Human Resource Management – 糖心传媒 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:49:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 /wp-content/uploads/2018/08/favicon-120x120.png Human Resource Management – 糖心传媒 32 32 Paths to service started at 糖心传媒 /success-stories/paths-to-service-started-at-hastings-college/ Mon, 28 Nov 2022 23:25:13 +0000 /?post_type=success_story&p=33194 RuAnn Root 22w
RuAnn Root

While at 糖心传媒, RuAnn (Ulmer) Root 鈥86 was skeptical about her classes in writing, public speaking and nonprofit accounting 鈥 requirements for her Human Service Administration degree.

鈥淭o be honest, I thought I would never use the information from those classes. However, have they ever come in handy,鈥 said executive director of (CASA) in Hastings, a position she鈥檚 held for 22 years.

She鈥檚 used those skills to expand the agency鈥檚 programs into six counties, offer transitional living for youth aged 16-22 and mentor young professionals.

Root is one of many alumni for whom a 糖心传媒 education, rooted in the liberal arts and practical experiences, provides a foundation for serving others. They carry flames lit at 糖心传媒 into their current communities as nonprofit executives, employees, and board members.

A Life in Community

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Tim Moore

When Tim Moore 鈥07 was earning his religion and media degree at 糖心传媒, then-director of the Vocation and Values program and religion professor Dr. Trace Haythorn frequently assigned writings by Father Henri Nowen. Through Nowen, Moore learned about L鈥橝rche, an organization of intentional communities throughout the world pairing people with and without intellectual disabilities.

Upon graduation, Moore took a position with L鈥橝rche New Zealand and remains with the organization today as executive director of L鈥橝rche Atlanta.

鈥淭he relationships have kept me in L’Arche,鈥 said Moore. 鈥淲hether it was Victor in New Zealand, Mo in Washington DC or John in Atlanta, I have been given the gift of friendship with incredible people who have shaped me and made my life all the richer.鈥

On a daily basis, the core members 鈥 those with intellectual disabilities 鈥 go about work with the support they need from their assistants.

鈥淧icture a big family doing daily life where each person has a different job, school, or set of activities/hobbies to engage,鈥 said Moore. 鈥淪ome of the members just happen to need a bit of extra support in very specific ways.鈥

Driven by 鈥楲ived Experience鈥

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Eboni Nash

Eboni Nash鈥檚 work in the nonprofit sector is motivated by her father鈥檚 incarceration more than anything she learned in the classroom.

鈥淗is absence had a huge impact on my childhood development,鈥 said Nash, a 2019 graduate. 鈥淚 believe society could have created a safer place for me to live and learn than what was given to me initially.鈥

Equipped with the skills she honed as director of 糖心传媒鈥檚 Food4Thought nonprofit and her master鈥檚 in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, Nash has returned to her native Colorado to build a better world.

Now, as vice president of development and communications for , Nash reports to Robert Andrews 鈥07, the organization鈥檚 president and CEO, who is also an HC Trustee. Additionally,听 she serves as Diversity Equity and Inclusion Program recruitment manager for Metropolitan State University of Denver.

鈥淎t CommunityWorks, I help strategize and facilitate connection with the current workforce for a diverse population of job seekers,鈥 she said. 鈥淎t MSU Denver, I help advocate to Colorado employers on how they can create an equitable and accessible workplace for the incoming talent pipeline.鈥

Thanks to flexible work environments and complementary missions, she is well-positioned to facilitate collaboration within the Denver community. Additionally, these positions allow her to apply her 鈥渓ived experience鈥 as the child of an incarcerated parent, a first generation college graduate, and a person who has experienced food insecurity.

鈥淢any times, the people making decisions have no context nor experience with the scenario in question,鈥 said Nash.听 鈥淚f we were able to advocate for lived experience and how it might impact historically excluded voices, then we would be able to create a holistic and equitable system for all.鈥

Changing Lives in West Africa

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Grant Nagaki

Grant Nagaki 鈥13 might just be 2022鈥檚 real-life version of Superman. During the day, he鈥檚 seeking to improve mental healthcare delivery systems. In his free time, he鈥檚 managing the nonprofit he co-founded in Ghana.

