Within 48 hours of arriving at BYU, transfer student Duane D. Oakes (BS ’89, MA ’90) found himself parked on the steps of the BYU administration building, staring at the skies from a sleeping bag and waiting to get a ticket to apply for a job. He wondered what on earth he was doing in Provo.
Duanne now serves as a member of the faculty and the director for the Center for Community and Civic Engagement at Mesa Community College. Read his story: