Improving the community through a Day of Action, learning more about what it means to work in an office and gaining more confidence in herself, Mackenzie Waltemath is working alongside several organizations in the city of Hastings as part of her internship with the United Way of South Central Nebraska. While United Way is a […]
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Alli Kennon dreamed of working in city government. A year ago, the Hastings College student fulfilled that dream through an internship with the communications team for the City of Lakeville, Minnesota. This summer, she returned to Lakeville with a different goal: to enact change in the community through increasing the connection between citizens and city
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To create more off-campus endeavors for students, Hastings College resident directors built a program that gives students the opportunity to take weekend trips and explore something new. Laura Arnold, a 2016 alumna and resident director in Taylor Hall, planned the second semester student travel trips as a way for students to learn more about each
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Lottie (Fryer) Nilsen, a 1995 Hastings College graduate, was awarded the James H Nobil Professional Achievement Award for her actions with The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County in Boca Raton, Florida. Nilsen has helped the Federation by taking on challenges, going outside her box and persevering. For more than 40 years, The Jewish
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JohnCarl Denkovich ends every email with these words from 19th century social reformer and orator Frederick Douglass: “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken [adults].” The quotation is especially apt given the 2006 Hastings College graduate’s recent appointment as director of communications and program development for Holland Children’s Institute and Holland
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Contrary to the general excitement at the prospect of the school year’s end, Kevin Toner, an exchange student from Northern Ireland, wasn’t ready to head home May 17. Needless to say, the computer science major who attends Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) in Northern Ireland enjoyed his year at Hastings College. Toner didn’t originally plan on
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Austin Schlichtman began his career as a child life specialist which, interestingly enough, led him to write a children’s book to help explain death before switching roles to work with The Bungie Foundation, the nonprofit arm of a gaming developer who created Destiny and Halo that also provides iPads to children’s hospitals. The 2009 Hastings
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It was an elm, wizened by years, roots below grown deep and weighty in Hastings College soil, branches wide above offering shady embrace, and it greeted all—students, alumni, families—from its post at the corner of 12th and Elm. In 1990, Hastings College greeted 10 new faculty, including Tom Kreager, who became assistant professor of glass.
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Dr. Constance Malloy, professor of English, is retiring after 27 years at Hastings College. Through the years, Dr. Malloy has supported many campus organizations; mentored hundreds of students; provided hospitality to students, immigrants and refugees; and conducted several J-Term classes following a French theme—from cooking and film to travel to France. A native of Stockton,
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The Omaha Symphony produces 40 concerts a season, and it’s made possible in part thanks to three Hastings College graduates who work behind the scenes. Diane (Knapp) Coffin ‘86, Jennifer (Gray) Kreitz-Couch ‘97 and Kevin Hendrix ‘98 are all part of what they describe as something special. While you won’t see them on stage during
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