Traveling to Central America during 糖心传媒鈥檚 former J-Term awoke Nagaki to a larger world in which he could help others.

鈥淢y experience at Hastings helped me experiment with volunteer work and with organizing such work. I was able to host a few fundraisers and start pitching ideas,鈥 said Nagaki.

A port stop in Ghana as part of Semester at Sea inspired Nagaki and a fellow student to found the Senase Project and put his fundraising and organizational skills to use for a greater good. This poverty elimination organization has morphed into , a nonprofit with the mission to 鈥渆mpower children through the expansion of equitable access to quality education.鈥

Equipping students in villages with tuition, uniforms, books, supplies, and food hasn鈥檛 been easy as of late.

鈥淲e were unable to travel to Ghana during the pandemic, but the work still remained active through our field officer in Ghana,鈥 he said.

Nagaki, who currently lives in New York City, specializes in all things financial, legal and operational for Aya. He credits 糖心传媒 experiences with preparing this vocation.

鈥淚 believe the close-knit community at Hastings gave me the comfort and opportunity to [lead a nonprofit organization],鈥 he said. 鈥淚t is intimidating work, but when you have a community who supports you, it allows you to be so much more confident and not fear failure.

Lives (Mostly) Balanced

Burnout in the nonprofit sector can run high. To maintain their drive to serve, Moore and Root prioritize the demands on their time.

鈥淭wo things that I’ve found that are important for me: I need to invest in friendships that are friend-first relationships,鈥 said Moore.

The second for Moore is therapy.

鈥淟eading a service provision organization through a pandemic was brutal and I’ve found that my leadership is more grounded when I’m living from a place of wellness and integration,鈥 said Moore.听 鈥淭herapy has played an important role in helping me live from that place more often.鈥

Root prioritizes presence based on where she is at the given moment.

鈥淲hen I leave work 鈥 I LEAVE WORK 鈥 I do not check emails, talk about what I did at work with friends or family to nurture what I value and refill 鈥榤y bucket,鈥欌 Root said. 鈥淚 have a passion for the work I do, and consider it a privilege every day to work in this field. I hopefully make just a small difference in the lives of families.鈥

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Building a better world of athletics: Female coaches In Human Performance /success-stories/female-coaches-in-human-performance/ Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:09:41 +0000 /?post_type=success_story&p=23463 Photo of Cassidy Dyhrkopp, Ally Ginkens and Shandra Farmer, who are members of the 糖心传媒 Human Performance staff.
Cassidy Dyhrkopp, Ally Ginkens and Shandra Farmer are members of the 糖心传媒 Human Performance staff.

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 鈥淪trength & Conditioning,鈥 Human Performance coaches most days are the first ones into the building and the last to leave 鈥 sometimes by choice, but most of the time because of facility limitations and scheduling conflicts.

It is a young, energetic profession traditionally fueled by meat-heads and macho-men alike. Oftentimes, the Human Performance coach takes on various roles that stretch far beyond the scope of the weight room, such as being a motivational speaker, mentor and therapist for athletes.

On any given day, if someone had the opportunity to visit every collegiate weight room in the state of Nebraska, the athletic weight room in 糖心传媒鈥檚 Lynn Farrell Arena would stand out 鈥 not because of its equipment or the athletes that lift there, but because of the Broncos鈥 Human Performance staff.

Currently in the state of Nebraska there are only five female collegiate Human Performance coaches 鈥 and three coach at 糖心传媒. Their names are Shandra Farmer ’20, Ally Ginkens ’20 and Cassidy Dyhrkopp, and all second-year graduate assistants with the Broncos working with Brett Wells, the director of Human Performance and 2019 NSCA Nebraska Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year.

A fourth female Strength & Conditioning coach in Nebraska, Laura Buttermore, is an assistant coach with the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). Before UNO, Buttermore coached from 2012 to 2018 in the weight room at 糖心传媒. This means 80 percent of the female collegiate strength coaches in the state of Nebraska have coached at 糖心传媒 in the last three years.

