Yvette Dupre:  

So it goes. After rearing my children, I felt restless sooooo start earning the greenback. First opened my own catering business. You know, turned a hobby into a job and after three years, hated the job. So took a position in the State's Dept. of Nat'l Res O&G Permitting section. When it closed in '86, took a position at UNO and stayed for over 21 yrs. There I was the Assistant to the Dean of Junior Division until the new chancellor thought it an unnecessary division - closed it and "advanced my boss to the position of Associate Provost" where which he took me along, I was miserable in upper admin so when offered a job in BioSci as assistant to the Chair, I left the good Dean and entered a lower level of admin, but at least I got to work with faculty and students and be of some service rather than pushing papers. I stayed in BioSci for 18.5 years, fought with upper administration - felt accomplished, as the Dean had trained me excellently (I had to learn the Rules and Regulations at UNO and the State levels - both academia and business), I was able to assist students and faculty alike. I wrote a handbook for students of BioSci and an Advising Guideline Handbook for its faculty. Among awards,I was presented the UNO Alumni Assoc. Outstanding Service and Commitment Award in 1995, an award of which I am most proud. I worked closely with the graduate students a...Expand for more