Our
community, state, and country have never needed great people to be great
teachers more than we do now, and Mid-South Community College is doing its part
to send top talent to local classrooms.
What
we’ve been able to do over the last few years, with a lot of help, is create a
situation where an aspiring educator can complete everything that is required
to become a great teacher right here at Mid-South Community College. Through
our University Center, we have helped more than 60 people earn a bachelor’s
degree in education, and most, if not all of them, are employed in our
communities today in jobs that they might never have had access to without the
program.
A
student can come here straight out of high school, or even start taking basic
requirements while still in high school, take everything that is required, and
then enroll in a four-year program through our ongoing collaboration with
Arkansas State University. And returning learners have the opportunity to
pursue lifelong dreams through the program. We have folks, 30 years of age and
older, married with children who have returned to school because of the
opportunity that has been afforded them. What we have done is let these
students know that their dreams are certainly within reach and that they can do
it all right here in Crittenden County.
