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1		HOUSE RESOLUTION
2		WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3		Representatives wish to congratulate Southwestern Illinois
4		College Sam Wolf Granite City Campus on the occasion of the
5		40th anniversary of its founding; and
6		WHEREAS, The Granite City Center opened in 1983, occupying
7		the previous Granite City North High School building; aviation
8		maintenance was the first program as training moved from the
9		Cahokia Airport to the Granite City Center; along with
10		aviation maintenance, machining and a few transfer courses
11		were offered; and
12		WHEREAS, The Granite City Center received approval from
13		the Illinois Community College Board to become the Granite
14		City Campus of Belleville Area College in 1985; the campus
15		offered a robust curriculum, including transfer and industrial
16		training programs to support the local industries, along with
17		community interest courses and adult education; and
18		WHEREAS, The Granite City campus gymnasium was converted
19		into an industrial training center in 1992; the new facility
20		opened and supported expanded programming in areas such as
21		pipefitting, electronics, welding, appliance repair and
22		heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration repair in 1994;

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