Dana Buckingham:  

After graduating from high school I spent a couple of years at the University of South Dakota (USD) in Vermilion. I dropped out of college to work at a progressive rock and roll radio station in Yankton S.D.(best job of my life...) and then worked up and down the radio dial at several other small market radio stations in the late 1970s and early 80's. In 1982, I went to work for IBP in Storm Lake and then spent the next 15 or so years working in the meat industry first as a production worker boning hams and loins and then as a supervisor, superintendent, plant operations manager and eventually I became the corporate operations specialist for Farmland Foods. Along the way I worked and lived in Dubuque IA and St. Joseph MO before ending up in Omaha. While at Farmland I took advantage of their generous college tuition reimbursement benefit and resumed my college career by starting over from scratch.I eventually received my bachelors degree in history from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and then went on to earn a post graduate Master of Arts in History degree from UNO. I worked part time while an undergrad at UNO at both the college radio station and as a quality control consultant/specialist for slaughter and processing operations for several large organic beef producers. In 1994, I married one of my close childhood friends from Sac City, Rosie O'Connor, and shortly thereafter she joined me as a professional student. Recently, Rosie graduated with a Doctorate in Nursing Practice from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Dr. Rose works at UNMC ...Expand for more