As a diplomat and Army officer, I served in 12 countries and witnessed firsthand how education can change the trajectory of an adolescent girl’s life — and, by extension, entire communities. This was especially true in Burkina Faso and Malawi where I served as the U.S. Ambassador. Upon retirement, I joined the Board of Advancing […]
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Hall of Famer may be scaling back, but he’s still in the lineup on and off campus. Jim Boeve jokes that he’s better at the things he volunteers for than what he’s been paid to do for nearly four decades. And the irony is, Boeve can’t stay away from any of it. Even though he
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Rev. Greg Allen-Pickett is senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Hastings and a member of Hastings College’s Board of Trustees and ASPIRE Faith Advisory Council. In addition to pastoral leadership experience, he has leadership and management experience in for-profit and nonprofit contexts, as well as executive leadership experience at the Presbyterian Church (USA) denominational
Reaching across the divide: Q&A with Rev. Greg Allen-Pickett Read More »
When Karen (Gilmore) ’75 and Roger Doerr committed $600,000 over five years to establish the Doerr Center for Civic Engagement at Hastings College, they weren’t simply writing a check. They were planting a seed that they believe will grow into a permanent part of the College’s culture and prepare students to become engaged citizens in
Investing in Civic Life: The Doerr Center at Hastings College Read More »
On a chilly Friday in December, kids scamper among the evergreens at Pine Patch Tree Farm in Hastings while owner Joe Kindig ’16 prepares a seven-foot spruce for one delighted family. With a practiced rhythm, he guides the tree into a shaker that rattles loose needles and debris before he trims a one-inch puck from
From evergreens to espresso: Kindig ’16 embraces entrepreneurship Read More »
By weaving his Latin American heritage into the choral music he creates, Hugo Madera ’19 – conductor, composer and educator – builds a harmonious bridge between two cultures: his roots in Jalisco, Mexico, and the musical training he refined at Hastings College. “My diverse background in Latin American and, ultimately, American music provides a door
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In the traditional Nativity story, angels appear to the shepherds, telling them to go pay homage to the newborn King. The next thing we see is the shepherds at the manger, but what happens on the journey there? Rosalie Koepp ‘15, director of christian education at First Presbyterian Church in Hastings, reimagined the Nativity from
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“Fifty years goes by, bringing joys and heartaches. Life is that way. My 50 years has been full of what happens to everyone, but there have been moments very precious to me. The fact that I could be proud of my alumni, my alma mater, and the fine people on its faculty and the students
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Kylie (Luth) Christenson ’19 leads a visitor up the elegant curving staircase of the Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer in Grand Island, Nebraska. On the second level, she gestures toward a few artifacts lining the stark white walls — a printing press once used at the Hastings Tribune, a dog-powered treadmill that operated a
Christenson bringing history, stories of the Plains to life Read More »
Alice (Coates) Harris was a respected librarian, educator and volunteer in the city of South Pasadena, California. To those closest to her, she was much more than that. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister. When Harris passed away in 2016, her family decided that Hastings College – nearly 1,500 miles from her
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