{"id":190,"date":"2009-04-22T10:14:48","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T10:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.csun.edu\/CSUNStories\/?p=190"},"modified":"2017-03-30T16:36:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T16:36:26","slug":"dorothy-stilling-alumna-first-graduating-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/csun-stories\/2009\/04\/22\/dorothy-stilling-alumna-first-graduating-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy Stilling, Alumna, First Graduating Class"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[San Fernando Valley State College] had\u00a0 just opened when I came.\u00a0 I came from Valley Junior College [Los Angeles Valley College], over on Fulton Avenue.\u00a0 And I did two years there, and then realized that this was a good spot to come into, at the end of my two years, to complete my degree.\u00a0 That would have been in 1957.<\/p>\n

Dr. Schwartz was the chairman of that department [Education], and he was also the main teacher in getting us into training.\u00a0 Everything I took was geared toward teaching.\u00a0 For example, the Music Department with Dr. Ryan was learning to teach music in the schools.\u00a0 And the same was true with the Physical Training [Phys Ed], which was Mrs. Fisher, as I recall — there again, we were given ideas about incorporating it into our teaching.<\/p>\n

I was older, because I put my husband through college first, and then he decided that he would put me through college. . . <\/strong>I think I had an advantage as far as my age was concerned, because I thoroughly loved it, and I got a lot out of all my classes because I enjoyed coming and studying, so in that respect it [San Fernando Valley State College] had a lot to offer and I appreciated it as far as the professors and just being a new college was great for me too.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I think it\u2019s been a fantastic thing for the valley to have this university and it seems to be better each year as far as things that are offered and then the community involvement as far as Northridge is concerned, I think it\u2019s great.\u00a0 It\u2019s a wonderful thing for our community.<\/p>\n

It was just an overall wonderful accomplishment for me to be able to finish and get through in four years — which doesn\u2019t happen too often.\u00a0 — and then also getting the teaching credential to me was like an insurance policy, so wherever we might go I could use it, and it wasn\u2019t until two years ago that I stopped with my substitute work.\u00a0 I enjoyed that thoroughly throughout the valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[San Fernando Valley State College] had\u00a0 just opened when I came.\u00a0 I came from Valley Junior College [Los Angeles Valley College], over on Fulton Avenue.\u00a0 And I did two years there, and then realized that this was a good spot to come into, at the end of my two years, to complete my degree.\u00a0 That … <\/p>\n

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