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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Southwestern Illinois
4College Sam Wolf Granite City Campus on the occasion of the
540th anniversary of its founding; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Granite City Center opened in 1983, occupying
7the previous Granite City North High School building; aviation
8maintenance was the first program as training moved from the
9Cahokia Airport to the Granite City Center; along with
10aviation maintenance, machining and a few transfer courses
11were offered; and
 
12    WHEREAS, The Granite City Center received approval from
13the Illinois Community College Board to become the Granite
14City Campus of Belleville Area College in 1985; the campus
15offered a robust curriculum, including transfer and industrial
16training programs to support the local industries, along with
17community interest courses and adult education; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The Granite City campus gymnasium was converted
19into an industrial training center in 1992; the new facility
20opened and supported expanded programming in areas such as
21pipefitting, electronics, welding, appliance repair and
22heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration repair in 1994;

 

 

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2    WHEREAS, Belleville Area College was renamed Southwestern
3Illinois College in 2000 to more closely align with the region
4served; and
 
5    WHEREAS, To honor Southwestern Illinois College Trustee
6and former Illinois House of Representative Sam Wolf for his
7long-time dedication to higher education and the residents of
8Southern Illinois, the college renamed the Granite City Campus
9as the Sam Wolf Granite City Campus in 2006; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The Sam Wolf Granite City Campus remains a
11premier educational institution offering a wide array of
12career and technical education programs in industrial trades
13and health care and transfer courses; therefore, be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
15HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
16we congratulate Southwestern Illinois College Sam Wolf Granite
17City Campus on its 40th anniversary and wish them many more
18wonderful years; and be it further
 
19    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20presented to Southwestern Illinois College Sam Wolf Granite
21City Campus as a symbol of our respect and esteem.