Hooked on Human Performance

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Ally Ginkens ’20

Ginkens, who majored in Exercise Science and Recreation & Sport Management, played volleyball at 糖心传媒 and was a member of the 2016 National Championship squad. The former team captain became interested in Human Performance when she first started working out in the Broncos鈥 weight room and began to see improvements in the performance of her teammates and herself.

鈥淲hen I came to Hastings it was very obvious which freshmen had experience in the weight room and came from a high school that had a strength coach because they were progressing so much faster than players like me who had to start our progress from the ground up due to our technique being wrong from never having anybody to coach us on that before college,鈥 Ginkens explained. 鈥淚 was watching all my teammates making huge strides forward, while I was moving backward. So when I adjusted to the technique and began to see huge improvements I got hooked on human performance and what it could do for myself and others.鈥

Ginkens made the weight room her home when right before her senior season she received the news that former Broncos head volleyball coach Matt Buttermore was moving on to become the head volleyball coach at UNO.

鈥淎s a senior the last thing you want to do is start over and it felt like everything we knew had been erased,鈥 Ginkens said. 鈥淚t was a new culture, new lifestyle, new everything with a new coach and I just really found a home in the weight room where that culture remained the same despite everything in my world that was changing. It held everyone to a high standard and that was really what I clung to. It was a great place for me to exemplify leadership and hard work because it was something that I knew. It was familiar in a time where everything was changing.鈥

This sense of belonging and drive to become better inspired Ginkens to become a graduate assistant of Human Performance at 糖心传媒 where she now coaches women鈥檚 basketball, men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 tennis, shotgun sports and football in the weight room.

Finding another path

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Shandra Farmer ’20

Farmer is also a Bronco alumni and decorated graduate of the 糖心传媒 women鈥檚 basketball team. As an athlete, Farmer received many honors on the court, including being named First-Team All-Conference her junior and senior years, and as a senior she was named First-Team All-American, the Great Plains Athletic Conference Player of the Year and the Omaha World Herald鈥檚 Midland Co-Female Athlete of the Year in addition to being a team captain.

Farmer, who studied business administration and human resource management as an undergrad, never considered the possibility of coaching until questions about her future in athletics became a consistent theme during her senior season.

鈥淚 had planned to earn a Masters of Business Administration somewhere else, get a business job and use my degree,鈥 Farmer said. 鈥淏ut my senior year, after having a really successful season, I had been approached by multiple people about the possibility of coaching. So it got me thinking that if other people are seeing me as a good leader and having a way of being able to speak to people and help them out, maybe I do need to stay around sports. So this opportunity came up with coach Wells and the Human Performance staff and I took it right away.鈥

In order to receive the foundational knowledge needed to coach Human Performance, Farmer set out to preparing for the Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) exam through the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA), and got enrolled in the United States of America Weightlifting (USAW) Level 1 coaching course with Ginkens and Dyhrkopp.

She now coaches the Broncos鈥 softball, men鈥檚 basketball and football teams in the weight room while attending University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) to earn an MBA with an emphasis in Human Resources. Her dream is to utilize the combination of her coaching experience and business background to become an athletic director or other form of administrator within an athletic department so she can make the most of her education and stay around sports.

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Cassidy Dyhrkopp

Unlike Ginkens and Farmer, Dyhrkopp did not attend 糖心传媒 as an undergraduate, but joined the Broncos鈥 Human Performance staff after coming highly recommended by her strength and conditioning coaches at UNK, where she ran track as a sprinter and competed in the long jump and triple jump events.

Dyhrkopp became highly involved in the Lopers鈥 weight room after seeing the positive results that strength and conditioning had on her performance as an athlete.

