BSU PROFESSOR OVERCOMES BOUT WITH PANCREATIC CANCER Diane Schooley-Pettis was looking forward to the basketball game in San Antonio more than five years ago, where she would get a chance to see Michael Jordan play in person. But the Boise State University (BSU) associate dean and finance professor wasn't even able to make it through the entire game.
“I told my husband I had terrible pain, and I couldn't tell if it was in my back or my abdomen,” says Schooley-Pettis. The pain marked the beginning of a tough road ahead for Schooley-Pettis. Upon her return to Boise, the 41-year-old was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer.
