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Education Desk: Strategic Plan Shouldn't Be A 'Snooze'

Shannon M. O'Brien
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UIS Campus Relations

Tim Killeen has been president of the University of Illinois for less than a year. During that time, he has been visiting the system's campuses, holding town hall meetings with the goal of drafting a strategic plan. The Springfield campus hosted the first town hall in November, and when the time came for audience comments, one young professor stood up and bluntly critiqued the plan. Last week, when Killeen returned for another town hall meeting, that brash young professor was sitting on the stage, next to Killeen.

After the meeting, she chatted with me.

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Credit Shannon M. O'Brien / UIS Campus Relations
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UIS Campus Relations
UIS representatives to the strategic plan committee listen to audience comments at the March 2 town hall meeting. From left to right: UIS student Dominique Wilson, Prof. Jorge Villegas, Prof. Megan Styles, and UIS Pres. Tim Killeen

After a long career in newspapers (Dallas Observer, The Dallas Morning News, Anchorage Daily News, Illinois Times), Dusty returned to school to get a master's degree in multimedia journalism. She began work as Education Desk reporter at NPR Illinois in September 2014.