Bill Text: IL SR0983 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates Sylvia Marie Johnson Jones, Ed.D. on her retirement as executive director of the Career and Job Placement Center at the College of Lake County.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-10 - Referred to Assignments [SR0983 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SR0983-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
congratulate Sylvia Marie Johnson Jones, Ed.D. on the occasion
of her retirement as executive director of the Career and Job
Placement Center at the College of Lake County; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson Jones is an educator, a leader, a
mentor, a certified career coach, and a philanthropist; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson Jones earned her Bachelor of Science
in Healthcare from Southern Illinois University Carbondale,
her Master of Arts in Human Resource Development from
Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, and her Doctor of
Education from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin; and
WHEREAS, Prior to joining the education sector, Dr.
Johnson Jones was employed in various positions, including
management at the Lake County Health Department from 2001 to
2004; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson Jones initially joined the College of
Lake County as director of Career Services in 2004, a position
she held until 2007, before serving as an adjunct faculty
member from 2007 to 2008; she became executive director of the

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Career and Job Placement Center in 2007, where she served
until her retirement; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson Jones has had a 30-year career in
workforce development education and training; she has
presented on various workforce and education topics at local,
regional, and national conferences; she has also been
published in a book that covers narratives on modeling,
mentoring, and other mothering; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson Jones is the founder and CEO of the
SMJ Scholarship Fund and Shining Stars, which she established
in 2009; she has raised $40,000 in scholarships for North
Chicago Community High School seniors aspiring to further
their education; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson Jones has further contributed to her
community through serving as vice president of the Lake County
Health Department and Community Health Center, vice president
of North Chicago Community Unit School District 187, and
president of the Waukegan Township Coalition to Reduce
Recidivism; she is also a life member of the NAACP Lake County
Branch, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and a
member of nonprofit The Links, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson Jones has been the recipient of

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various awards, including the Most Influential African
American Educational Award, the Martin Luther King Jr.
Humanitarian Award from the College of Lake County, the Unity
Values Recognition Award from the College of Lake County, the
Women's History Month of Lake County Award by the Lake County
Chamber of Commerce, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s
Dreamers Award by the Waukegan Township; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson Jones is known as an advocate for the
underserved and underprivileged, and she remains dedicated to
giving back to the Lake County community; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Sylvia
Marie Johnson Jones, Ed.D. on her retirement as executive
director of the Career and Job Placement Center at the College
of Lake County; and be it further