Alumni Stories
 Timyra Carter |
Timyra Carter enjoys telling patients that her initials are TLC. As Patient Care Coordinator, or Charge Nurse, for the third floor medical/surgical unit at Provena USMC, this DACC alumnus has many opportunities to practice her specialty. Timyra feels she got a great nursing education at DACC, and the supportive atmosphere helped her get through the program. “Your fellow students form your family. You study together, pray together, and support one another,” she remembered. “The faculty provides the information necessary to be successful, but they also offer support and become part of the family. |
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“The program is designed to nurture critical thinking, organization, and the ability to prioritize duties and goals. DACC taught me assessment skills that are very important, especially on a surgical unit.”
“It’s a valuable program for the community,” she stated. “It’s
affordable, convenient, rigorous, and it provides an opportunity to
learn and work in the community. I’m proud to be a DACC graduate!” |
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 Kevin Cullen |
Award-winning journalist Kevin Cullen has worked in the newspaper
business for more than 30 years. He is now the director of planning and
communications for the Catholic Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana and
writer/editor of The Catholic Moment, a weekly newspaper with
28,000 subscribers. Kevin also writes a weekly column for the Sunday
edition of the Danville Commercial-News. Occasionally, he
reminisces about Danville Area Community College, his alma mater, where
he was a student from 1972-74. |
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Kevin did well in his classes at DACC and was able to transfer into the prestigious journalism program at the University of Illinois as one of only fifty juniors accepted each year. All of his DACC credits were accepted.
“I enjoyed the smaller classes and the teachers were excellent,"
Kevin said. "All my credits transferred and I was well prepared
academically. My bachelor’s degree from the U of I looks just like those
of my classmates, but mine was much less expensive. I would recommend
DACC to anyone.” |
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 John Mazunda |
It is a long way from a southeast African nation to Danville, Illinois, but John Mazunda made the trip in order to attend Danville Area Community College.
Currently a graduate student at Purdue University, John first came to
Danville in 2005 to study Agriculture and Horticulture at DACC. After
earning his Associate in Arts and Sciences degree in 2007, John
transferred to Purdue where he received a bachelor’s degree in
Agricultural Economics in May, 2009. He is now pursuing a master’s
degree in the same field and working as a research assistant in the
department of Agriculture Economics at Purdue. With an emphasis on
International Agriculture and Development, his goal is to return to
Malawi at the conclusion of his education. |
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John is happy with the time he spent at DACC. He especially enjoyed his agriculture classes and credits Craig Potter with preparing him for his classes at Purdue. He said, “Everything I took at DACC was a good foundation for the work I’ve had to do since then. I didn’t have any problems keeping up with my peers who started at Purdue.” Because all the classes transferred, John was able to enter Purdue as a junior and complete his bachelor’s degree in two years. |
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 Krista McMasters |
Former Catlin resident, Krista McMasters, made national and
international headlines when she succeeded
her mentor, Carl George, as CEO of Clifton Gunderson, LLP, Certified
Accountants and Consultants. Clifton Gunderson has a staff of more than
2,000 professionals serving clients from 45 offices across the country.
When she took the reins in June 2009, Kris became the firm’s fourth CEO
in its 60-year history; she also became the
first and
only female CEO in the history
of the accounting profession among the top 15 firms. |
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Before she made headlines, Kris made the decision to enroll at Danville Area Community College, then Danville Junior College. In 1976, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from DJC, with a perfect 5.0 GPA, and delivered the class address at Commencement. From DJC, Kris transferred to the University of Illinois where she graduated with highest honors in 1978 with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. Kris recognizes the value of her community college roots. “Aside from the cost benefits a community college provides, for me, it was more about how enrolling in a two year program helped prepare me for my continuing education aspirations. I was very fortunate to have been afforded a quality education at Danville Junior College. That quality education included a great curriculum, experienced instructors, small class size, but most important to me was the one-on-one interaction I had with my professors – something I knew couldn’t be matched at a four-year institution.” |
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