Fifth year student Nick Masada from Lincoln, Neb., has spent the last three summers building on career experience for his future. From interning as an AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer for Lincoln Public Schools Federal Programs, the Children’s Defense Fund in Washington, D.C., and Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), he has worked with young students through […]
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Anna Eliasen, a senior biochemistry major from Meeker, Colo., heard about an opportunity to intern with Walgreens from her adviser, Dr. Amy Morris, Professor of Biology. “I went after this internship because it’s something I’m interested in and the supervisor seemed helpful and willing to help me learn,” Anna said. “This experience will help me
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One Hastings College graduate, who is on her way to the Cranbrook Academy of Art, took her senior thesis to an exotic location – the “Path to Culture” display took the form of a cave built within the walls of the Art Center Gallery. Alyssa Karr-Bliven ’14 constructed a cave, complete with winding paths and
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Caitlin Schmidt came to Hastings College knowing that she wanted to teach, just not which subject would capture her attention and her heart. “I started out at Hastings with a double major in music and science. I hadn’t thought to add the teaching portion just yet; I wanted to see what I would like to
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By Emily Case Emily Case of Gibbon, Neb., was a senior English/visual media major when she wrote this piece in the spring of 2014. In April I gave an Academic Showcase Day lecture titled “Shadows of the Past: Exploring the Essence of the American Southwest through Documentary Photography.” The presentation grew from a January-term (J-Term)
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“I originally wanted to be a pharmacist,” said Emily Wright, a 2014 Hastings College graduate from Bridgeport, Neb. Moved by her experiences on J-Term trips to Trinidad, Tanzania and Ghana, however, Emily is now exploring her interest in public health by returning to Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia. “I will be working
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Growing up in Ghana, Dr. Moses Dogbevia, Associate Professor of Chemistry, learned to live and work with people of different ethnic and racial backgrounds, ideologies and cultural values. “My cultural history taught me to value human relationships and to understand that we are all the same many ways,” said the professor, now in his eighth
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Hastings College senior Zachary Peterson, a collaborative piano and vocal performance major from Omaha, Neb., received auditions at all four of his top choices for graduate school —Eastman School of Music, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Colorado-Boulder, and Arizona State University. Zachary auditioned at three and was accepted to the Eastman
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“I woke up one day late January, and I thought, ‘I want to direct a show,’” said Jacob Gilchrist, senior vocal performance major from Colorado Springs, Colo. And thus was born a musical revue that is anything but ordinary. The program, which Jacob describes as “a little mix of everything: from comedy and classic Broadway,
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While searching for a summer internship in the construction field, Kyler Goodwin’s research yielded an opportunity that appealed to him: Next Step Ministries. From May 26-August 12, 2014, Kyler, a junior from Omaha, Neb., who is majoring in construction management, will spend his summer in the Bahamas as a Construction Group Manager in the All
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