ICCTA Lifelong Learning Award
2006 Recipient


Margot McAfoos
Rend Lake College

A native of Germany, Margot McAfoos first stepped onto the Rend Lake College campus nearly 36 years ago.

She has since taken 64 credit courses and 84 non-credit courses in such areas as computer science, public speaking, and journal writing.

McAfoos says that these classes helped her mentor future leaders as training and public relations director with the Shagbark Girl Scout Council.


Margot McAfoos accepts ICCTA's 2006 Lifelong Learning Award from Rend Lake College trustee Marvin Scott (left) and president Mark Kern.

Margot McAfoos accepts ICCTA's 2006 Lifelong
Learning Award from Rend Lake College trustee Marvin Scott (left) and president Mark Kern.

Now retired, she serves on the advisory board of RLC's Institute for Learning in Retirement and has been an enthusiastic ambassador of lifelong learning throughout the college district.

"My role as a perpetual student keeps me fit and mentally alert," says McAfoos.


For additional information on ICCTA's Lifelong Learning Award, please contact Kim Villanueva at 1-800-454-2282, ext. 1.



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