THE GIFT OF EDUCATION My father-in-law said if I was ever going to marry his daughter, I’d better go to college. Things worked out! Because of the people I met at Northeastern, I had a great career, and my late wife, Nancy—also an alum—and I were married for 37 years. I studied English and Journalism and got my degree from the College of Liberal Arts, now the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, in 1968. Nancy got her Master’s in Education from the Graduate School of Education in 1977. After getting my Master’s in Higher Education Administration at the Graduate School of Education in 1975, I worked with two of the former deans of Northeastern’s University College, John Jordan and the late Kenneth Ballou. Today, I teach Organizational Behavior, Leadership, and Human Ken Solano, Associate Dean Emeritus, with student, Alexis Polack, 2015 Scholarship recipient.
Relations courses at the College of Professional Studies. There have been lots of changes, but it’s great. About 50 percent of our courses are now online. It’s the way of the future. I support scholarships at the College of Professional Studies because
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College of Professional Studies. Gifts to this fund provide grants to students facing severe financial hardship. – Ken Solano
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