鈥淚n high school, I never really had a strength program. We just had the football coach who taught weights class,鈥 Dyhrkopp said. 鈥淪o when I got to college I had the best strength coaches I鈥檝e ever had and actually saw myself improve in my sport and just life in general. That鈥檚 when it really clicked for me mentally about how much that relationship with the strength coach makes a difference and how much you can accomplish when you buy-in to what they鈥檙e doing.鈥

Dyhrkopp currently coaches the Broncos鈥 volleyball, men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 wrestling and football teams in the weight room. Her goal is to be a Human Performance coach, either at the collegiate level or in the private sector working with athletes. She has even entertained the idea of owning her own performance center one day.

Building relationships, growing confidence

When asked about what their favorite part of coaching is, Ginkens, Farmer and Dyhrkopp immediately came to a consensus: relationships.

鈥淥ne of my favorite things is creating relationships, not just with my athletes but all the athletes in general and just getting to know them more than just as a player or as an athlete,鈥 Dyhrkopp said. 鈥淕etting to build those relationships and watch them progress is so meaningful.鈥

Farmer added, 鈥淚 just love having the connections and interactions every single day with other people. Being able to see the athletes and be around people who love playing their sport and want to be there; it鈥檚 amazing.鈥

But as great of a profession as coaching is, these grad assistants still experience plenty of struggle in their day-to-day coaching activities.

Ginkens pointed out that confidence is one of the most important attributes of being a coach, but it鈥檚 a trait that doesn鈥檛 come easy.

鈥淛ust as a young coach, you get questioned a lot,鈥 Ginkens said. 鈥淟ike, if I was five years older people would not even question things, but since I鈥檓 a young coach I feel questioned a lot about what I鈥檓 doing. So that can have an effect on developing confidence, because if you鈥檙e always being questioned about what you鈥檙e doing, you start to question yourself.鈥

For Dyhrkopp, her biggest struggle has been coming face to face with the realization that coaching is a lot more than just X鈥檚 and O鈥檚 and having lots of sports knowledge.

鈥淲hen I first became a coach I thought the hardest part would be programming workouts and those other things that I didn鈥檛 have any experience doing, which of course was difficult at first,鈥 Dyhrkopp said. 鈥淏ut what I didn鈥檛 expect was having to coach more than just technique; things like effort, body language and culture. When you become a college coach, nobody tells you that you鈥檙e going to spend most of your time coaching and managing attitude and effort. I assumed college athletes already had those things taken care of, but I learned differently very quickly.鈥

Dealing with stereotypes

On top of developing their identities as coaches, these women have also dealt with facing the stereotypes and assumptions that come with being females working in a male-dominated industry.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a struggle dealing with the social media influencer stereotype,鈥 Ginkens said. 鈥淧eople think females in the fitness industry are only there to teach people how to develop their glutes and come up with all these 10-minute band workouts and things like that. People just don鈥檛 see females actually coaching athletic teams.鈥

Farmer said personal trainers and social media influencers have their place and do a lot of good. 鈥淏ut when that is the majority of what people see from females in the industry it just becomes much harder to be taken seriously when coaching with the goal of athletic performance,鈥 she said.

They attribute these stereotypes to a large-scale issue in the realm of Human Performance by sharing: part of the problem is that the field is just over-saturated with unqualified people who are portrayed as personal trainers or specialists.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 a huge reason why we鈥檙e seen as different in this setting,鈥 Dyhrkopp said. 鈥淏ecause us as females have also portrayed ourselves this way. We have to get people to see that we can be the smart, sport scientist style of coach as well, not just the model or social media influencer.鈥

Despite the challenges, these coaches have taken an active role in battling biases and assumptions by proving their merit through their own coaching demonstrations and personal workouts.

鈥淧eople can doubt our weight room abilities because we鈥檙e female, but it鈥檚 always funny when the athletes see us doing advanced weightlifting movements and get surprised at how good we are at them,鈥 said Ginkens.

鈥淚 always think it鈥檚 funny when our athletes or other coaches walk by the weight room and see us working out and lifting heavy, then all of a sudden we get a lot more credibility,鈥 Farmer said. 鈥淲e are no longer seen as girls who are just there to clean up the weight room after sessions. But, it鈥檚 not until they see that we know what we鈥檙e doing when we finally get that response and respect.鈥

They鈥檝e also seen these biases and assumptions leave the weight room and leak into professional interactions.

