An Elgin Community College pioneer was honored Wednesday for her work as one of the teachers who shaped the school and its curriculum when lessons were still taught in empty Elgin High School classrooms.
Helen Kettering sat with tears in her eyes as school officials, staff members, students and friends watched college President Michael Shirley dedicate a biology laboratory in the school's Math and Science Center in her honor.
"I'm so full of emotion, I can't even tell you," said the 98-year-old Elgin woman.
A shiny plaque with a drawing of Kettering and a dedication detailing her years of service as a biology teacher was mounted on the wall next to room 115.
"It's beautiful, but I don't deserve it," she said.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the school.
"What you thought was ordinary work, we now think of as extraordinary," Shirley said to Kettering. "We want to honor all of you guys who have made the college what it is today."
Kettering and her colleagues would spend endless hours of their time ensuring the college met the needs of its students.
Longtime friend and fellow biology teacher Gus Stuart told the group about Kettering's start at Elgin High in 1929, after teaching for a few years in the Dundee area
Helen Kettering sat with tears in her eyes as school officials, staff members, students and friends watched college President Michael Shirley dedicate a biology laboratory in the school's Math and Science Center in her honor.
"I'm so full of emotion, I can't even tell you," said the 98-year-old Elgin woman.
A shiny plaque with a drawing of Kettering and a dedication detailing her years of service as a biology teacher was mounted on the wall next to room 115.
"It's beautiful, but I don't deserve it," she said.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the school.
"What you thought was ordinary work, we now think of as extraordinary," Shirley said to Kettering. "We want to honor all of you guys who have made the college what it is today."
Kettering and her colleagues would spend endless hours of their time ensuring the college met the needs of its students.
Longtime friend and fellow biology teacher Gus Stuart told the group about Kettering's start at Elgin High in 1929, after teaching for a few years in the Dundee area
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