[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 65 (Thursday, May 9, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E629]
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  IN RECOGNITION OF MONMOUTH COLLEGE AND THE COMPLETION OF THEIR NEW 
                    CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND BUSINESS

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                           HON. CHERI BUSTOS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 9, 2013

  Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Monmouth 
College and the college's president, Mauri Ditzler, on the completion 
of the Center for Science and Business, which will have its dedication 
ceremony tomorrow, May 10. This is their first new academic building in 
over twenty years. It is a testament to Monmouth's commitment to its 
students by creating a learning environment conducive to motivating 
students to maximize their potential.
   I visited Monmouth College on April 29, and was greatly impressed 
with this new facility as well as with the dedication President Ditzler 
and his staff have to the institution and its students. The idea of 
this building has now become a building of ideas.
   The innovative combination of business and science within a single 
facility will promote interaction between what have traditionally been 
independent departments and will prove to be important for the academic 
and economic growth in the region. This new $40 million complex will 
house the departments of biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and 
computer science, psychology, political economy and commerce, and 
accounting.
   Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate Monmouth College for this giant 
step forward and I look forward to working with the College, its 
faculty, and graduates as they make their dreams a reality.

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