Annual Meeting Photos
*More than 100 people gathered in April for the Annual Meeting at the Principal Park Cub Club in Des Moines . Click on the photo to see the photo album.

*Former Youth Homes of Mid-America Client to be Named Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin Platteville

Dennis Shields, Acting Vice President for Student Affairs at the City College of New York, has been recommended as the next Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Following action by the full UW System Board of Regents on April 9, Shields will step into his new role on July 1.

Prior to joining the City College of New York in 2009, Shields served as Dean and Professor of Law at the Phoenix School of Law. Previously Shields was Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at the Duke University School of Law for seven years. He has also served in various senior level positions at both the University of Michigan and the University of Iowa. He received his undergraduate degree in business administration from Graceland College and earned his J.D. from the University of Iowa in 1982

Mr. Shields was a resident of the Youth Homes of Mid-America Ross Campus Treatment Center from 1966 to 1969, before joining the family of Fred and Betty Lou Sheeks in Johnston. Shields was an all around athlete while attending Johnston High School and was also voted president of the Junior Class. In 1998 he was given the Hobart and Alta Ross Outstanding Achievement Award by Youth Homes and in 2005 he was inducted into the Johnston High School Alumni Hall of Fame.