Hofstetter ’04 empowers players with lessons for life
Carrie Hofstetter ’04 played her prep career at Sandy Creek High School (Neb.) helping her school to four state titles in girls basketball, while never losing a single game. She compiled an…
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Software engineer works on Juno spacecraft
A 1987 Hastings College physics graduate was the Flight Software Integrator for the Juno Spacecraft due to launch aboard the Atlas V-551 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in August 2011. Will Fehringer ’87…
Queen ’98 named 2013 Outstanding Young Alumna
As a student of Hastings College, 2013 Outstanding Young Alumna Paula Queen ’98 gained the skills and preparedness needed to create a career path guided by her own passions and life experiences.…
Individual attention drew Behmer ’07 back to Hastings
As Public Information Officer for the Nebraska Unicameral, Nicki (Kunasek) Behmer ’07 works on tasks such as web streaming senate hearings and floor debate, designing publications and web pages and pulling together…
The Senase Project
From the fall/winter 2013 edition of HC Today. Grant Nagaki ’13 co-founded The Senase Project after a college trip to Ghana and what he and others witnessed in the rural farming villages…
Bronco Award winner Michael Hancock elected Major of Denver
For Denver’s Michael B. Hancock ’91, June 8, 2011, was judgment day. It was the day after he was decisively elected mayor of Denver with more than 58 percent of the…
Pacha Soap: Raising the Bar
From the fall/winter edition of HC Today. In June 2013, the Pacha Soap crew traveled to Peru to distribute 1,200 bars of soap and provide hand-washing education to the children of several…
Ambassador Jackson ’71 builds relationships around the world
When many people envision the work of U.S. diplomats such as U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Jeanine (Mathew) Jackson ’71 and other Foreign Service Officers (FSOs), they think of glamorous dinners and glitzy…
Roger Doerr retires at end of 2012-13 academic year
There are a handful of rare individuals who have witnessed and influenced such an extensive and dynamic period in the life of Hastings College as to be considered part of the very…
Construction management graduate notes benefits of HC liberal arts degree
Construction always fascinated James Davis ’08. While growing up in Cozad, Neb., he helped with small building projects and worked on summer construction crews beginning as a high school freshman. A 2008…