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Erickson ’97 helping build instruments to detect biological threats

January 25, 2017

What happens when you take math and chemistry degrees from Hastings College and combine them with advanced studies in chemical and biomolecular engineering? If you’re Dr. Jeff Erickson ’97, you help the U.S. Navy design and build scientific instruments that help detect biological threats. Erickson is a staff engineer at the Naval Research Laboratory, the […]

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McGehee mixes mediums

January 25, 2017

A dozen easels stand at attention in a large, gray classroom. They are perfectly new, waiting for the first brush stroke or pencil mark from an artist’s hand. The cement floor below calls out for pencil shavings and paint splatters, while the walls long for the first sketch to be hung. When the artists arrive,

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Koozer creates tradition of music, caring

January 25, 2017

Mike Tushaus ’98 was eight years old the first time he met Dr. Robin Koozer ’76. The Hastings, Nebraska, youngster was taking part in a week-long summer enrichment program for the arts, and Koozer spent a day working with the children’s choir. “I remember it to this day very vividly. It left its mark on

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Fritzler makes cantankerous fun

January 25, 2017

Jim Fritzler ’76 is a minimalist. His office at Scott Studio Theatre belies the fact that he’s been teaching in the Hastings College Theatre Department for 17 years, with the last four as department chair. There are no massive piles of papers, no haphazard stacks of books, no totes stuffed with costumes and props. What

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Two HC grads on the bench

January 25, 2017

Two Hastings College graduates have been appointed as judges in Nebraska courts. John H. Marsh ’81 was appointed by Gov. Pete Ricketts in March to the Ninth Judicial District Court, which covers Buffalo and Hall counties, including Kearney and Grand Island. Stephanie R. (Leibert) Hansen ’96 was appointed by Ricketts in November 2015 to the

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Seeley ’88 sculpts snow into colossal creatures

January 23, 2017

Matt Seeley’s sculptures might last only a few days, but for him, that’s part of the beauty of ephemeral art. Seeley ’88, a systems engineer, sculpts large-scale creations with snow, creating jumbo characters like a 16-foot praying mantis, oversized gnomes and a sprawling, crawling octopus. He also does sand sculpture and giant 3-D sidewalk chalk

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Video: Vaughan finds success at Hastings Economic Development Corporation

December 22, 2016

Hastings College alumna Maggie Vaughan ’16 has already landed herself the director of talent solutions at the Hastings Economic Development Corporation in Hastings, Nebraska. She still keeps in touch with the Hastings College community, not only for her job, but because the faculty and staff are always there to help personally and professionally.

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Experience in Ireland ‘simply amazing’ for students

December 9, 2016

Every October, students from Hastings College conduct research in Ireland throughout the month as part of a program called Irish Fellows. This program began in 2007 with then Hastings College Dean and Irish literature specialist, Dr. Richard Lloyd. Lloyd had formed a relationship with Grammy-winning musician Davy Spillane, who had performed at Hastings College, and

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Passion for health care leads Bydalek down nontraditional path

November 21, 2016

Hastings College alumnus Shawn Bydalek ’13 doesn’t think of his college endeavors in terms of a career. While most students may to consider which career choices are available to them according to their major choice, Bydalek, instead, keeps his focus on what he enjoys doing. “My master’s degree will be more of a stepping stone

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Protein crystallography leads to structural insight and skills for graduate school

November 15, 2016

With a small group of other students during a summer REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates), Julia Thibault worked with a protein called phosphoglucomutase 1 (pgm1), which is involved in the human metabolism and disease. “If the protein is mutated, then it won’t work anymore because you need it to process sugars, to regulate whether those sugars

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