鈥淥ne struggle I鈥檝e specifically had is male coaches being nervous about working around a female every day. I鈥檝e had guys feel that they don鈥檛 want me around because of ideas like 鈥榶ou shouldn鈥檛 cuss around a female鈥,鈥 Farmer said. 鈥淧eople are raised to respect women and that is a great thing. However, when the ideology that men need to act or talk differently around females creates more barriers for women in the workplace, it becomes an issue that should be discussed. That鈥檚 just how it鈥檚 been for so long and if we don鈥檛 talk about it, it becomes this systemic cycle.鈥

On the opposite end of things, Gingens said she鈥檚 struggled with coaches specifically hiring someone because they are female.

鈥淚t鈥檚 like 鈥 no 鈥 I want to be the absolute best candidate you have, not the best female candidate you have,鈥 Gingens said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 want to be hired because I鈥檓 a female. It鈥檚 just something I鈥檝e struggled with. When I apply for jobs I鈥檓 starting to question: are you hiring me because you actually like my work ethic and what I have to offer as a coach? Or is it because I鈥檓 a female and I have some good qualities, but mainly it鈥檚 because you need to hire a female? I just want to be the best for the position.鈥

Building a better profession

Despite the struggle, these women are working through it, hoping to create a better coaching profession and advance the field of Human Performance through their efforts.

鈥淧eople always talk about how this industry is male-dominated and you never really see females in it,鈥 said Farmer. 鈥淭he phrase I always come back to is 鈥榠f not us, then who?鈥 If females don鈥檛 start doing this job, then we won鈥檛 progress or get anywhere in it. We are starting to see more females get into the industry. The change is starting to be made and it鈥檚 pretty cool that we get to be a part of it.鈥

Dyhrkopp said she fully embraces her role as a Human Performance coach and has complete pride in what she鈥檚 doing.

鈥淲e鈥檙e just out here making moves for everyone else,鈥 Dyhrkopp said. 鈥淣ow that I鈥檝e taken the step to be a female Human Performance coach, whenever I鈥檓 looking at jobs or internship opportunities I always look to see if they have female coaches. That鈥檚 something that is just so awesome. And if you look around, you do start to see more and more females in coaching and that is just so cool.

鈥淭he positives we get are the same positives as any other coach who is benefiting their athletes. We鈥檙e here to do the same thing as them. But the added positive of it is that we鈥檙e helping to pave the way for other females in the future. However, we strive for the same things as any other strength coach.鈥

Ginkens said she believes the whole industry itself is making a big change.

鈥淎 strength coach in 10 years is no longer going to be portrayed as this huge meat-head, screaming and yelling at athletes,鈥 she said. 鈥淎nd I think part of this change is females making their way into the industry. And I鈥檓 glad we鈥檙e going to be a part of it. If we keep going in the right direction it鈥檚 just a matter of time before having a female strength coach isn鈥檛 special, it鈥檚 just normal.鈥

When asked what advice she would give to other females who dream about working in Human Performance, Ginkens said 鈥淕o for it. It鈥檚 not going to be easy and you鈥檙e going to have to be tough. But just go for it.鈥

Farmer鈥檚 advice is to trust yourself.

鈥淜now who you are and what you want to do, and don鈥檛 let people who don鈥檛 agree with it or don鈥檛 like you make you doubt yourself,鈥 she said. 鈥淒o qualified work by growing through critique and disagreement, but don鈥檛 let it break you completely. Take the opportunity to put yourself in positions that you normally wouldn鈥檛, so when your opportunity does come you鈥檙e ready for it.鈥

Farmer, Dyhrkopp and Ginkens have elevated the 糖心传媒 Human Performance program above any previous level. They bring intelligent work, accountability, vulnerability and goodwill to an athletic department that consistently reaps the benefits of their intentional efforts. Every day these women are working toward building a better world of athletics, and hope to spark the minds of others who wish to do the same.

