IHCC Memories: Debbie Overby

Submitted by: Debbie Overby, Ottumwa, Iowa

1. When did you work at Indian Hills?

1979 – 2010

2. In what departments did you work and what jobs did you have?

T & I Building Secretary, 1979 – 1986 JTPA (IHCC Workforce Development) 1986 – 2010

3. What are the names of some of your supervisors and co-workers?

T & I – Dallas Dorsey, Jerry Ostrem, Jake Mein, Paul Hope, Darold Reynolds Duane McBeth, Charlie Rosenbalm, Dave McQuoid, Ron Richards, Bob Bemis, Bob Hillock, Don McClanahan JTPA & IHWD – Marilyn Runnells, Judy Garman, Jane Richardson, Kirsti Hayes, Shirley Reid, Lisa Stek, Chuck Allen, & Pat Kelly

4. What are some good memories that you have of working at the college?

Great place to work and made lots of friends

5. What are your hopes for the future for Indian Hills?

Continue to grow, best community college in Iowa

6. What other special memories of IHCC do you have to share with others?

The difference between when I started in 1979 at the Airport Campus and what it was like when I retired was almost unimaginable. In 1979, it was truly a small family and it was like you knew every student and co-worker