Full Text of HR0777 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Kristine M. Condon, | 4 | | Ed.D., on the occasion of her retirement after 30 years of | 5 | | service to the Supreme Court of Illinois and the Illinois | 6 | | community college system, including 22 years as Professor and | 7 | | Program Coordinator of Kankakee Community College's | 8 | | Paralegal/Legal Assistant Studies Program; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Condon earned her Bachelor of Arts in Social | 10 | | Science, magna cum laude, from Illinois Wesleyan University; | 11 | | she earned her Master of Education in Adult and Corporate | 12 | | Instructional Management from Loyola University of Chicago; | 13 | | she earned her Doctor of Education in Community College | 14 | | Leadership from National Louis University in 2014; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Prior to her role as professor and program | 16 | | coordinator, Dr. Condon's first role at KCC was as a computer | 17 | | instructor in 1998; she became a KCC assistant professor in | 18 | | 2000 and then advanced to the position of KCC professor in | 19 | | 2001; she became a KCC professor and program coordinator in | 20 | | 2002; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, During her tenure, she was instrumental in the | 22 | | growth and success of KCC's Paralegal/Legal Assistant Studies |
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| 1 | | program; her efforts include the program gaining American Bar | 2 | | Association approval, the LEX Alumni Chapter's Alumni | 3 | | Mentoring Network earning an Honorable Mention in Student | 4 | | Retention Practices from the National Council of Instructional | 5 | | Administrators, six students becoming national winners of the | 6 | | American Association for Paralegal Education LEX National | 7 | | Scholarship, and its 2019 Law Week programming finishing second | 8 | | in the nation; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Condon's expertise is regularly sought, and | 10 | | she has been a guest presenter at many regional conferences; | 11 | | she has been the recipient of a number of honors and awards, | 12 | | including the 2018 ACT Postsecondary Champion Award, the 2017 | 13 | | Will County Bar Association's Nonlawyer Service to the | 14 | | Community Award, and the 2014 Kankakee Community College | 15 | | President's Leadership Award; she has also authored several | 16 | | intellectual property copyrights and publications; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Condon is involved in a number of professional | 18 | | and community-based associations, including the Illinois | 19 | | Justice Corps Committee of the Illinois Supreme Court | 20 | | Commission on Access to Justice; she developed the Illinois | 21 | | Civics Academy for Teachers, a civics education professional | 22 | | development program for high school faculty; therefore, be it
| 23 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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| 1 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 | | we congratulate Kristine M. Condon, Ed.D., on the occasion of | 3 | | her retirement after 30 years of service to the Supreme Court | 4 | | of Illinois and the Illinois community college system, | 5 | | including 22 years as Professor and Program Coordinator of | 6 | | Kankakee Community College's Paralegal/Legal Assistant Studies | 7 | | Program; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Dr. Condon as an expression of our respect and | 10 | | esteem.
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