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Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning and Initiatives Joe Rives
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Rives Elected to Second Term as President of NABCA

May 3, 2019

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MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Western Illinois University Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning and Initiatives Joe Rives was reelected president of the National Association of Branch Campus Administrators (NABCA) Thursday. His second two-year term begins July 1.

NABCA is a professional organization committed to supporting the mission and goals of higher education professionals who work at a location that is separate from the parent campus. Rives was named vice president of the Quad Cities campus in August 2008. He joined Western's administration in 2005.

"All of us at NABCA are excited about the opportunity to work with Joseph Rives again as president," said NABCA Executive Director joyce gillie gossom. We look forward to supporting his strategic initiatives as we continue to move the organization to higher professional levels. Joe is the perfect person to further that progress."

In his roles as senior vice president, Rives serves as the University's co-chair for the President's Executive Institute, point of contact for Quad Cities economic development issues, corporate partnerships, leadership for University-wide planning and is responsible for institutional accreditation reporting to the Higher Learning Commission. 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 was named to a four-year term on the Higher Learning Commission's Action Council (IAC) in 2017, and also serves the Commission as a Peer-Reviewer, Team Chair and Student Success Mentor.

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