It’s fairly common for Gregory Johnsen ’01 to receive threats from Al-Qaeda members. “It’s something you can look at in different ways,” Johnsen said about the threats. “It lets you know that some of what you are doing has validity.” Johnsen is a national expert on Yemen and Al-Qaeda’s presence there. He has appeared on […]
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As a student at Hastings College, Gordon Whitten ’93 paid his own way through school. One of his first inspirations for a business venture occurred in his Hastings College dorm room. He created an adjustable steel frame loft system for elevating beds. Gordon patented his idea for The Space Loft as a sophomore and formed
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Expert rifle sports shooter Gary Anderson ’65 won two Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship gold medals, 16 national titles and set six world records. He has worked for the National Rifle Association and the U.S. Civilian Marksmanship Program and served as a senator in the Nebraska Unicameral. After his retirement from competitive shooting, Anderson
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Shortly after graduating from Hastings College in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in biology and speech communication, Charlotte (Higgins) Westing loaded her belongings in a U-Haul and headed north to start work on her master’s degree at Alaska Pacific University. Charlotte’s thesis focused on wetland restoration from off-road vehicle damage. She graduated in 2002 with
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Carrie Hofstetter ’04 played her prep career at Sandy Creek High School (Neb.) helping her school to four state titles in girls basketball, while never losing a single game. She compiled an impressive career at Hastings College as well. She was a member of two National Championship teams and helped the program to a record
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As a student of Hastings College, 2013 Outstanding Young Alumna Paula Queen ’98 gained the skills and preparedness needed to create a career path guided by her own passions and life experiences. The secondary English education major began her professional career as a High School English Teacher at Burke High School in Omaha. She later
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From the fall/winter 2013 edition of HC Today. Grant Nagaki ’13 co-founded The Senase Project after a college trip to Ghana and what he and others witnessed in the rural farming villages of Senase and Akatim. The young group was stricken by the faces of 120 children who were heartbreakingly devoid of hope. The Akatim
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There are a handful of rare individuals who have witnessed and influenced such an extensive and dynamic period in the life of Hastings College as to be considered part of the very institutional fabric from which it is made. Two of those individuals are welcoming a new chapter in their lives this year. Roger Doerr
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From the fall/winter edition of HC Today. You can define a man by his words – and that can mean not only by what he says, but what he reads. Dwayne Strasheim has no dearth of books to define his character. His office alone has an entire wall devoted to books and the eye immediately
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From the Fall/Winter 2013 edition of HC Today. Even the smallest superheroes can make a difference in the lives of many. They may not leap tall buildings or move faster than a speeding bullet, but every day, around the world, these tiny crusaders face some of the scariest situations in the most intimidating of places
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