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Pre-Columbian studies during fellowship lead to class ideas

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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International studies major spends junior year in Russia

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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Foote giving life her all

When a friend in Altman Hall found herself frustrated by her accounting homework, then-Hastings College first-year student Dana (Pote) Foote ’96 remembers leafing through the numeral-rich textbook and feeling a click. “Looking at her book, I just got it,” Dana recalled. “I had never taken an accounting class myself, but I was able to help

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Print in Digital Age

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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