South Suburban College Board Chairman Receives Service Award

South Suburban College Chairman Frank M. Zuccarelli (left) and Mike Monaghan(right) of the ICCTA who attended South Suburban College’s recent Board Meeting to present Chairman Zuccarelli with a special service award. Photo Credit: Courtesy of South Suburban College
South Suburban College Chairman Frank M. Zuccarelli (left) and Mike Monaghan(right) of the ICCTA who attended South Suburban College’s recent Board Meeting to present Chairman Zuccarelli with a special service award. Photo Credit: Courtesy of South Suburban College

South Suburban College Board Chairman Receives Service Award

BY KATHERINE NEWMAN

At a recent Board of Trustees meeting for South Suburban College, special guest Mike Monaghan, executive director of the Illinois Community College Trustees Association, presented the Illinois Community College Trustees Association Service Award to Frank M. Zuccarelli for his accomplishments as board chairman for South Suburban College.

“The Illinois Community College Trustees Association would like to recognize Frank Zuccarelli for 40 years of dedicated service to the Board of South Suburban College, Community College District 510, and the Illinois Community College System,” said Monaghan at the meeting. “Of the more than 2,000 trustees to serve since 1965, Frank is one of only four still serving with 40 or more years of service. So this wasn’t by accident, this is all about his leadership.”

Since 1970, the Illinois Community College Trustees Association has provided legislative, advocacy, and educational opportunities for college boards. The Illinois Community College Trustees Association is an organization whose constituents are the individual members of the local boards of trustees of each of the community college districts and is recognized by the Illinois Community College Board as the official advisory organization representing the trustees of the Illinois Community College System to the Illinois Community College Board, according to the Illinois Community College Trustees Association website.

For 40 years Zuccarelli, a South Holland resident, has served as a member of the South Suburban College Board of Trustees and he has been Board Chairman since 1987. Zuccarelli is also a former South Suburban College student and has always been committed to maintaining an affordable educational system for south suburban residents, according to a press release announcing the award.

Over time, Zuccarelli has helped to expand academic programs, establish tuition deferments, and build close transfer relationships with DePaul University, Governors State University, Chicago State University, and the University of St. Francis.

In addition to serving as board chairman of South Suburban College, Zuccarelli has also been serving as Thornton Township Supervisor since 1993, according to a press release announcing the award.

“I would like to thank Mr. Monaghan and the Illinois Community College Trustees Association for this honor and especially all of the faculty, staff, and administrators here now and through the years that I have had the privilege of serving with,” said Zuccarelli. “Our talented faculty is our best asset and they are what have kept me going here. All of us working together, that’s what makes it work and makes South Suburban College so special.”

This is not the first award that Zuccarelli has received from the Illinois Community College Trustees Association. He was previously honored with a Illinois Community College Trustees Association Service Award in 2014 that recognized his 35 years of service as a community college trustee, according to the South Suburban College website.

To learn more about South Suburban College visit ssc.edu.

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