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Leadership lived – Brand University of Illinois Springfield

Stories of Leadership lived: John Tienken ’13

Double major: Political Science; English
Hometown: Clarendon Hills
Career Plans: Law school or graduate school

John Tienken

John is in his second year as the student representative to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees and is currently the only student representative with voting power. He is the co-founder of the UIS Squash Team sport club, a group that has traveled at the national level to compete. He has been a UIS Journal columnist and was the Co-Chair of the Student Union Committee that led to a successful student referendum to build a student union.