Jean Buchert (1922- ) came to Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) in 1957 as assistant professor in the department of English and retired in 1991 as full professor. Buchert discusses the scarcity of academic jobs for female PhDs in the 1950s and the acceptance of and social life of single women faculty. She describes the polarizing effect of Chancellor Edward Kidder Graham Jr. on the faculty, the power of Vice Chancellor Mereb Mossman and changes in faculty and student life through the years. She talks about faculty workload, the teaching of remedial English students and the Arts Festival.