Bill Text: IA HR6 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A resolution honoring the sesquicentennial anniversary of Ellsworth Community College.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-27 - Resolution filed, laid over under Rule 25. H.J. 167. [HR6 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HR6-Introduced.html

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House Resolution 6 - Introduced

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                    HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
                       BY  GRASSLEY and DEYOE
  1  1 A Resolution honoring the sesquicentennial anniversary
  1  2    of Ellsworth Community College.
  1  3    WHEREAS, Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls
  1  4 was established in 1890 as the private Ellsworth
  1  5 Academy by Professor John Tobin; and
  1  6    WHEREAS, the institution was named after Eugene
  1  7 Ellsworth, a prominent citizen who provided much of the
  1  8 financing for the first building and subsequent growth
  1  9 of the college; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, the first classes began in 1890 with 50
  1 11 students enrolled; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, the citizens of Iowa Falls voted in 1928
  1 13 to make Ellsworth a public junior college under
  1 14 the dual jurisdiction of the Iowa Falls Community
  1 15 School District and the Ellsworth College Board of
  1 16 Trustees; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, Ellsworth Community College became part
  1 18 of Iowa Valley Community College District in 1968,
  1 19 following establishment of the statewide system of
  1 20 community colleges in 1965; and
  1 21    WHEREAS, Ellsworth Community College continues
  1 22 to honor the legacy of Eugene Ellsworth by helping
  1 23 students solve problems, clarify options, broaden
  1 24 their horizons, build on their strengths, set goals,
  1 25 and achieve their dreams through a quality college
  1 26 education; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 27    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  1 28 That the House of Representatives congratulates the
  2  1 Ellsworth Community College administration, faculty,
  2  2 and staff; the Ellsworth College Board of Trustees;
  2  3 the Ellsworth College Foundation Board; and the Iowa
  2  4 Valley Community College District as they celebrate 125
  2  5 years of educational excellence at Ellsworth Community
  2  6 College.
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