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Steljes plans retirement after 22 years

By Carlee Polster
IV Leader Staff

    After 22 years or teaching at Illinois Valley Community College, Alice Steljes has made the decision to retire at the end of this school year.
Steljes, coming to IVCC to be closer to home, started teaching part time in 1983 and took on a full-time position in 1984.
    She has spent her time at teaching a variety of accounting classes, including fundamentals, tax, financial, managerial and cost accounting.
MIMIC is also a program Steljes has been active in, along with Students in Free Enterprise, where she is the club’s advisor.
    Steljes hopes that if her students were to walk away with one thing from her class it would be that they not only learned facts, but also skills and confidence to go on in their careers.
    "I will miss not only the people who work here at IVCC, but mostly the students," says Steljes.
    Although she is "proud to be associated with such a good school," Steljes is looking forward to spending time with her grandchildren, traveling and getting involved in volunteer work. She will continue to pursue hobbies in baking, camping and gardening.
    "It will be very hard to leave IVCC with it being such a big part of my life," said Steljes. "I will miss it."
    Steljes plans to continue teaching an online class next year, but is not sure of her plans beyond that.