Terrie Smith Ducray '76

Retired Entrepreneur

"York College professors helped me to understand the basics by keeping classes small and encouraging student participation rather than lecture platforms. After attending two larger universities, I found the ambiance and personal attention at a smaller school to be most advantageous to me."

Current City: Longboat Key, FL

YCP Degree: BS Psychology

Spartan Snapshots

Worked in four different fields across her career: bank management, property and casualty insurance agent, owner and operator of her boutique, L’esperance, and agent for musical entertainment
A representative of the Reynold B. Smith Memorial Scholarship, a scholarship established by her late father in 1983 to give students the chance that he never had – to attend higher education
Member of the Samuel and Isabel Small Legacy Society, which recognizes individuals who have provided for York College through their wills and other planned giving instruments
Lives by her father’s advice to not back away from challenges. “As a result, I have pursued vocations that I would never have ventured or tried,” she says
Considers graduating from college and securing her first professional role to be her greatest achievements, and feels these could not have happened without a great education

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