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Graduate Program in Liberal Studies > What our Students Say
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Lynne S. Samuels My years in the M/LS program benefited me as an individual, as a classroom teacher, and as a lifelong learner. Excellent professors, mature and dedicated fellow students, and a curriculum that raised my ability to think and to communicate to new levels, all made my M/LS experience challenging, enriching, and gratifying. |
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Robert Bullard I undertook the M/LS program to advance my professional career. I was looking for an opportunity for real intellectual stimulation and I was absolutely energized by the idea of sitting around a table with professionals from other careers and sharing thoughts and ideas and debating these ideas. It was a great opportunity to be in class with the best of the best in teaching faculty. |
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Anita Cukier Challenging, yet non-competitive, the M/LS encourages independent thinking, fosters interests, and opens up new horizons. It is a nurturing program led by professors whose constant encouragement instills confidence and resolve and inspires further academic endeavors. I will remain forever grateful to Lake Forest College for providing such a wonderful and valuable program, right here in my own community. |
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Robert Arney, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. The MLS program is a terrific exercise in learning how to really know what you’re talking about. Discussing stimulating reading assignments around a table with mature, thinking adults and Lake Forest College professors from various academic disciplines – listening, talking, contemplating, challenging and complementing each other – that’s an evening in an MLS seminar, always the highlight of my week! |
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Richard Martin The MLS program provided a priceless opportunity to explore the limits of my creativity. I am satisfied that the program gave me the opportunity to create beyond my talents, which is all I could ask. |
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Jeffrey Gusfield The MLS program at Lake Forest was one of the greatest experiences of my life. At forty-four I was a husband, a father and a professional. However something important and essential was missing from my life. I summoned up all the courage I could muster and I began my first course. I soon learned that the nurturing support of the professors made it far easier than I imagined. Ask anyone enrolled in the program, and they will tell you that the MLS seminar night is the high point of their week. I regard my experience at Lake Forest as a revitalizing miracle. |
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Donna Marcus I entered the M/LS program at Lake Forest College as a means to explore areas of intellectual interest with like-minded people. The interdisciplinary approach to academic issues appealed to me since, like most adult students, I had developed a wide range of interests over the years. However, after many years in the business world, I was not sure that I could adapt to and academic environment. Not only did I adapt, I throve. The work is hard, but the rewards are well worth the effort. |
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Joe Agnew When considering a graduate degree I wanted to pursue a program that would contribute to both personal and professional development. I am delighted to say that the MLS degree exceeded all my expectations and fulfilled both of those development desires. All this and I had a great time too. |
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Craig R. Fallico The M/LS program has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I wanted a program that would challenge me mentally and spiritually and that would also fulfill some academic obligations I have as a high school teacher. This program did all of that and then some. |
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Karen Field Bolek Both the MLS seminars and the undergraduate courses I took during the program were fabulously stimulating and fun because of the intelligent people, the open-minded culture, and the challenging ideas. Now that I¹ve graduated, I am proud to say that the MLS program at LFC has brought my thinking and writing to a much higher level. |
For more information, please contact Carol Gayle at gayle@lakeforest.edu or call 1-847-735-5083.