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Schroeder ‘15 advocates for foster families

While preparing for law school during her senior year at Hastings College, Anastasia Schroeder ‘15 participated in an eye-opening internship with the Sexual Assualt Sexual Abuse Center (SASA) in Hastings, Nebraska. The…

Thompson: Preparing students with high standards, sage advice

Thompson retiring as Professor of Psychology. Among the first things all Hastings College psychology majors of the last decade and a half learned was that taking a course with Dr. Jeri…

By mixing religion, technology, crime, Knight ‘15 obtaining doctoral degree

Trina Knight, a 2015 Hastings College alumna, spent a few years after graduation supporting non-profit organizations but is now working on her doctoral degree in criminology at Kansas State University in Manhattan,…

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Alumna finds intersection between women writers, the environment

Katharine “Kate” Taylor ’18 developed a passion for the environment growing up in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, a harsh yet beautiful landscape of mountains, sand dunes, desert plains and hot springs. At…

Four recent Hastings College grads heading to seminary to pursue ministry, lives of service

Four Hastings College graduates who were influenced by the sense of community they felt on campus are seeking lives of service through seminary school. Mandi Hawthorne ‘19, Eboni Nash ‘19, John Rohweder…

Alumnus advocates for Nebraska’s children

JohnCarl Denkovich ends every email with these words from 19th century social reformer and orator Frederick Douglass: “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken [adults].” The quotation is…

Schlichtman works with gaming company to normalize the hospital experience

Austin Schlichtman began his career as a child life specialist which, interestingly enough, led him to write a children’s book to help explain death before switching roles to work with The Bungie…

As Wigert set to retire, students reflect on ‘one of nicest professors on campus’

As a professor, pastor, counselor, coach, father and husband, Dr. Lee R. Wigert might be the exact definition of a man who wears many hats — or maybe he just wears the…

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Pregnancy inspires ’98 grad to pioneer new treatment for transplant patients

After watching patient after patient die following a bone marrow transplant, Dr. Shernan Holtan ’98, assistant professor of medicine in the division of hematology, oncology and transplantation at the University of Minnesota,…

Nash uses summer experiences to advance professional dreams

Eboni Nash, a senior at Hastings College, dreams of opening restorative program for people experiencing incarceration. A triple major in sociology, psychology and religion, Nash was looking for an internship that would…

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