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Lucas gains insight, marketing experience at Chief Industries

Initially unfamiliar with Chief Industries, Hastings College marketing major Juana Lucas discovered the company during a job fair on campus last spring — and landed a summer internship where she gained hands-on experience in social media. At the job fair, Lucas, a junior from Grand Island, Nebraska, spoke with a representative from Chief about her interest in […]

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Teeple explores community development, growth while working for City of Hastings

Hastings College junior business administration major Lily Teeple is fostering a sense of belonging within the community through her work with the City of Hastings Development Services Department, which provides planning and zoning, plan reviews, permitting and other services to community members, builders and contractors in Hastings. For her internship, Teeple has focused primarily on

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Video: Kascak finds supportive faculty, success at Hastings College

Wanting to be a political journalist, Savana Kascak of Thornton, Colorado, found support and encouragement at Hastings College, in part by working collaboratively with her advisor, political science professor Dr. Bob Amyot. “I love that Hastings College has pushed me beyond my limits of what I thought I could do,” Kascak said, who added that

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Gibson builds customer service skills while interning at CPI

This summer, Hastings College senior Shimar Gibson is providing effective solutions and elevating his customer service skills during an internship with Cooperative Producers, Inc. (CPI) in Hastings, Nebraska. Gibson has been working as an information technology intern at CPI. The company’s main focus is offering a wide range of services and products that help farmers

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Video: How Jaffe’s custom major launched a career in wildlife education

As a Hastings College student, Devin Jaffe ’09 built her own major, wildlife management, based on her interests. It was so successful, it ultimately ended up supporting the launch of the wildlife biology major. As the founder and director of Natures Educators and Mile High Falcons, Jaffe travels throughout Colorado and surrounding states to give

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Byrne finds passion in helping those in need at Christ in the City Denver

Simple acts of kindness hold a deeper significance when helping the homeless community, says Hastings College senior Vince Byrne, who was inspired to help his community and apply his missionary work and communications background by interning at Christ in the City this summer. “It’s about building connections with our homeless community here in Denver. We

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Video: Quiroz takes advantage of research opportunities at Hastings College

Citlaly Quiroz of Fort Morgan, Colorado, wanted to find a small college community, but also wanted a school with research opportunities. She found both at Hastings College. She learned the faculty encourages students to conduct their own research, which Quiroz loves. Check out the video for more from this forensics (speech) All-American who graduated in

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Kimbrough explores data, community dynamics at Ellerbrock Norris

Matching numbers and data to balance sheets, reconciling files and handling large datasets to assist businesses in analyzing their annual performance may not seem like fun, but to Hastings College senior Claire Kimbrough, it comes naturally. Kimbrough said she always had a niche for numbers and the organization that came with accounting, which she recognized

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