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Henry Doorly Zoo Aquarium fuels Ocander’s marine biology aspirations

May 17, 2017

An Omaha native and Hastings College wildlife biology major, senior Ashlyn Ocander dreams of rescuing and rehabilitating marine mammals. Her passion for marine biology blossomed when she was 13 and witnessed newborn sea turtles returning to the Gulf of Mexico. Since that day, she’s aspired to make a positive impact on aquatic ecosystems, despite her […]

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Stogdill learns life lessons from dermatology internship

May 12, 2017

Sophomore biology major Alex Stogdill traveled to Nevada for January Term, or J-Term, to shadow a professional dermatologist. After nearly a month of observing the trade, Stogdill would leave the silver state and return to the Nebraska good life with a new outlook on how to prepare for his future. The Lincoln, Nebraska, native didn’t

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Piper completes two internships in a single J-Term

May 10, 2017

Two internships are better than one. Or in sophomore biology major Geena Piper’s case, two internships during a single January Term. Piper has raised the bar and has already started preparing herself for a career after graduation. For the first half of J-Term, Piper, from Norfolk, Nebraska, spent her time shadowing the professionals at Valley

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Video: Alexis Ferguson finds her passion in policy

May 9, 2017

Senior Political Science major Alexis Ferguson knew from a very young age that politics is where she wanted to be. Her focus landed on policy, listening to the voices of the people at the local level is where she felt she could make the most impact. With the support and guidance from her professors, Alexis feels

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Internship solidifies Vadeboncoeur’s passion for fitness

April 24, 2017

J-Term allows students to experience different classes and situations during the month of January that they wouldn’t be able to in a normal semester. For senior Michaela Vadeboncoeur, an Exercise Science major of Broomfield, Colorado, that meant completing an internship at the YMCA in Hastings, Nebraska. “I knew I wanted to do an internship during

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Sherrill interns as NAIA sports ‘gatekeeper’

April 20, 2017

Since right after her graduation in May of 2016, Nikki Sherrill has spent her days overseeing women’s division II volleyball and women’s division II basketball for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Responsible for everything from updating ratings, maintaining historic archives and writing press releases related to the sport, Sherrill acts as each sport’s “gatekeeper”

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Humanities grad fights poverty, serves others

April 12, 2017

When you consider what an English major might do after graduation, working at a social services agency might not be the first thing that comes to mind. Aaron Bowen, however, has discovered that actually serving humanity is the perfect fit for a humanities graduate. Bowen, a 2001 Hastings College alumnus working in Omaha, was recently

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Johnson gathering experiences, working toward master’s degree

March 27, 2017

After receiving degrees in political science and peace, justice and social change from Hastings College in 2014, California native Emily Johnson followed her food security and public policy passion and moved to the East Coast for a year-long fellowship with the Emerson National Hunger Fellows program. She followed that prestigious fellowship by being accepted into

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HC music alumnus breaks new ground in Japan

March 15, 2017

Nathan Mertens’ saxophone career has a distinctly international flair. Since graduating from Hastings College in 2012, he studied at the l’université Européenne de Saxophone in France during the summer of 2015 and has performed in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and England. Now, he is headed to Tokyo as the recipient of a

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Bredow pursues a professional path with Google certification

March 9, 2017

Dan Bredow, a senior web communication design major from Omaha, Nebraska, is not the same student that first enrolled at Hastings College nearly four years ago. From a first-year student unsure of his undergraduate major and future career path, to a senior on the cusp of entering the real-world web industry, Bredow has transformed into

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