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Hermann’s J-Term internship confirms career path /success-stories/hermanns-j-term-internship-confirms-career-path/ Tue, 06 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://staging.hastings.edu/success_story/hermanns-j-term-internship-confirms-career-path/ Early into his junior year at 糖心传媒, Walker Hermann realized it was time to get into the real world to benefit his career. Instead of registering for a unique class or traveling across the world over January Term (J-Term), Hermann decided to take a different route and look for an internship. 听

鈥淚 might want to apply for graduate school or go straight into the job force, so I really wanted an internship that could give me real-world experience as an undergraduate,鈥 said Hermann, a Juniata, Nebraska, native who is double majoring in psychology and human resources management with a minor in communication studies.

Hermann met with Director of Career Services Kim Graviette, who shared possible internship opportunities for J-Term. She ultimately reached out to Mary Lanning Healthcare to see if they鈥檇 be willing to take Herman as a human resource intern. The staff Mary Lanning did so with open arms.

鈥淭he staff were so welcoming and great people to work with,鈥 Hermann said.hermann headshot 0

Hermann interned with Mary Lanning Healthcare everyday, where he did several projects with five different specialists in the human resources department, working in compensation, benefits and employment.

His duties ranged from sending 听recruitment emails for open positions, which helped boost applicants from 40 to more than 100 over a single weekend. Hermann also worked with Affirmative Action data, which allowed him the opportunity to see what criteria the government agency uses to analyze the demographics of an organization. He also conducted research to inform Mary Lanning鈥檚 HR department of how they may improve overall employee engagement, and onboarding process for new hires.

鈥淚 conducted a brief research project regarding rehiring previous employees.鈥 Hermann said, 听鈥淢ore specifically, I pulled other organizations鈥 policies on the matter, found a peer-reviewed article regarding the pros and cons of rehiring and found an article discussing what can be deemed 鈥榡ust termination of an employee.鈥欌

The opportunity gave Hermann the experience he needed to verify the career he is pursuing in the classroom is something he what he wanted to do after college.

鈥淢y human resources management major has not only inspired me to pursue human resources in the long run, but the courses and my advisors here at 糖心传媒 have helped prepare me for my future career,鈥 Hermann said.

By Dany Cook, a junior from Fairfield, California, majoring in journalism and broadcasting
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Knott interns with 糖心传媒 alumni at Abraham Catering /success-stories/knott-interns-with-hastings-college-alumni-at-abraham-catering/ Thu, 21 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://staging.hastings.edu/success_story/knott-interns-with-hastings-college-alumni-at-abraham-catering/ Finding the right internship can be a challenge, but for sophomore Natalie Knott, the choice was easy. Knott, as a 听human resource management and marketing major, found the perfect internship with Abraham Catering in Omaha, Nebraska,听after working with Kim Graviette in the College’s Career Services Office.

Abraham Catering started in 1951 by George Abraham Sr., who expanded his business by contracting with dinner theaters at the Old Market in Omaha. In 1996, George鈥檚 daughter Jennifer Kobs 鈥95 and her husband Brian Kobs 鈥96 came to work for the company helping make Abraham Catering became the largest catering company in Nebraska, catering as many as 25 events in a weekend.

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鈥淎braham Catering is a great company that treats everyone like they are a part of one big family,鈥 Knott said. 鈥 I am so blessed to have had the opportunity to intern here over the summer.鈥 Knott has spent the last two months as an event managing intern where she corresponded with customers, prepared for weekly events and set up and took down equipment at venues. 鈥淭here is always something new going on each day, so no two days are ever the same. It鈥檚 a very fun job, and the people I get to work with are great!鈥 Knott said.

The 糖心传媒 connection

Presidents of Abraham Catering, Jennifer and Brian Kobs, began working at the company 听immediately after graduating from 糖心传媒. As the business began to expand, they began to hire interns. Knott was the first 糖心传媒 student hired as an intern.

