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 […]
Internship solidifies Vadeboncoeur’s passion for fitness Read More »
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”
Sherrill interns as NAIA sports ‘gatekeeper’ Read More »
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
Humanities grad fights poverty, serves others Read More »
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
Johnson gathering experiences, working toward master’s degree Read More »
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
HC music alumnus breaks new ground in Japan Read More »
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
Bredow pursues a professional path with Google certification Read More »
Most students complete master’s degree programs at schools across the state or even across the country, but few have the opportunity to study abroad. Miranda Klugesherz, a 2015 Hastings College graduate, plans to do just that. Klugesherz will attend University College Cork in Cork, Ireland, as one of only 12 national recipients of the prestigious
HC alumna secures prestigious scholarship for graduate study abroad Read More »
See a video interview with Hajny below. A biology degree from Hastings College can often lead to a career in a white coat, as many graduates go on to become physicians, veterinarians and laboratory scientists; but others, such as 2002 graduate Kristy Hajny, don a helmet and fire-resistant clothes each morning. Hajny is a wildland
Hajny finds ‘magical moments’ fighting wildland fires (with video) Read More »
From his first day at Hastings College in 1960 as a “24-year-old kid with a crew cut,” to this past January Term as a seasoned educator, Dr. Clyde Sachtleben has spent most of his life as a Hastings College professor of physics. Even after his retirement from teaching in 2001, he returned to the College
After 57 years, Sachtleben introduces students to the night sky one last time Read More »
Alumna Frankie Petersen graduated from Hastings College twice. Once with Bachelor of Education in Science Teacher Education/General Science and a second time with a Master of Arts in Elementary Education and Teaching. She now teaches 5th grade at Waverly Public Schools in Nebraska.
Video: Petersen continued education at Hastings College to achieve master’s degree Read More »
