Douglas Hartle:  

2007. I kind of created my own degree, mostly in the humanities (Organizational Leadership, Psychology, Communications and Criminal Justice (only because some of my police academy credits will transfer...quicker way to graduate!!) I started at Huntington University in September of 2007. Being a dad, employee, and a student all at the same time is a little overwhelming at mid-terms and finals weeks! Oh, well! Someday I will look back and say... Workplace After I left college the first time around I kind of did a few odds and ends jobs (mostly retail) and then landed a pretty good gig in 1991 in the full time music business. That was fun, but unless you are a star or producer you don't make much. Then in 1993 I landed my life-long dream job at the Grant County Sheriff's Department. Yep, carried gun and everything!! I enjoyed it for the most part. What a great dream come true. I learned a lot about people in that job. I also learned a lot about myself. I found myself judging people and being judged. That part I didn't like. I left in 1999 after 6 1/2 years and went into business with my father. We were directly related to the airline industry so when September 11, 2001 came around our business started to diminish. In December of 2002 we shut that business down. I had seen the writing on the wall with the airline industry and so I started back to school in the fall of 2002. In the summer of 2003 I needed a job that was user friendly with my college classes as I am attending traditional campus with traditional hours. SO I thought it would be a good idea to drive a bus for Fort Wayne Community Schools. There I go...thinking again! It paid well, but I left in the fall of 2006 to become an academic advisor at IPFW. Much more suited to this than driving a bus for the Fort wayne community School corporation. I still maintain my commercial Driver's License and drive a charter bus for fun.