If you expect mediocrity, you get mediocrity. Performances were held on campus and at schools throughout Washtenaw County. This April Bill stepped into the spotlight himself to play Pop, Momma Rose's father in the WCC production of Gypsy. Whether it's in the classroom or on the stage, Bill Devereaux continues the tradition of learning as much from his students as they learn from him. Topics that they wouldn't admit to in the quietness of my office years ago are now shared openly in the classroom.
Women also seem to be much more aware of their talents and abilities than they used to be.
Bill retired from his full-time teaching assignment in 1988 when his wife became ill. After her death he moved to Florida. When he returned to Michigan a few years later, he returned to the WCC classroom as an emeritus instructor. Bill expects a lot of himself and a lot of his students. I've found that what you expect from your students you get.