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10/20/2005: "New Director For College"

(Professor Denise King -Guardian photo)

San Juan Center of Skagit Valley College has a new Director. Professor Denise King has accepted the position, and will take over on January 1st. Dr. King (no relation to any of the King families in San Juan County) currently holds a teaching position at the main campus of Olympic College Bremerton. Olympic College has nearly 12,000 students, and sits on 33-acres.

King holds a Ph.D. from Stanford in Drama & Humanities, and when asked if that was a bit of a jump from drama to administration, Dr. King noted that if one thinks about it, there are many similarities, pointing out that both endeavors require a great deal of administration and organizations skills, starting with creating a vision, moving to the challenge of pulling people together, and then guiding and working with the members of the "cast" to make it come to life, and then of course there is the task of "selling it" to the public.

King's past experience also includes a stint as an interim Dean of Social Sciences at Olympic College.