This is the third in a series marking the 50th year of SHP that we’re calling 50 Years 50 Stories of SHP. Everyone who has been involved with Summer Honors has contributed to its overall story, and here we plan to tell many interesting sub-stories about challenges SHP has faced, traditions SHP has inspired, and lives SHP has influenced. Please let us know if you have something to contribute to this series — for example, story ideas; written, video, or audio content; or volunteer time.
Alex (Alber) Jenn (SHP 2012-2015) recently visited with Mike Lewis (SHP 1986-1990, SHPAA founder), mainly about two topics. First, as an SHP student in 2014, Alex sewed together the Tiny Tim doll, piece by piece, as a tribute to former SHP director Tim Burke. Second, Alex was in the SHP Entrepreneurship class all four of her years, and it changed the course of her life. She went on to launch several projects, including a Holdrege nonprofit that sends food home with schoolkids. Today, in addition to her full-time engagement and operations job at UNK, she owns a wedding and event decoration business.