When senior wildlife biology major Marissa Ruiz arrived at Hastings College, she knew she wanted to get involved. She quickly filled her schedule as an RA, a tutor and a member of both the bowling team and the Student Association. “I find a lot of value and purpose in being part of my community,” said […]
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It’s not every day high school singers get to ask a composer exactly what they meant by a specific note. During this year’s Hastings College Honor Band and Choir Festival, that’s exactly what happened. More than 100 of Nebraska’s top student musicians gathered Jan. 18-19 to rehearse and perform. While the Honor Band tackled a
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When Wendy (Rabou) Jacoby ’92 looks back on her 25-year teaching career, what stands out most is not a single grade level, state or school, but the belief that education should be a creative endeavor that broadens students’ horizons. From inner-city Kansas City to Wyoming and New England, Jacoby followed both her calling and her
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Hastings College senior Peyton Yost transformed uncertainty about his future into career ambition during an internship at CORE CPAs last summer. Inspired by a family legacy in the field, the experience provided Yost with hands-on experience that awakened both a professional purpose and a new appreciation for his roots. The Castle Rock, Colorado, native is
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A collaborative research effort involving Hastings College students, faculty and a local medical professional has been published in the Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences (URJHS), a prestigious peer-reviewed publication. The study, titled “Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Parkinson’s Disease Patients,” investigates how the global pandemic affected the quality of life and functional
As a diplomat and Army officer, I served in 12 countries and witnessed firsthand how education can change the trajectory of an adolescent girl’s life — and, by extension, entire communities. This was especially true in Burkina Faso and Malawi where I served as the U.S. Ambassador. Upon retirement, I joined the Board of Advancing
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Hall of Famer may be scaling back, but he’s still in the lineup on and off campus. Jim Boeve jokes that he’s better at the things he volunteers for than what he’s been paid to do for nearly four decades. And the irony is, Boeve can’t stay away from any of it. Even though he
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Some students spend the summer between their sophomore and junior years wondering where they’ll live next. Cooper Butler spent his ensuring the next generation of Broncos has a place to call home. Butler, a business major and construction management minor from Hastings, spent his summer as an intern with Turner Construction. While Turner is headquartered
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Rev. Greg Allen-Pickett is senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Hastings and a member of Hastings College’s Board of Trustees and ASPIRE Faith Advisory Council. In addition to pastoral leadership experience, he has leadership and management experience in for-profit and nonprofit contexts, as well as executive leadership experience at the Presbyterian Church (USA) denominational
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When Karen (Gilmore) ’75 and Roger Doerr committed $600,000 over five years to establish the Doerr Center for Civic Engagement at Hastings College, they weren’t simply writing a check. They were planting a seed that they believe will grow into a permanent part of the College’s culture and prepare students to become engaged citizens in
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