Full Text of HJR0005 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The University of Illinois is a world-class public | 3 | | research university system that belongs to the
people of | 4 | | Illinois; it is one of the original 37 public land-grant | 5 | | institutions; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Over the past 150 years, the three
University of | 7 | | Illinois institutions in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, and | 8 | | Springfield have graduated almost 900,000 men and women; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, University of Illinois alumni, benefiting from | 10 | | their transformative learning experiences in and
out of the | 11 | | classroom, have traversed the nation and the world to make | 12 | | significant societal impacts; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The University of Illinois has played a | 14 | | transformational role in the economic development of
this State | 15 | | through innovations in engineering, the sciences, medicine, | 16 | | humanities, business,
law, the social sciences, arts, media, | 17 | | and much more, transforming the nation and the entire world; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, As the premier educator in the State, with a | 20 | | brilliant legacy, the University of Illinois attracts | 21 | | world-class faculty and students from across Illinois, across |
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| 1 | | the nation, and across the globe; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The University of Illinois serves society by | 3 | | creating and disseminating knowledge, putting it to work with | 4 | | excellence; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 6 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | 7 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we declare February 28,
2017 as | 8 | | "University of Illinois Day" in the State of Illinois, and we | 9 | | urge the citizens of Illinois to celebrate the Sesquicentennial | 10 | | anniversary of
the leading institution of higher learning in | 11 | | the State; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 14 | | Chancellor Robert Jones, Champaign Mayor Deborah Frank Feinen, | 15 | | and Urbana Mayor Laurel Lunt Prussing.
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