Senate Resolution 4 

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2                       BY  MULDER
  1  3 A Resolution to recognize Professor Jeff Barker of
  1  4    Northwestern College for being selected Iowa Professor
  1  5    of the Year for 2006 by the Carnegie Foundation for
  1  6    the Advancement of Teaching.
  1  7    WHEREAS, Professor Jeff Barker came to Northwestern
  1  8 College in Orange City, Iowa, in 1988, bringing with
  1  9 him a passion for excellent theater art; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, that passion led Professor Barker and his
  1 11 wife, Karen Bohm Barker, to both teach and perform
  1 12 excellent theater, modeling artistic integrity that is
  1 13 born out of the integrity of one's life and values;
  1 14 and
  1 15    WHEREAS, Professor Barker's interest in truth and
  1 16 story has led him to write plays that explore what it
  1 17 means to live as humans in a broken world; and
  1 18    WHEREAS, he also has encouraged and nurtured
  1 19 student playwrights as they bring their own stories to
  1 20 the stage; and
  1 21    WHEREAS, Professor Barker brings excellent and
  1 22 honest theater into his rural community, the broader
  1 23 community, and the church through the performing of
  1 24 biblical and congregants' stories; and
  1 25    WHEREAS, his dedication to theater art and learning
  1 26 has now been recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for
  1 27 the Advancement of Teaching, which has selected
  1 28 Professor Barker as Iowa Professor of the Year for
  1 29 2006; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 30    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate, on
  2  1 behalf of all Iowans, extends its gratitude to
  2  2 Professor Barker for his outstanding effort in
  2  3 furthering artistic endeavors and excellence among the
  2  4 students of Northwestern College and for his service
  2  5 to the communities in which he lives and performs, and
  2  6 congratulates him for the well=deserved honor
  2  7 conferred upon him by the Carnegie Foundation for the
  2  8 Advancement of Teaching.
  2  9 LSB 1956SS 82
  2 10 jr:rj/gg/14