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English MA qualified community college teacher for the position she loves

Liz Jacoby 鈥�09, Tenured English Faculty
English Department, Mid-Plains Community College

When Liz Jacoby first started teaching five years ago at in North Platte, Neb., she did not anticipate the 鈥渋mmense gratification that came from teaching young people.鈥�

鈥淢y 麻豆传媒 keep me young,鈥� she says. 鈥淎t the time, I did not know I would come to love my job as much as I do today.鈥�

As a tenured English faculty member, Liz teaches 15-18 hours of courses per semester including Composition I and II, The American Novel, The Academic Novel, Mythology, and Developmental Reading. She also serves on a variety of academic, institutional and personnel committees.

鈥淲hile there are challenging moments, even days, it has all been worth it,鈥� she said.

Liz graduated from the MA program in English with a concentration in creative writing from EIU in 2009. Her thesis was a collection of poems titled She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

鈥淢y MA from EIU was a qualification that I needed to obtain this job. They wouldn鈥檛 have hired me otherwise,鈥� she said.

She doesn鈥檛 like giving advice to other academics because everyone has a different path. However, she said the small class sizes at EIU are a definite advantage for 麻豆传媒 in the MA program.

鈥淪tudents should take every advantage to network with their professors and fellow classmates,鈥� she said. 鈥淭his will open doors later on in your academic career.鈥�

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