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Courtesy of Judy Santacaterina and Matt Swan.
Valentine’s Day celebrations were seen by the student body and NIU faculty, including one couple in the Department of Communication, educators Judy Santacaterina and Matt Swan.
As members of NIU’s faculty for a combined 64 years, Bachelor of General Studies Director and Forensics Coach Judy Santacaterina and Communications Instructor Matt Swan are mainstays of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and have been married for 29 years come May 16, Swan said.
They first met in 1980 at a speech tournament at Rock Valley Community College, and it took ten years before they had their first date, Swan said. Santacaterina asked Swan over for dinner and the relationship took off from there.
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For Immediate Release – January 13, 2021
Illinois Board of Higher Education Announces Members of New Strategic Planning Advisory Committee
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Board of Higher Education is announcing the members of its Strategic Planning Advisory Committee, which will develop a draft plan to fulfill the board’s which will lay out a set of strategies to achieve the board’s vision and priorities (See https://www.ibhe.org/pdf/sp/Strategic Direction Revised 120320.pdf). The plan aims to create an equitable, accessible and innovative higher education ecosystem across Illinois that ensures students and communities thrive.
“The members of the advisory committee bring expertise from education, business, policy, community, and philanthropic organizations to shape the blueprint for our students and our higher education ecosystem for the next 10 years,” said IBHE Board Chair John Atkinson. “The members of the advisory committee will identify the highes