1 | 1 | | Introduced Version |
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2 | 2 | | SENATE RESOLUTION No. ___ |
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3 | 3 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOL UTION |
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4 | 4 | | A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing the Purdue University |
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5 | 5 | | Cooperative Extension Service's (Purdue Extension) |
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6 | 6 | | Community Leadership Program. |
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7 | 7 | | BASSLER |
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8 | 8 | | , read first time and referred to Committee on |
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9 | 9 | | 2025 RR 3517/DI BB Introduced |
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10 | 10 | | First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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11 | 11 | | SENATE RESOLUTION ____ |
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12 | 12 | | MR. PRESIDENT: |
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13 | 13 | | I offer the following resolution and move its adoption: |
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14 | 14 | | 1 A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing the Purdue |
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15 | 15 | | 2 University Cooperative Extension Service's (Purdue Extension) |
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16 | 16 | | 3 Community Leadership Program. |
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17 | 17 | | 4 Whereas, Since 1889, the Purdue University Cooperative |
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18 | 18 | | 5 Extension Service (Purdue Extension) has worked to enrich |
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19 | 19 | | 6 Indiana communities through comprehensive programs in |
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20 | 20 | | 7 agriculture and natural resources, health and human sciences, |
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21 | 21 | | 8 4-H youth development, and community development by |
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22 | 22 | | 9 delivering practical, research-based information that enhances |
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23 | 23 | | 10 lives and livelihoods; |
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24 | 24 | | 11 Whereas, The Purdue Extension's Community Leadership |
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25 | 25 | | 12 Program is an intensive twelve-module county-based program |
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26 | 26 | | 13 for adults who want to make a difference in communities |
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27 | 27 | | 14 throughout Indiana; |
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28 | 28 | | 15 Whereas, Program participants develop their own |
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29 | 29 | | 16 leadership capabilities through experiential learning sessions |
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30 | 30 | | 17 in which program facilitators draw on research-based content, |
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31 | 31 | | 18 local expertise and context, and participants' collective |
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32 | 32 | | 19 knowledge, skills, and experiences; |
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33 | 33 | | 2025 RR 3517/DI BB 2 |
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34 | 34 | | 1 Whereas, The program aims to improve the quality of life |
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35 | 35 | | 2 for all in the host communities by developing more civically- |
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36 | 36 | | 3 engaged leaders by strengthening participants' confidence and |
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37 | 37 | | 4 desire to take on community leadership roles, building |
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38 | 38 | | 5 participants' leadership knowledge and skills to understand and |
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39 | 39 | | 6 address important community issues and opportunities through |
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40 | 40 | | 7 high-quality, evidence-based content, and connecting current |
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41 | 41 | | 8 and emerging leaders to build relationships that benefit |
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42 | 42 | | 9 communities throughout Indiana; |
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43 | 43 | | 10 Whereas, Since 2015, the Community Leadership Program |
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44 | 44 | | 11 has increased to nearly 1,000 alumni among more than 70 |
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45 | 45 | | 12 cohorts in 24 Indiana counties and communities, increasing the |
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46 | 46 | | 13 quantity and quality of leaders involved in public and nonprofit |
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47 | 47 | | 14 boards, committees, and coalitions, as well as grassroots and |
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48 | 48 | | 15 volunteer efforts; and |
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49 | 49 | | 16 Whereas, Leadership is a quality in perpetual demand and |
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50 | 50 | | 17 it is right and proper to recognize the efforts of the Purdue |
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51 | 51 | | 18 Extension Community Leadership Program in meeting this |
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52 | 52 | | 19 demand throughout the Hoosier state: Therefore, |
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53 | 53 | | 20 Be it resolved by the Senate of the |
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54 | 54 | | 21 General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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55 | 55 | | 22 SECTION 1. That the Indiana Senate recognizes the Purdue |
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56 | 56 | | 23 University Cooperative Extension Service's (Purdue Extension) |
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57 | 57 | | 24 Community Leadership Program. |
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58 | 58 | | 25 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed |
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59 | 59 | | 26 to transmit copies of this Resolution to Kym Schwinkendorf, |
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60 | 60 | | 27 Administrative Coordinator of the Purdue Extension's |
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61 | 61 | | 28 Community Leadership Program. |
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62 | 62 | | 2025 RR 3517/DI BB |
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