[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 7699-7700]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                IN RECOGNITION OF PROFESSOR CHERE GIBSON

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                            HON. MARK GREEN

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 27, 2004

  Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I rise today before this house 
to honor the accomplishments of Professor Chere Campbell Gibson who 
will be retiring after 27 years of service to the University of 
Wisconsin System and the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of 
Human Ecology on June 30, 2004.
  Professor Gibson received her B.S. from Macdonald College of McGill 
University in Nutrition, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Continuing and 
Vocational Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  Professor Gibson has had a long, multi-faceted, and distinguished 
career of teaching, research, and outreach in the discipline of adult 
education with a particular emphasis on distance learning. She is 
especially well-known among distance educators around the world. 
Professor Gibson also has the distinction of being the first faculty 
member on the UW-Madison campus to teach a course completely on-line. 
This distinction gave her many opportunities to participate in faculty 
development workshops around campus and the country as well as 
involvement in the selection of learner and course management systems.
  Throughout her career, she has had an enduring concern about the 
equality of access to education and has recognized the importance of 
ensuring not only access but also success

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in educational pursuits. In recognition of these contributions to the 
field of teaching and learning at a distance, the United State Distance 
Learning Association inducted her into their Hall of Fame in 2003.
  Chere Campbell Gibson's love of teaching and working with students is 
a consistent thread throughout her professional career. She has and 
will continue to have a lasting impact on the lives of her students and 
advisees. It cannot go without saying that she has also wonderfully 
touched the lives of her colleagues and friends.
  The Executive Committee of the School of Human Ecology, at its 
meeting on March 22, 2004, by unanimous vote, endorsed the 
recommendation of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies to award 
Emerita status to Professor Chere Campbell Gibson.
  Mr. Speaker, it is an honor and my great pleasure to recognize today 
the outstanding and exemplary service of Professor Chere Campbell 
Gibson. On behalf of my constituents and citizens from the great State 
of Wisconsin, we say a hearty thank you, and wish her all the very best 
in her future endeavors.

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