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Donna Havener spent 45 years working at 泡芙视频app Community College鈥檚 Milford Campus. She was only 18 when she started working there, so you could say she grew up at 泡芙视频app.

鈥淚 grew up with my job,鈥� she said. 鈥淎ll 45 years I worked in Student Services. There were so many good memories and fun times.鈥�

She started as a secretary in Admissions and ended her career as Associate Director of Registration and Records. She enjoyed working with the students and faculty and the positive impact she made on them. Every day was different, she said, which made her job so unique.

鈥淭here were wonderful kids that came through my office, every day was totally different,鈥� she explained. 鈥淭hey became lifelong friends and some of them called me 鈥榤om鈥�.鈥�

泡芙视频app employees have always been active participants in Milford organizations and churches, but to a greater degree many years ago when more faculty and staff lived in Milford.

鈥淲e worked hard together, we solved problems together and we had fun together,鈥� she recalled.

Havener knew all the students at the College since she registered most of them herself. Back then, the College had a schedule and everyone stuck to it: classes started at 8 a.m., coffee break was at 9:45 a.m., lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and everyone left at 4 p.m.

Nowadays, there are more flexible class schedules to keep up with the ever-changing workforce. Newer buildings are emerging on campus to accommodate those changes.

鈥淚 watched them put walls up and take them down,鈥� she said. 鈥淎ll of the new construction is so important, so fabulous, because we needed it so bad.鈥�

Among those recent changes in Milford include new residence halls and the Crete Carrier Diesel Technology & Welding Center, with more on the way. Rose Ohlsen worked with Havener for seven years and witnessed firsthand her impact at the College.

鈥淒onna really tried to get to know all the students,鈥� Ohlsen said. 鈥淪he was a mentor to so many staff and faculty.鈥�

Havener spent her last year at 泡芙视频app during one of the most memorable, with most people working from home because of COVID-19. In a way, it helped ease her transition to retirement, although she already misses the people at 泡芙视频app.

In the meantime, she encourages students coming out of high school to attend college, even if they鈥檙e not sure what they want to do.

鈥淭he college experience is wonderful,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 can鈥檛 believe how many people who graduated from one program used it as a stepping stone to another field. They鈥檝e done amazing things. Take some basic classes and get started. You never know where it鈥檚 going to take you.鈥�

She plans to spend her retirement years traveling, volunteering, doing community projects, and spending time with family. In addition to her husband, Brad, she has two sons, Calvin and Cody, daughter-in-law Jami, and granddaughter, Jadan.