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Rives: "Pearls of Wisdom" Lecture Nov. 2

October 18, 2016

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MOLINE, IL -- Western Illinois University Vice President of Quad Cities and Planning Joe Rives will deliver the annual Quad Cities Research and Scholarship Symposium's Lecture, recently renamed "Pearls of Wisdom" (formerly known as "The Last Lecture"), which features an employee of Western Illinois University.

Rives' lecture, "All Roads Led to the Riverfront Campus (But Who Knew it was the Juxtaposition of Identity, Influence and Impact?"), is set to start at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2 in the WIU-QC Riverfront Hall, room 103/104. A reception will follow the presentation.

Rives joined the WIU administrative team in April 2005 as the assistant to the president for planning and budget. He was named vice president of Quad Cities and planning at Western in August 2008. In his role as vice president of the WIU-Quad Cities campus, Rives serves as the University's point of contact for Quad Cities economic development issues, corporate partnerships, leadership for University-wide planning, is responsible for institutional accreditation reporting for the Higher Learning Commission-North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and works to expand partnerships with businesses, industries and agencies.

Rives also works with Illinois, Iowa and Missouri community colleges and regional high schools to institute collaborative educational paths, and has responsibility for the administration and planning for the Quad Cities campus. He serves as chair of Renew Moline's Project Management Team and a member of the Renew Moline Executive Board of Directors. He is a peer reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission, and serves as a persistence and completion mentor for the Commission. He is also vice president/president-elect of the National Association of Branch Campus Administrators (NABCA).

Rives earned his bachelor's degree from Illinois Wesleyan and his master's and doctorate degrees from Illinois State University.

For more information, contact University Relations at (309) 298-1993 or email U-Relations@wiu.edu.

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