Hannah Sears, a wildlife biology major from Powell, Wyoming, had the privilege of visiting Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary (YWS) every summer as a child. She was fascinated by the sanctuary in Red Lodge, Montana, where she worked over the summer as an education assistant. During April of her sophomore year at Hastings College, Sears came across
As fall approaches, Tom Huxtable ’73 has five enormous pumpkins growing in a patch three blocks from his home. The largest already weighs 470 pounds. During this peak growing season, its weight increases by as much as 30 pounds a day, making it a bit of a public spectacle in Lake City, Michigan, population 830.
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Wildfires are dangerous, unpredictable and capable of changing in seconds. While most people picture engines rolling toward a fire, Hastings College wildlife biology major Jaedyn Adler drops directly into the blaze by helicopter. Armed with only what he can carry, the senior and his crew are tasked with containing the fire until backup arrives. This
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Destini Johnson has always been interested in working with people. She began as a barista, and over the summer moved into a new role thanks to an internship with Enterprise Mobility in Grand Island, Nebraska. Johnson, a business administration major from Frederick, Colorado, attended a career fair hosted by Hastings College’s Career Services team in
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Molly Kammerer of Sutherland, Nebraska, felt like she could do anything at Hastings College. “The people who saw me, loved me and helped me, and pushed me to be the self that I am today,” she said. Kammerer, who graduated in May as a teacher with a biology endorsement, said, “My place mattered because I
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Hastings College student T’Nae Young has always been fascinated by criminal psychology, from her love of crime shows as a child to her internship at District 10 Probation in Hastings, where she has found herself putting juvenile delinquents back on the right path. Young, a senior criminology and psychology double major from the Bahamas, applied
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Claire Fuqua began their journey to becoming an animal care technician by rescuing a stray kitten — taking the cat to Heartland Pet Connection in Hastings and picking up a job application in the process. Fuqua, a wildlife biology and philosophy & religion double major from Woodland Park, Colorado, received an acceptance call the day
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When Hastings College alumnus Philip Daniel ’15 of Lincoln, Nebraska, released his first original piano album in graduate school, he hoped a few people might listen. Today, his music has been streamed nearly 100 million times, licensed more than 500,000 times for films, television, commercials and online videos, and performed for audiences around the world.
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In the 1970s, you couldn’t miss them — “I Love Jesus” bumper stickers, T-shirts and buttons were everywhere. Hastings College senior history major Emma Morelli explained why during a presentation at Academic Showcase in April. Academic Showcase is a day when Hastings College students present research of their choosing to peers, faculty and community. Her
A lack of consistent regulation and data surrounding bat species may be complicating conservation efforts, according to research by Hastings College wildlife biology major Venn Wood presented during the poster session at the College’s annual Academic Showcase earlier this year. Wood, who is from Lincoln, Nebraska, and graduated in May, began the project by examining
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