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Art and Design alum Samantha Butkus embarks on her new career

Aug 17, 2018

Samantha Butkus

In May, Samantha Butkus walked across the NIU Convocaton Center stage to accept her degree in art and design education.  On Friday, she taught her first classes at DeKalb High School.  The DeKalb Daily-Chronicle profiled her at the dawn of her new career.

New teacher looks forward to first day of school

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