Title Page & Abstract
An Interview with Wayne Arnold
Part of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Education is Key-Community College Oral History project
Interview # EC-A-L-2013-052
Wayne Arnold, a long-time teacher at Rend Lake College, was interviewed on the date listed below as part of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library’s Education is Key-Community College Oral History project.
Interview dates & location:
Date: May 22, 2013 Location: Rend Lake Community College
Interview Format: Digital audio
Interviewer: Phil Pogue ALPL Volunteer
Transcription by: Susan Burke, ALPL volunteer
Edited by: Roberta Volkmann & Janice Culp, ALPL volunteers
Total Pages: 19 pgs Total Time: 1:12 / 1.2 hrs
Accessioned into the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Archives on July 30, 2013.
The interview is archived at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois.
© 2013 Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Abstract
Wayne Arnold, Education is Key-Community College, #EC-A-L-2013-052
Biographical Information Overview of Interview: Wayne Arnold was born in Mount Vernon, Illinois in 1932. He graduated from Sesser High School (Sesser, Illinois) and later earned an associates degree from Centralia Junior College and BS and MS degrees from Southern Illinois University, through Rend Lake College. He started his teaching career at Dahlgren High School, teaching there for three years. He joined the faculty of Mount Vernon High School where he operated the school’s Community College program. When the campus was relocated and named Rend Lake College, shortly after the passage of the Illinois Junior College Act of 1965, he joined the staff as a teacher in the Department of Health and Physical Education. In honor of his many years of service, the fitness center at Rend Lake College is now named after him. In his interview, Wayne covers the transfer of the Junior College from Mount Vernon to Rend Lake.
Subject Headings/Key Words: Rend Lake College; Mount Vernon High School; Rend Lake College Foundation; Dr. James Snyder; Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI)
Note to the Reader: Readers of the oral history memoir should bear in mind that this is a transcript of the spoken word and that the interviewer, interviewee and editor sought to preserve the informal, conversational style that is inherent in such historical sources. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library is not responsible for the factual accuracy of the memoir or for the views expressed therein. We leave these for the reader to judge.
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