Dorothy Darnell (1923-2018) received her Bachelor of Science in Secretarial Administration in 1944 from Woman's College, now UNC Greensboro. She taught at Greensboro Senior High School and at Elon College before coming to Woman's College in 1956 as a part-time instructor in business. In 1987, Darnell retired as assistant dean of the Office of Academic Advising. Darnell talks about her personal history, her education, and the effects of the Great Depression on her family. She describes attending the Woman's College and being a student. Darnell discusses her husband, her busy life teaching after having children, and working under Acting Dean Vance Littlejohn in the Graduate School. She also describes her various positions within the Woman's College, including associate dean of the Office of Academic Advising and the being the first designated person to work with students with disabilities. Darnell remembers Tom Martin who was one of the first male students on campus; faculty members Louise Alexander, Laura Anderton, and Allen Trelease; and college administrators Harriet Elliott, Brooks Graham, William Moran, Mereb Mossman, Tommy Lou Smith, Patricia Sullivan, Katherine Taylor, and Charles Tisdall. Darnell also talks about the Civil Rights Movement, student life, and the college becoming co-educational in 1963.