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