Hastings College junior business administration major Tyler Call of Greeley, Colorado channeled his admiration for architecture into an internship at Russell Remodeling over the summer. His journey as a drafting intern really started when he was in middle school when he modeled homes out of foam and wood. He soon realized there was more to […]
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Megan Arrington-Williams ’09, executive director of Prairie Loft Center for Outdoor and Agricultural Learning, spends her days connecting people of all ages to the wonders of the natural world. On field trips to the farm-based center west of Hastings, preschoolers scamper down tree-lined trails, collect seeds and make pies in the outdoor mud kitchen. First-through-sixth
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Interested in biomechanics, Hastings College senior Alec Fichter spent the summer interning at the Pitching Lab, a biomechanics lab at the University of Nebraska Omaha, where he worked directly with players, calibrating cameras and setting up body markers to track their motion during workouts. His goal was — and is as he looks to graduation
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Initially unfamiliar with Chief Industries, Hastings College marketing major Gianna 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 marketing
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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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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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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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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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While at Hastings College, recent grad Lauryn Metz completed an internship at CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) that helped her decide her career path and which direction she’d like to go in law school. Metz, who majored in Spanish and criminology, also played on the women’s soccer team.
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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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