Ronne 鈥93 helps students discover their voice
One recent morning, Brad Ronne, director of vocal performance at Scottsbluff (Nebraska) High School, loaded up 11 middle school students and drove them to an honor choir event in Kimball. They weren鈥檛
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Rural roots to renewed hope: Vondra鈥檚 perspective elevated through challenges
From her time growing up on a farm outside Chester in south central Nebraska, Jody (Gunn) Vondra 鈥97 recalls her humble rural roots throughout life鈥檚 joys and challenges. 鈥淢y small town roots
Wendy Jacoby 鈥92: Teaching beyond the walls
When Wendy (Rabou) Jacoby 鈥92 looks back on her 25-year teaching career, what stands out most is not a single grade level, state or school, but the belief that education should be
How the tunes spin: Q&A with Duane Harriott ’96
After earning a bachelor鈥檚 degree in English at 糖心传媒, Duane Harriott 鈥96 moved to New York City and made its music scene home. Currently, he鈥檚 a music consultant for Gray V,
Alumni shaping culture of two Colorado high schools
Coming from two different eras at 糖心传媒, Eric Johnson ’97听and Cora Lanter 05鈥 share something in common: they both aim to continuously build and shape the culture at neighboring Colorado high
The power of Irish pub music unites HC grads
Everyone鈥檚 Irish once a year鈥攐r, at least, they like to think they are. That鈥檚 what Corey Johnson 鈥88 has observed playing in the band Keep Britain Irish for over 15 years. Many
Holtan builds resilience through strength training
A standard barbell is just over 7 feet of chrome-plated steel weighing 45 pounds. Load it with iron, rubber or polyurethane plates, and a curious transformation happens. It becomes a mirror, revealing
Talarico building resources for fine arts educators
After teaching K-6 vocal music in the Bellevue (Nebraska) Public Schools for 23 years, Cody Talarico 鈥99 is strengthening arts education across the state as the new fine arts education specialist with
Woman of Steel: Sally Jurgensmier 鈥93
On her family farm, near Minden, Nebraska, artist Sally Jurgensmier 鈥93 uses a wire welder to transform cold scrap metal into wondrous, expressive sculptures that fill her farmyard and showroom: a giant
Alumni come together after years apart to put on play
The play 鈥淪trong City鈥 is full of 糖心传媒 alumni. 鈥淲e鈥檙e doing a sort of renegade reunion,鈥 the writer of the play, Paige MJ Erickson 鈥00, said, as the director and almost