Daniel M. Reck, M.S.Ed., has experience in fraternity and sorority life, residential and student affairs, student union operations, new student orientation, student activities, and social media communication.  He most recently has completed three years as Assistant Director of Greek Life, Leadership, and Involvement at Monmouth College in Illinois.

He believes that the liberal arts education offered on smaller college campuses allows students to explore a wide breadth of subjects and experiences.  Through collaboration with professors and other students, and participation in a highly varied menu of campus activities, they establish strong experientially-derived abilities in communication and leadership.  This unique education not only benefits those students upon graduation, but also the communities in which they live and work.

Reck earned a Master of Science in Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy. His master's research thesis examines the extra-academic outcomes of students graduated from a two-year residential high school specially targeted for gifted students.  While performing his research, he assisted in Northwestern's Orientation and Parent Programs office, which works throughout the year to produce programming for new students and their families.  He also was on staff at Northwestern's student union, the Norris University Center, where his duties included administration of the student employee recognition program.

Before arriving at Northwestern, Reck held a professional position as Student Life Counselor at the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities on the campus of Ball State University.  While there, he also was assistant conductor and composer-in-residence for the University Schools Band.  Subsequently, Reck served as marching band instructor and pep band conductor at Hinsdale Central High School in Hinsdale, Illinois.  He also taught marching technique for the Fighting Scots Marching Band at Monmouth College.

Reck is a past director of the Tiger Alumni Bands and Stumblebums at DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, which unites undergraduate students and alumni in musical performance.  There, he studied computer science and music and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree.

A long-time volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America, Reck enjoys working with youth to develop their leadership and teamwork abilities.  In 2010, he directed the social media presence of Jamboree Today, the daily newspaper of the scouts' centennial National Scout Jamboree, where he served the paper as a copy editor.  He continued in this role in summer 2011 as International Editor of Jamboree Today, reporting for the Boy Scouts of America as a member of the International Service Team at the 22^nd World Scout Jamboree in Kristianstad, Sweden.