This past summer, Riley Lanning embraced the challenge to expand her laboratory research skills and knowledge in biology and psychology in a lab in Leuven, Belgium, after a course at Hastings College piqued her interest in the gut brain axis relationship. The psychology and history and philosophy major found the internship of her dreams after
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Hastings College junior business administration major Tyler Call of Greeley, Colorado channeled his admiration for architecture into an internship at Russell Remodeling over the summer. His journey as a drafting intern really started when he was in middle school when he modeled homes out of foam and wood. He soon realized there was more to
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Megan Arrington-Williams ’09, executive director of Prairie Loft Center for Outdoor and Agricultural Learning, spends her days connecting people of all ages to the wonders of the natural world. On field trips to the farm-based center west of Hastings, preschoolers scamper down tree-lined trails, collect seeds and make pies in the outdoor mud kitchen. First-through-sixth
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Interested in biomechanics, Hastings College senior Alec Fichter spent the summer interning at the Pitching Lab, a biomechanics lab at the University of Nebraska Omaha, where he worked directly with players, calibrating cameras and setting up body markers to track their motion during workouts. His goal was — and is as he looks to graduation
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Initially unfamiliar with Chief Industries, Hastings College marketing major Gianna Lucas discovered the company during a job fair on campus last spring — and landed a summer internship where she gained hands-on experience in social media. At the job fair, Lucas, a junior from Grand Island, Nebraska, spoke with a representative from Chief about her interest in marketing
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Hastings College junior business administration major Lily Teeple is fostering a sense of belonging within the community through her work with the City of Hastings Development Services Department, which provides planning and zoning, plan reviews, permitting and other services to community members, builders and contractors in Hastings. For her internship, Teeple has focused primarily on
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Wanting to be a political journalist, Savana Kascak of Thornton, Colorado, found support and encouragement at Hastings College, in part by working collaboratively with her advisor, political science professor Dr. Bob Amyot. “I love that Hastings College has pushed me beyond my limits of what I thought I could do,” Kascak said, who added that
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Recently graduated music major Morgan O’Neill said the one-on-one connection at Hastings College opens doors. “The one-on-one connection makes it so they don’t just know your name, they know your story. They know what you want to do with your life. They know what you’re good at, and they really just make it a point
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This summer, Hastings College senior Shimar Gibson is providing effective solutions and elevating his customer service skills during an internship with Cooperative Producers, Inc. (CPI) in Hastings, Nebraska. Gibson has been working as an information technology intern at CPI. The company’s main focus is offering a wide range of services and products that help farmers
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As a Hastings College student, Devin Jaffe ’09 built her own major, wildlife management, based on her interests. It was so successful, it ultimately ended up supporting the launch of the wildlife biology major. As the founder and director of Natures Educators and Mile High Falcons, Jaffe travels throughout Colorado and surrounding states to give
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