EMPLOYEE PROFILE

Name: Alex Fitzner

Title: Instructor, English Department

Major responsibilities: Teaching and advising.

Length of service at the College: 7 months.

Place of birth: Augusta, Georgia.

Something no one knows about you: I used to work in a factory making Rice Krispies Treats.

Greatest achievement or proudest moment: Making coffee in the morning.

Favorite things outside work: Coffee, conversation.

Most influential person in your life and why: That would be my mother, for she taught me—among other lessons both great and small—that I’m simultaneously important and nothing special. It’s a tricky concept; I’m not sure I’ve wholly internalized it yet.

Favorite quote: I’m an English teacher, so this changes every day. Today’s favorite:
“I am not young enough to know everything.”—Oscar Wilde, 19th century Irish writer