Rachael Borden, who majored in English with a Secondary Teaching Certificate, graduated in 2019 with honors. Although the post-grad job search can be daunting, Borden was almost immediately hired by State College Area School District as a high school English Language Arts teacher. Borden credits her success in being hired by such a competitive school district to the education she received at É«×ۺϾþÃ.
É«×ۺϾþà her time here, Borden says, “É«×ۺϾþÒs English department prepared me by giving me an unrelenting passion for pursuing what is É«×ۺϾþà rather than what is easiest. While most English teachers find writing instruction and teaching Shakespeare…toilsome and tedious, my preparation at É«×ۺϾþà has made these two areas my curricular strengths. Classes such as Shakespeare Survey, Composition Theory, and Literature Seminar empowered me to teach strenuous subjects with knowledge and confidence.“