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Excelsior Scholars Program expanding research techniques

February 12, 2016

Designed to challenge students and give them an opportunity to research a topic of their choice, Hastings College’s exclusive and competitive Excelsior Scholars Program offers an award between $1,500 and $2,500. Students use the funds to conduct original research alongside a professor who oversees the project as faculty sponsor. During his freshman year, Brian Whetstone […]

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Video: HC helps Laurel Teal find her passion

February 10, 2016

“Hastings actually led me into the field that I work the best.” History and Political Science major Laurel Teal says she never would’ve considered continuing her education after the undergrad if it wasn’t for Hastings College. Her professors have helped steer her in the right direction and have supported her from the beginning. Teal’s horizons

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Student-built Little Free Libraries promote literacy

February 8, 2016

Four Hastings College teacher education majors made positive change within the community by building three Little Free Libraries (LFL) around Hastings. These libraries contain free books for anyone who stops to pick one out. The idea is kids will take a book and leave a book in its place, creating a circulation of new free

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Student seeks to help others remain healthy

February 5, 2016

Paxton Fiala, a junior majoring in exercise science, helped staff at Mary Lanning Healthcare Rehabilitation put together an exercise database to keep track of each patient’s fitness regimen and progress. When finished, the database will provide a centralized space for both patients and staff members to access exercise plans. The goal is to improve care

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Media student chooses write path

January 28, 2016

Playing a key role in putting together a special edition of a newspaper for a professional media organization may seem like a daunting task, but for Hastings College sophomore Mallory Gruben, it’s just a way to spend January Term (J-Term). The journalism major from Eckley, Colorado worked as an intern at the Hastings Tribune, but

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Fulbright experience: Stories of a Yabancı

January 13, 2016

“No, where are you really from?” This is one of the more frequent questions I have been asked so far during my time in Turkey. It makes sense that in a patriotic country where portraits of a stoic-looking Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, hang in very nearly every building, the Turks, ever curious, want

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Fulbright experience: Europe’s newest country

January 13, 2016

I owe my participation in the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program to Hastings College and its J-Term classes. The genesis of my Fulbright grant began in a J-Term Cold War History class where I heard about an opportunity to travel to the Balkans the following year. In January 2014, I traveled to Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro

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From the classroom to Kathmandu, biology major finds success worldwide

January 12, 2016

Junior Lily Ealey has witnessed the strengths of a Hastings College education firsthand both at home and abroad. The Lincoln, Nebraska, native and biology major spent the past summer interning at Kanti Children’s Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, where she gained firsthand experience in the medical field. Ealey worked at the hospital Monday through Saturday, assisting

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Inspired by family and Impressionists, Arias paints 2016 Best of Show selection

January 12, 2016

“The inspiration for my painting came from my family,” Katherine Arias, an art major from Lexington, Nebraska said of her work, “Mi Familia. 1 — Diptych.” “This was the first of my Junior Thesis and my goal with it was to make work showing how important my family was to me and do it in a really

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Local internship provides Cloyd entry into cancer research

January 11, 2016

When he isn’t playing football, strumming the guitar, jamming on the piano or studying biology, sophomore Anthony Cloyd from Omaha, Nebraska, is busy finding opportunities to set himself up for success at Hastings College and beyond. This January Term (J-Term), Cloyd has secured an internship with the South Heartland Health District (SHDHD), a local governmental

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