It’s not a common occurrence to go from managing your personal budget as a college student to working with an entire county’s tourism budget just weeks after graduating. But Kayla Nelson made the transition look easy. Almost immediately after receiving her diploma, Nelson started working as the executive director of the Adams County Convention and Visitors […]
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In addition to studying biology, Hastings College seniors Jake Kampschneider, from Omaha, Nebraska, and Abbey Tiell, from Littleton, Colorado, are members of the College Acquaintance Rape Educators (CARE), and are passionate about the preventative measures for sexual assault. Kampschneider and Tiell were once intrigued by a webinar about the neurobiology of sexual assault. As peer
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It’s safe to say that Michael Tushaus ’98 has a lot on his plate. From winning a Regional Emmy for Original Score/Arrangement for Commercial Campaign, to starring in Hollywood films and performing on stage for KÀ by Cirque du Soleil, his wide-range of skills all started at Hastings College. He was able to get the
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Hastings College has partnered with Omaha-based ScoreVision to install a new state-of-the-art scoreboard in Lynn Farrell Arena—and pilot a new internship program. This summer, four Hastings College students are exploring uncharted territory in scoreboard technology while applying their individual skills and interests. Students Tyler Murphy, John Funkey, Landon Rodabaugh and Ben Scheef work closely with
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One year ago, sophomore Carly Spotts-Falzone of Wayzata, Minnesota, was all set to attend college in her home state, when she was informed that changes were being made to the college’s speech (forensics) team. She was already scheduled for classes, assigned to a dorm and even a roommate, but with the help of Hastings College
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Kelly Prange ’13 is attending the Industrial and Organizational Psychology MA/Phd Program at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. The professors at Hastings College helped her get into graduate school and guided her down the right path to receive her Bachelor of Science in human resources management and psychology.
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Brian Boye, a 1996 alumnus, still uses the same techniques he learned his freshman year at Hastings College in his professional work as a promotions manager at KSMO-TV, and in his freelance work as a director and producer of Best Boye Productions. As a broadcasting major, he learned how to build the final product from the ground
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Joe Brown, a junior web communication design major from Omaha, Nebraska, is spending his summer interning for Omaha’s top staffing company, C&A Industries. So far, Brown has done everything from helping to produce a video that caught the eye of Justin Timberlake to supporting efforts to construct the company’s new website. “I am interning in
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Molly Sutter, a 2016 Hastings College graduate and Papillion, Nebraska, native, spent the last semester of her senior year in Canberra, Australia, returning to Hastings just three days before graduation. “I spent my time at Radford College in Canberra, where I was able to teach a few mathematics classes using Australian curriculum,” Sutter, the Outstanding
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As the managing director of the Ethiopian Community Development Council’s African Community Center (ACC) in Denver, Colorado, Melissa Theesen works every day to make sure refugees are welcomed in their new country. To accomplish this, she must work with her large staff, as well as local and state officials, but as a 2008 Hastings College
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