Mr. B.A. Bastian

Alverda A. Bastian taught at a time when teachers were not required to have a college education. One of her first teaching positions was in a one-room, country schoolhouse, instructing students at all levels through grade 8. Alverda taught at schools throughout Illinois and Indiana. Demonstrating her lifelong commitment to learning, she received her B.S. in Education from NIU in 1954 at age 51, just one week before her son Bruce Bastian graduated from college. She entered the masters program at NIU, receiving her Masters in Education degree in 1958.