Join Newsradio 780 the week of May 10th for Education Week sponsored by Saint Xavier University on the WBBM Noon Business Hour!
MONDAY, MAY 10
12:09 - Small College Experience
Stephen Schutt
President of Lake Forest College - Lake Forest, IL
Under his leadership enrollment has increased by more than 300 students; applications have more than doubled; the College has completed two development campaigns, including a Sesquicentennial Campaign that surpassed its $100 million goal a year early in 2011; and the College has invested $100 million in campus facility improvements. Faculty have developed nearly a dozen new majors or minors during President Schutt's tenure, as well as a series of innovative joint, accelerated degree programs with prestigious graduate and professional schools. The College has also developed three key on-campus centers, including a Center for Chicago Programs that helps students and faculty take advantage of the Windy City's educational resources; the Gates Center for Leadership and Personal Growth; and an Ethics Center. Several new off-campus programs have also been established under President Schutt around the world and in the Chicago
Loop.
Before coming to Lake Forest, President Schutt served for six years as Vice President and Chief of Staff at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a principal author and coordinator of the University's strategic plan; supervisor of budget, planning, communications and other administrative operations; co-director of Penn's West Philadelphia revitalization program; and the President's chief
advisor.
Mr. Schutt previously served as Chief of Staff to United States Senator Harris Wofford, and as Deputy Secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. Educated at Earlham College (B.A.), the University of London (M.A. in English Literature), and the University of Pennsylvania (J.D.), he began his career as a journalist, and subsequently practiced law with Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, a national law firm headquartered in
Philadelphia.
Mr. Schutt serves on the board of the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, and has served as chair of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, as an Earlham College trustee, and as a member of the Academic Advisory Council of the National Institute for Technology and Liberal
Education.
Mr. Schutt and his family live in Lake Forest,Illinois.
12:39 - University of Illinois (System)
Tim Killeen
President of University of Illinois System - Urbana-Champaign
Timothy L. Killeen is the 20th president of the University of Illinois System, with universities in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield. He took office in May 2015, and received a new contract in 2020 that will extend his term through June 2024.
Since taking office, Killeen has helped lead a surge of growth across the state's flagship university system. Enrollment is at record highs, including increases among in-state and underrepresented students. Student costs have been held in check by affordability initiatives that included a five-year tuition freeze for Illinois students and substantial increases in institutional financial aid. Retention and graduation rates top national norms, while student debt rates are lower. A unique hiring initiative will add up to 45 renowned professors to the system's already world-class faculty ranks, and another seeks to add nearly 500 new tenure-system faculty. A capital program will build or upgrade nearly 350 facilities over the next decade to ensure classroom and research space matches the system's academic excellence, and the system's largest fundraising campaign ever is ahead of pace toward its $3.1 billion goal.
A leading researcher in geophysics and space sciences, Killeen has also championed efforts to expand the research discovery that drives progress and job creation. That includes helping lead creation of two pioneering new initiatives to drive innovation and workforce development - the Discovery Partners Institute, a world-class research center in downtown Chicago, and the Illinois Innovation Network, a system of satellite research hubs that will help spread its impact across the state. He also reaffirmed the system's commitment to the arts and humanities, launching a program that pumped nearly $2 million into faculty initiatives that underscore their importance to a well-rounded education.
The ongoing growth is rooted in a Strategic Framework that Killeen helped develop in the first months of his presidency to guide the U of I System for the next decade. The roadmap set high-aspiration goals to make the U of I System a model for higher education in the 21st century, and build on its more than 150-year legacy of service to students, innovation and the public good.
When he joined the U of I System, Killeen brought more than three decades of experience as an educator, researcher and administrator in public higher education and in leadership positions with national scientific research
agencies.
Earlier, he served as vice chancellor for research and president of the Research Foundation at the State University of New York (SUNY), one of the nation's largest higher education systems.
He also served as assistant director for the geosciences at the National Science Foundation (NSF), as the Lyall Research Professor at the University of Colorado, as director and senior scientist for the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and spent more than 20 years as a faculty member and researcher at the University of Michigan, where he also served as associate vice president for
research.
He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2007, and is a member and past president of the American Geophysical Union, and a fellow of the American Meteorological Society and the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. He has authored more than 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals, along with more than 300 other publications and
papers.
A native of Wales and a U.S. citizen, Killeen received his bachelor's degree in physics and astronomy at University College London, where he also earned his doctoral degree in atomic and molecular physics
and was later awarded an honorary doctorate degree.
Killeen's wife, Roberta M. Johnson, holds B.S., M.S, and Ph.D. degrees in geophysics and space physics from the University of California, Los Angeles. She has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers, review articles, abstracts and non-referred reports and articles in the area of upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere research, as well as on educational
programs.
