Emily Johnson exploring hunger issues as Emerson Fellow
Most people view food as something to be eaten. Most people fail to see the justice issues that stem from the food system. Access to food is a complex. People like Emily…
Success Category: Alumni
Contributing to the environment one job at a time
Recently, April Christensen ’12 spoke with an Executive from NRG Energy, one of the most prominent energy providers in the United States. “The three things he looked for in his hires were:…
Passion to work with low-income youth has become reality
Lauren Slaughter graduated from Hastings College in 2012. With a degree in Political Science and Sociology, she has worked for the Maryland Living Center in Hastings, Teach for America and is currently…
Dobbins finds direction in Virginia
Hastings College alumnus Chris Dobbins recently filled the Director of Instrumental Activities position at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. His responsibilities will include conducting the University Wind Ensemble, teaching music theory,…
Musical a gift from Sandall to Hastings College
Hastings College alumnus Colin Sandall’s musical Coffee Shop debuted on Thursday, April 9. Colin began writing the musical in 2005, while still at Hastings, and finished it in 2007. An early version…
Connecting students with the world is Picha’s passion
Living on three different continents and in three U.S. states by the time she was five, Kallan Picha, was exposed to traveling at an early age. This included five years in Germany…
Finding Themselves on the Same Trail to Wyoming
Hiking opportunities near Laramie, Wyoming, provide three outdoorsy Hastings College alumni with much-needed breaks from their graduate studies in chemistry at the University of Wyoming. “It’s unusual to have three students from a…
Compassion: Ministering to cancer patients
The Rev. Katie Anderson ’04 spends her days among many who are sick and dying, among those receiving chemotherapy and radiation, among those fighting for their lives. It’s a place, she said,…
Federal agent sees some movie-esque moments
In dry, mountainous terrain in the middle of New Mexico, a single helicopter descends from the blue and hovers just above ground, sending a cloud of dust skyward. A handful of black-clad…
Conquering obstacles to solve the mysteries of life
Dr. Deanna (Schmidt) Hutchins ’74 is an adventurous spirit wrapped in a barrier-blind attitude and a quest-seeking point of view. An anomaly in her early career, Deanna is an obstacle-buster, way-paver, and…