HR0462 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Robert A. Remedi was recently selected among 37 nominees by the Illinois Community College Trustees Association as Illinois Teacher of the Year; and

WHEREAS, Robert Remedi is the first-born son of Robert and Cheryl Remedi of Orland Park; he has 3 brothers, Steve, Brian, and Kevin; and

WHEREAS, Robert and his wife, Beth, have 2 children, Robby and Lindsey, and they reside in Gurnee; and

WHEREAS, Robert attended Moraine Valley Community College where he received his Associate of Science Degree in May 1988; he went on to receive his Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology Education from Western Illinois University in May 1991, his Master of Science Degree in Biology from Western Illinois University in December 1993, and his Graduate Certificate in Community College Learning and Teaching from Loyola University in 2006; he also completed coursework at the Problem-based Learning Design Institute at Aurora University in July 2008; and; and

WHEREAS, Robert has served as Field Biologist for the U.S. Army Joliet Training Area, visiting lecturer at North Central College, part-time Biology instructor at the College of DuPage and Joliet Junior College, part-time Biology/Education instructor at Moraine Valley Community College, and full-time Biology instructor at Joliet Junior College, Black Hawk College, and the College of Lake County; and

WHEREAS, Robert's outstanding instruction has not been without professional recognition; while instructing at the College of Lake County, Robert was awarded the Illinois Community College Trustees Association Outstanding Full-time Faculty Award in 2011, the College of Lake County Outstanding Faculty Award in 2011, the National Association of Biology Teachers Two-Year College Biology Teaching Award in 2010, and the NISOD Teaching Excellence Award in 2005; and

WHEREAS, Robert has served as the past Chair of the Two-Year Section of the National Association of Biology Teachers and as the past President of the Illinois Association of Community College Biologists, has co-authored a lab book for Anatomy and Physiology, and is currently developing a new course to teach science lab skills to students underprepared for college science lab classes; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Robert A. Remedi on his professional success, and we wish him well in the future; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Robert A. Remedi as a symbol of our respect and esteem.