In January, Hastings College sent 60 sophomores, two professors, its president and its director of international programs to Paris for 10 days as a pilot program for the College’s study abroad initiative that launches in the fall. The experience? It was every bit as transformational as the College hoped. https://vimeo.com/317535551 “Being in Paris has given […]
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Andy Chase, a senior majoring in journalism and broadcasting, is spending his final year of college juggling being a full-time student and full-time employee. In fall 2018, he was named director of The Zone, an after school program for middle school students operated by the YWCA in Hastings, Nebraska. Chase was very familiar with The
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Dr. Jerome McKay is a soldier scientist, one of a small and highly specialized group within the U.S. Army, as well as an immunologist at one of the leading respiratory hospitals in the country, National Jewish Health in Denver. The 2001 Hastings College graduate majored in biology, minored in chemistry and was a member of
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Had George Lundeen ‘71 participated in a Stations of the Cross liturgy before he began producing bronze sculptures depicting along Jesus’ journey to the Crucifixion? “Heavens no!” said the internationally-acclaimed sculptor who hails from Holdrege, Nebraska. “I knew very little about them.” When approached by a friend to assist with a larger-than-life Stations of the
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Vague ideas about Greek hospitality, food and culture do not take long to solidify to a firm love for the country. My notions of Greek life at the start of my Fulbright year in Athens just one month ago are not concepts anymore but what I know. The way my neighbors interact, the way a
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When it comes to digital advertising for the travel industry, it’s clear Sojern has its competitors beat. The Omaha-based company, which was founded 11 years ago by Gordon Whitten ’93, currently serves more than 90 percent of the Fortune 500 travel companies. The company employs about 500 people across 13 global offices, and for the
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Hastings College sophomore Benjamin Friend spent his summer doing his dream job—building a museum in the Wilkie Center at Indiana University. But it wasn’t just any museum; it was a temporary museum built to host artifacts, artwork and other Boy Scout relics for the biannual National Order of the Arrow Conference. The national Order of
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Hayden Jones’ mental and physical toughness was tested with days beginning at 4:00 a.m. for his Division I strength and conditioning internship. But he felt prepared tackling the long 12-hour days. Jones, a 2018 Hastings College graduate and current Master of Arts in Teaching student, reported in late May at the same time the University
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After watching patient after patient die following a bone marrow transplant, Dr. Shernan Holtan ’98, assistant professor of medicine in the division of hematology, oncology and transplantation at the University of Minnesota, set out to find a better way to help her patients accept transplanted marrow — and the donor immune system that comes with
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Eboni Nash, a senior at Hastings College, dreams of opening restorative program for people experiencing incarceration. A triple major in sociology, psychology and religion, Nash was looking for an internship that would allow her to explore what running such a program would look like. And Sunshine Enterprises in Chicago, Illinois, was the perfect place. Sunshine
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