Reading Time: 4 minutes In Spring of 1994 I took 19 credits, and I did really well academically. I like to relate it to the fact that at that time in my life, I had two brains! Yes you read that right! I was pregnant with my second child! Ahhh, the beautiful brain. FYI: Your brain weighs 2 to… Continue reading How My Past has Brought Me to The Present! The Student with 2 Brains ~ Part 17
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How My Past has Brought Me to The Present! More Recollections of ISU – Part 16
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hope you enjoyed last week’s blog post about motivation. On to more recollections of my days at ISU: In the Spring of 1994 I took Social Work 261, taught by Stephen M. Aigner. For the course, I was required to read a book about the depression titled “In The Shadow of the Poorhouse”, by Michael B.… Continue reading How My Past has Brought Me to The Present! More Recollections of ISU – Part 16
How My Past has Brought Me to The Present! Part 12
Reading Time: 3 minutes I continue to blog about recollections while attending Iowa State University in the mid-1990s. Seems like yesterday I was on campus, but alas, time has taken us all much into the future…and it is fun to have fond memories. In the Spring of 1993, I took 12 credits. The courses were: Legal Environment of Business, Business… Continue reading How My Past has Brought Me to The Present! Part 12
How My Past Has Brought Me to The Present! Part 11
Reading Time: 2 minutes I was really enjoying my coursework at Iowa State University. I took anywhere from 12-19 credits per semester. I was hitting the books hard, studying constantly, and commuting back and forth to Ames. Even on occasion making the trip twice in one day – I had a couple of night classes. Go Clones! For any… Continue reading How My Past Has Brought Me to The Present! Part 11
How My Past Has Brought Me to The Present! Max the Manx, Something New and The Flood! Part 10
Reading Time: 4 minutes Original blog publication Jan 23, 2012 @ 06:00 January 1993. All is going well, traveling back and forth to ISU, learning, raising a child, enjoying married life and having my lovable cat Max (the Manx at my side.) Max Then once upon a time, Randy and I started to get an idea and started to… Continue reading How My Past Has Brought Me to The Present! Max the Manx, Something New and The Flood! Part 10
How My Past Has Brought Me to the Present! Career and School, More of Both! Part 9
Reading Time: 3 minutes As touched on in my last post, I was employed through Interim Personnel (now called Spherion Staffing) and was placed at CorVel Corporation. Initially, it was just me and the newly transplanted branch manager (Scott). I provided administrative secretarial services to him while he marketed the company, got the office up and running, and hired… Continue reading How My Past Has Brought Me to the Present! Career and School, More of Both! Part 9
How My Past has Brought Me to The Present! Part 8
Reading Time: 3 minutes I enrolled again at Des Moines Area Community College in Spring 1990. I had already taken courses in the Fall of 1986-87 and 1987-88. Over a couple years’ times, I took many courses (at the Ankeny campus and the Urban campus) and graduated in 1992 with an Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts. DMACC is an… Continue reading How My Past has Brought Me to The Present! Part 8
How My Past has Brought Me to The Present! Part 7
Reading Time: 2 minutes In January 1991, my transfer went through and I moved westward to the State Historical Building 600 East Locust Des Moines Iowa. It was a beautiful new facility (officially opened by the Department of Cultural Affairs on Dec. 11, 1987) and I wanted to work there! I worked for the State Historical Society of Iowa… Continue reading How My Past has Brought Me to The Present! Part 7
How My Past has Brought Me to The Present! Part 6
Reading Time: 4 minutes After a healthy period of time working for the Disability Determination Services Bureau (and getting really good at chair dancing – admit it, if you’ve worked in an office, you’ve done it) I decided to go for a change. I put in for a transfer to the Department of Education and moved from the Jessie… Continue reading How My Past has Brought Me to The Present! Part 6
How My Past has Brought Me to The Present! Part 5
Reading Time: 3 minutes Continuing on from my post titled How My Past has Brought Me to The Present – as a Rehab Counselor! Part 4 I started working for the State of Iowa as a Clerk Typist III-IV at the Disability Determination Services Bureau (DDSB) in 1987. Disability Determination Services are state agencies funded by the United States Federal Government.… Continue reading How My Past has Brought Me to The Present! Part 5