievements and | 6 | | contributions to the Rockford community and the State of | 7 | | Illinois and for earning her doctoral certificate; and be it | 8 | | further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to Litesa Wallace as a symbol of our esteem and | 11 | | respect.
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