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Jorgenson finds success at Hastings College on way to chiropractic school

January 27, 2022

The Hastings College Physical Education and Human Performance Department is filled with a diverse group of talented students — and Helena Jorgenson from Gothenburg, Nebraska, is one such student. A senior majoring in exercise science and minoring in art, Jorgenson has continuously excelled and impressed the faculty at Hastings College. Throughout her high school career […]

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Banks promotes small businesses through newspaper articles

January 26, 2022

Combining her passions for promoting small business and telling important stories, Hastings College sophomore Allison Banks has spent the last two years writing articles for the Hastings Tribune to promote businesses in Hastings. Banks, who is also part of the Scott Scholars Program at Hastings College, began the project with the help of Dave Rippe,

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Ginkens says ‘yes’ to one of the biggest opportunities of her career

January 12, 2022

For as long as she’s lived, she’s played every sport. So it was no surprise that Ally Ginkens ‘20 would leave her hometown of Mullen, Nebraska, to go on and double major in exercise science and recreation & sport management at Hastings College. Soon, four years had passed and Ginkens had to make some life

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O’Neill seizes chance to work with Broadway actress Leslie Kritzer (video)

December 8, 2021

When the opportunity of a lifetime presents itself, most people jump at the chance. That’s exactly what Hastings College junior music student, Morgan O’Neill, from Cheyenne, Wyoming, did. In October, O’Neill’s vocal instructor, Dillon Beede, submitted O’Neill’s name for a chance to participate in a musical theatre masterclass, sponsored by the West Central National Association

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Appelhans pursues dentistry through residency in Pacific Northwest

December 8, 2021

Brooke Appelhans ‘16 dreamed of being a dentist since she was a little girl, which led her to pursue her undergraduate degree in chemistry at Hastings College. She is continuing to follow that dream by completing a dental residency in Portland, Oregon. Appelhans said she originally planned to attend a college that had an adjoined

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Sedmak manages double major in chemistry, music

December 8, 2021

The Hastings College Chemistry Department is known for drawing a diverse group of students into the program with vastly different lives outside of the Morrison-Reeves Science Center, which is certainly the story for second year student Chris Sedmak. As a double major in chemistry and music, Sedmak chose to pursue both passions he found in

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Patterson combines business, culinary arts with goal of opening a bakery

November 30, 2021

Hastings College junior Bailey Patterson uses no excuses as she strives to achieve her goals of opening her own bakery one day. Patterson, a business administration and culinary arts major from Stanton, Nebraska, aspires to be a culinary chef and open her own bakery in memory of her grandmother. She said she believes every baked

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Monroe learns the history to better the future

November 24, 2021

If Hastings College senior Amani Monroe could go back in time and change one thing in history, she would stop book burnings. Monroe, a history major and volleyball player from Colorado Springs, Colorado, said that book burning goes back further than Germany in World War II. “So much knowledge was lost from that, at least

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Teal ’17 credits Hastings College in finding her passion (video)

November 23, 2021

“I remember when I came here as a freshman, I was very much like, ‘I have to receive the training to go on to do the big things,’” said Laurel Teal ‘17. After graduating from Hastings College, Teal had planned to be a professor and studied at Boston College for her Masters with hopes of

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Knehans leaves comfort zone behind while continuing her education at CalArts

November 9, 2021

An advocate for continually exploring outside her comfort zone, Hastings College alumnus Cheyenne Knehans ‘18 is currently pursuing her master degree at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). Knehans is in the School of Theatre, specializing in Applied Arts. Her degree emphasises are within the field of art direction, scenic scenic artistry and visual

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