Professor Carol King learned first-hand how important choosing the right college is. At 17, she found herself at a West Coast city college that was a "high school with ashtrays." Soon, the only course she liked — and the only one she was still showing up for — was economics. She found herself quitting school and joining the workforce. She learned on the job whatever she needed to know: accounting, credit, marketing. She even ran her own business, using the skills she had picked up along the way. She got the opportunity to finish her bachelor's degree. So King came back to school, this time choosing Dana College. She majored in accounting and minored in literature. She made personal connections to her instructors and found the liberal arts approach kept her interested in her studies.

" Variety is something to look forward to," she said. "I chose not to double major so I could take more elective classes."

After earning her master's degree, a CPA certification and teaching part-time, King returned to Dana as a professor. This time, King's choice wasn't based on finances, but rather her belief in the kinds of faculty business students need.

" I purposely left the business world (at a salary reduction of 50 percent) because I believe business students need professors who have had careers in business. When I was here, (former professor) Gil Ragan was that person — and I like to feel I am carrying on that tradition."

" At Dana you have personal relationships with students," she said. "You can have conversations about different things and really get to know them as people."

King tries to make things interesting for her students and wants her students to make things interesting for her.

" I don't do anything traditionally," she said. "I think the worst reason to do anything is because that is the way it has always been done."

Carol King
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
cking@dana.edu
402 426-7274
Office: DC 204