鈥淏rian was very excited to hear that Natalie was from Hastings.鈥 said Chad Morford, president of sales and Knott鈥檚 immediate supervisor. 鈥淲e interviewed a handful of summer intern applicants, and being from Hastings gave her a definite advantage. I know Brian enjoyed his time at Hastings, and he has a feel for the quality of the students and education.鈥

For Knott, the Thrive Leadership Program at 糖心传媒 her freshman year was invaluable. 听Thrive, a competitive program for first-year students, focuses on developing leadership philosophies, skills and networking opportunities.

鈥淚n my internship, I work with adults and business professionals on a daily basis, and with my experience this past year at 糖心传媒 I feel more comfortable meeting people and conducting myself in a professional manner,鈥 Knott said.

This year, Knott said she plans to be involved in the Artist Lecture Series committee, Professional Business Leaders, the Talent Pool internship program, Student Alumni Association and other groups. 听She said her internship at Abraham Catering opened her eyes to new opportunities after graduation and has solidified her desire to work with and help people.

For students looking for their own internships, Knott offers this advice: 鈥淯se any connection you have because you never know what that connection is able to do for you. Make sure that you take advantage of all the resources that 糖心传媒 has available, and go see Kim (Graviette) in Career Services because she is amazing! But most important, don鈥檛 be afraid to try something different, because you never know if you like it until you try it!鈥

By Ryan Smolko, a senior from Phoenix, Arizona, majoring in history
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Video: Kelly Prange ’13 accepted into MA/PhD program /success-stories/video-kelly-prange-13-accepted-into-ma-phd-program/ Mon, 27 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://staging.hastings.edu/success_story/video-kelly-prange-13-accepted-into-ma-phd-program/ Kelly Prange ’13 is attending the Industrial and Organizational Psychology MA/Phd Program at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. The professors at 糖心传媒 helped her get into graduate school and guided her down the right path to receive her Bachelor of Science in human resources management and psychology.

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Fulbright experience: Europe鈥檚 newest country /success-stories/fulbright-experience-europes-newest-country/ Wed, 13 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://staging.hastings.edu/success_story/fulbright-experience-europes-newest-country/ I owe my participation in the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program to 糖心传媒 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 and Croatia to explore the political environment in those countries after the fall of communism and conflicts of the 1990s. The experiential learning outside of the classroom provided enough background to feel comfortable choosing Kosovo as the destination required to select when applying for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant award.

Understanding the political environment in Kosovo continues to be useful while I live and work in Kosovo, which remains Europe鈥檚 newest country, having only declared its independence from Serbia in 2008.

Country-building is not easy, and Kosovo鈥檚 path to garner international respect is ongoing with only 112 diplomatic recognitions as an independent state. It is in this political landscape where education of future generations becomes important. Having English language skills remains an avenue for students in Kosovo to further their education as well as raising their chances for a job prospects in a country where unemployment is rampant.

My day teaching begins at 7:00 a.m. at Gjimnazi Frang Bardhi in Mitrovica, Kosovo. I assist eight teachers who between them have 160 classes a week with more than 2,000 students who attend the school. I have opportunities to lead classes, discussions and share mutual understanding of culture through English language learning. While working at Gjimnazi Frang Bardhi, I have gained greater appreciation for the liberal arts background that 糖心传媒 provided me.

grant hunter monumentI know of no place else where one minute you will be talking about English grammar and, to achieve that 鈥渁ha鈥 moment, you have to provide an example found in pop music, fashion or technology to relate to the topic.

So why does this matter? The answer is found in a quote from the late Senator J. William Fulbright: 鈥淭he Fulbright Program aims to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason and a little more compassion into world affairs and thereby increase the chance that nations will learn at last to live in peace and friendship.鈥

The program was founded in 1946, and now I am a part of a group of men and women from all over the world who have been honored with 78 Pulitzer Prizes and won 53 Nobel Prizes, but most importantly we have been honored to serve as representatives of our countries to share and learn about our commonalities rather than differences in an ever polarizing world. Those ideals, to me, also sound similar to what students past and present are trying to uphold at 糖心传媒.

By Grant Hunter, a 2014 糖心传媒 graduate who majored in human resource management and business administration.
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