[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 133 (Monday, September 10, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1846-E1847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CELEBRATING THE INSTALLATION OF DR. SHARON K. HAHS AS PRESIDENT OF 
                    NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

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                           HON. RAHM EMANUEL

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 10, 2007

  Mr. EMANUEL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Dr. Sharon 
K. Hahs on her official installation as President of Northeastern 
Illinois University.
  Located in Illinois' 5th Congressional District, Northeastern 
Illinois University serves over 12,000 students from the Chicago 
metropolitan area, providing students with an affordable, high-quality 
academic experience. NEIU has a population that is richly diverse in 
ethnicity, culture, age and language. The institution today offers over 
80 undergraduate and graduate majors, and has the largest teacher

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education program of the public universities in Chicago and is one of 
the top producers of education degrees in the state.
  Dr. Hahs is the perfect choice to lead this fine school, as 
demonstrated by her career which has been devoted to post-secondary 
education. Prior to assuming the role of president, Dr. Hahs served as 
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Director of 
Special Projects at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
  Dr. Hahs has more than 30 years of experience in higher education, 
beginning with a 10-year term as a member of the chemistry department 
at Metropolitan State College in Denver. She served as Dean of the 
School of Humanities and Sciences at the University of South Carolina 
at Spartanburg from 1984 to 1994. She then became the first-ever Dean 
of the newly formed College of Arts and Sciences at SIUE, and served in 
that role from 1995 to 2000. On July 1, 2000, Dr. Hahs was appointed 
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at SIUE.
  A native of Washington, Indiana, Dr. Hahs earned a B.A. in chemistry 
from Illinois Wesleyan University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in inorganic 
chemistry from the University of New Mexico. She and her husband of 38 
years have two daughters and a grandson.
  Madam Speaker, on behalf of the citizens of the 5th Congressional 
District, I again wish to congratulate Dr. Sharon K. Hahs on her 
installation as President of Northeastern Illinois University. Her 
experiences as both a teacher and an administrator make her a valuable 
leader at Northeastern Illinois and for the State of Illinois. I wish 
her continued success as the President of NEIU and beyond.

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