Hastings College junior Bailey Patterson uses no excuses as she strives to achieve her goals of opening her own bakery one day. Patterson, a business administration and culinary arts major from Stanton, Nebraska, aspires to be a culinary chef and open her own bakery in memory of her grandmother. She said she believes every baked […]
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If Hastings College senior Amani Monroe could go back in time and change one thing in history, she would stop book burnings. Monroe, a history major and volleyball player from Colorado Springs, Colorado, said that book burning goes back further than Germany in World War II. “So much knowledge was lost from that, at least
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“I remember when I came here as a freshman, I was very much like, ‘I have to receive the training to go on to do the big things,’” said Laurel Teal ‘17. After graduating from Hastings College, Teal had planned to be a professor and studied at Boston College for her Masters with hopes of
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An advocate for continually exploring outside her comfort zone, Hastings College alumnus Cheyenne Knehans ‘18 is currently pursuing her master degree at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). Knehans is in the School of Theatre, specializing in Applied Arts. Her degree emphasises are within the field of art direction, scenic scenic artistry and visual
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One way or another, most materials used to create art come from the natural environment. Hastings College junior art student Joseph Campell from Columbus, Nebraska, explores that in a sculpture he created for his intermediate sculpture class. “I wanted to look at humanity and nature and show how everything goes back to the earth,” said Campbell.
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Some students spend months searching for the opportunity that will give them real world experience, networking and pieces to add to their portfolio. For seniors Avery Muff and Christian Hessler, the Corning Museum of Glass, an internationally renowned glass museum in Corning, New York, proved to be the perfect opportunity. Muff, who grew up in
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Kennedy Kriewald, a Hastings College senior business administration major, worked in event planning, marketing, communications, business and economic development, as well as inclusive leadership development during her time as a Rural Fellow in Arapahoe, Nebraska, last summer. Kriewald, who is from Scottsbluff, Nebraska, spent most weeks creating five to six social media posts per day
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On the volleyball court she is a powerful force and executor, and in the classroom and office she’s no different. A junior business administration, marketing and finance triple major, Marlee Taylor gained experience through an internship with FirstBank in Lakewood, Colorado, this summer. FirstBank is Colorado’s second largest depository institution and Colorado’s largest locally owned
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Hastings College senior Mason McMeen has gone back to his hometown of Broken Bow, Nebraska, twice to intern at Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), an American multinational medical technology company that manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems and reagents. McMeen, a physics major with a mathematics minor, is a facilities engineering intern this summer
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There are some students who get told they won’t succeed in college. There are some students whose home life makes the idea of college seem far out of reach. Thinking she wouldn’t be able to attend college, one call from an admissions counselor changed everything for Socorro Topete of South Sioux City, Nebraska. Despite the
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