She was a research physicist at SRI International in Menlo Park, Calif., from 1987-1989. Thereafter, she continued her research at the University of Michigan Space Physics Research Laboratory as a research scientist from 1989-2000. While at the University of Michigan, beginning in 1995, she initiated the Windows to the Universe project, which brings multi-level scientific background content and new research results to students, educators and the public, and continues to the present day.
From 2000-2010, she served as the founding director of education and outreach at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., and a scientist at the High Altitude Observatory from 2000-2011. From 2006-2015, she directed the National Earth Science Teachers Association. From 2012-2015, she served as a clinical professor at the State University of New York at Albany in the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences.
She has extensive experience advising NASA, NSF and professional societies on topics in education and outreach, the uses of cyber-infrastructure for education and diversity, and has served on numerous advisory boards for projects in these areas. She led an ad hoc review of science education for the International Council for Science, and served as a member of the National Academy of Sciences Climate Change Education Roundtable from 2010-2012.
In 2016, she was recognized with the American Geophysical Union's Athelstan Spilhaus Award for her work to bring the excitement and beauty of the geosciences to the
public. In 2017, she received the Jan Woerner and Harold B. Stonehouse Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Killeens have three
children.
TUESDAY MAY 11TH
12:39 - Financial Aid
Sue Swisher
Executive Director of Financial Aid of Saint Xavier University
Sue Swisher has been in the financial aid industry for over 35 years and has served as executive director of Financial Aid at Saint Xavier University for over 25 years. Throughout her professional career, she has been active at the state, regional and national level. She is a past president of the Illinois Association of Financial Aid Administrators (ILASFAA) and served on the executive board and as a committee chair in various positions. She is a recipient of ILASFAA's Meritorious Service, President's and Sustained Service Awards. On the regional level, she is a past president of MASFAA and served on the executive board and as a committee chair in various positions. She is a recipient of MASFAA's Meritorious Service, President's and Leadership Awards. On the national level, she served as a regional representative on the National Association of Financial Aid Administrator's (NASFAA) Board of Directors and is a recipient of NASFAA's Leadership Award. She has demonstrated her expertise in financial aid by presenting at conferences at the state, regional and national level.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 12TH
12:05 - Financial Aid
Emma Kerr
Personal Finance Editor - US News and World Report - Washington, D.C.
12:39 - Negotiating Financial Aid
Marc Horner
Wealth Advisor at Fairhaven Wealth Management - Wheaton, IL
Marc founded Fairhaven Wealth Management in 2015. Prior to that, he was a financial advisor with the wealth management divisions of both Merrill Lynch and UBS for a total of 14
years.
His education includes economics at North Park University, investment management at the University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School of Business and wealth management at the University of Chicago - Booth School of Business. Marc holds the professional designations Certified Financial PlannerTM (CFP), Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) and Certified Private Wealth Advisor
(CPWA).
Marc serves on the Advisory Board of The Chicago Community Trust, the Editorial Board of the Investments & Wealth Monitor, published by the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA), and as a Trustee for the Board of Directors of the Providence Country Day School, his high school alma mater located in East Providence, Rhode
Island.
Marc is a trusted media resource and appears regularly on WBBM Radio's 'Noon Business Hour', WGN Radio's 'Wintrust Business Lunch' and the nationally syndicated television show, 'BusinessFirst AM.
A collegiate All-American in basketball, Marc now enjoys golfing, cooking and wearing a kilt as a bagpiper with The Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe Band (currently on sabbatical). Marc and his wife, Christine, live in Wheaton, Illinois, with their four
children.
THURSDAY, MAY 13TH
12:09 - New Administration
Frank Palmasni
College Affordability & Financial Aid Expert - College counselor at Providence Catholic High School
Frank Palmasani is completing his 45th year as an educator, currently serving as College Counselor at Providence Catholic High School. During the last 35 years Frank has worked extensively delivering seminars, creating videos, writing a book and answering questions in an attempt to help families pay for college without excessive debt. He has seen the positives and negatives of the college financial aid system and is looking forward to new initiatives that might emanate from the current Biden administration.
FRIDAY, MAY 14TH
12:04 - How to Stand Out in the College Application Process
Deb Donley
Deb Donley College Counseling
Deb Donley has worked in student development with college and high school students for forty-four years; she has been an English teacher, admission counselor, and post-high school counselor. Now as an independent college counseling consultant, she works individually with high school students in any and every phase of the college application process. She has Master's degrees in college student personnel and in school counseling, and is an active member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling, the Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling, the Higher Education Consultants Organization. She teaches the college process to school counselors through The Academy for College Admission Counseling and works with students through Deb Donley College Counseling at debdonleycollegecounseling.com.
