Hiking opportunities near Laramie, Wyoming, provide three outdoorsy Hastings College alumni with much-needed breaks from their graduate studies in chemistry at the University of Wyoming. “It’s unusual to have three students from a small department at a small school in the same graduate program,” said Dr. Neil Heckman, Chair of the Hastings College’s Chemistry Department. “I
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After receiving a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Dr. Glenn Avent, Associate Professor of History and Chair of the Department at Hastings College, spent a month in Mexico to study pre-Columbian material. Twenty-four participants in the fellowship program came from across the United States and included archeologists, artists, art historians, political
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Spiritual development is important to the Rev. Dr. Adam White ’00. He has been the Campus Pastor for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln since 2010. “We have a major focus on vocational development,” he said, adding that in his time there he has seen six students advance to seminary
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James Jefferson ’99 traveled from his home in Los Angeles, Calif., to visit campus for HC’s Homecoming celebration this year, remembering his days as a psychology and education major and center fielder for the HC baseball team. Fourteen years ago, James took his HC experiences back to LA and put them to work serving his
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Dr. Deanna (Schmidt) Hutchins ’74 is an adventurous spirit wrapped in a barrier-blind attitude and a quest-seeking point of view. An anomaly in her early career, Deanna is an obstacle-buster, way-paver, and example-setter for legions taking her lead. Deanna was a biology major at Hastings College during a time when a shortage of doctors made
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In dry, mountainous terrain in the middle of New Mexico, a single helicopter descends from the blue and hovers just above ground, sending a cloud of dust skyward. A handful of black-clad federal agents clutching rifles leap from the chopper and stealthily make their way toward their target. Their mission: serve a federal search warrant
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The Rev. Katie Anderson ’04 spends her days among many who are sick and dying, among those receiving chemotherapy and radiation, among those fighting for their lives. It’s a place, she said, where she most deeply encounters God. Katie is Chaplain of Oncology Services for Norton Hospital and Norton Cancer Institute in Louisville, Ky. “It’s
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Josh Reynolds ’00 serves as the Central-Northeast Nebraska Area Director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). For the last 10 years he has worked with FCA, and Josh said, “I love my job and could see myself with the FCA for the rest of my life.” Originally from Lexington, Neb., Josh said he got
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Thanks to an exchange program and supporting grants, Hastings College student Ian A. Tuttle had an opportunity to spend his junior year in Russia at Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University (Pyatigorsk is a city in the North Caucasus region). Ian, majoring in international studies with a European emphasis, took classes in Russian language, history and culture.
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An impressive journalism career has taken Josh Awtry ’98 across the United States, and now he’s leading efforts to redefine and ultimately save local print newspapers in the digital age. Josh’s vision was always big, though, even when he arrived at Hastings College from Cozad, Neb., in 1993. He saw the potential to utilize the
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