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Campbell creates sculpture for nature to reclaim (video)

One way or another, most materials used to create art come from the natural environment. Hastings College junior art student Joseph Campell from Columbus, Nebraska, explores that in a sculpture he created for his intermediate sculpture class. “I wanted to look at humanity and nature and show how everything goes back to the earth,” said Campbell. […]

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Muff, Hessler score dream internship blowing glass for Corning Museum of Glass

Some students spend months searching for the opportunity that will give them real world experience, networking and pieces to add to their portfolio. For seniors Avery Muff and Christian Hessler, the Corning Museum of Glass, an internationally renowned glass museum in Corning, New York, proved to be the perfect opportunity. Muff, who grew up in

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As a Rural Fellow, Kriewald helps businesses find success

Kennedy Kriewald, a Hastings College senior business administration major, worked in event planning, marketing, communications, business and economic development, as well as inclusive leadership development during her time as a Rural Fellow in Arapahoe, Nebraska, last summer. Kriewald, who is from Scottsbluff, Nebraska, spent most weeks creating five to six social media posts per day

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Taylor a fierce competitor on the court, but a businesswoman at heart

On the volleyball court she is a powerful force and executor, and in the classroom and office she’s no different. A junior business administration, marketing and finance triple major, Marlee Taylor gained experience through an internship with FirstBank in Lakewood, Colorado, this summer. FirstBank is Colorado’s second largest depository institution and Colorado’s largest locally owned

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Late start to physics but great finish at BD for McMeen

Hastings College senior Mason McMeen has gone back to his hometown of Broken Bow, Nebraska, twice to intern at Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), an American multinational medical technology company that manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems and reagents. McMeen, a physics major with a mathematics minor, is a facilities engineering intern this summer

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Feeling supported, Topete finds opportunity at Hastings College (video)

There are some students who get told they won’t succeed in college. There are some students whose home life makes the idea of college seem far out of reach. Thinking she wouldn’t be able to attend college, one call from an admissions counselor changed everything for Socorro Topete of South Sioux City, Nebraska. Despite the

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CPI was the perfect shot for Uhlig

He’s the guy who never misses a home football game, the guy on campus who always has a camera in his hands. He’s Austin Uhlig, a senior digital design and development major from Omaha, Nebraska. The former soccer player dove head first into his summer internship with Cooperative Producers, Inc. (CPI), a farmer-owned agricultural cooperative

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Building a better world of athletics: Female coaches In Human Performance

On Monday mornings at 5:00 a.m. most people are fast asleep, getting their last few hours of rest before starting another week of work. Human Performance coaches, however, are not most people. Also referred to under the title of “Strength & Conditioning,” Human Performance coaches most days are the first ones into the building and

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