The 3rd yearly Miles For Mik event, a 24-hour journey devoted to boosting funds for the Mikaelah Molifua Memorial Scholarship at Hastings University, is established for this Friday and Saturday, April 12-13, 2024.
All over the 24 hrs, Hastings Higher education physical training teacher Casey Molifua 󈧓/MAT 󈧕 and associate professor of artwork Dr. Brian Corr 󈨧 will wander 1 mile all-around Heartwell Park — often carrying weighted vests. The duo will start at 6:00 a.m. on April 12, and they invite anybody in the region to prevent and stroll with them, or stroll or jog a mile where ever they may well be in honor of Mikaelah “Mik” Molifua or any cherished 1 shed to cancer.
For the 12:00 p.m. hour on Friday, Hastings University workforce and college students will sign up for Molifua and Corr as a single community to wander the mile all over Heartwell Park.
“We invite other folks to stroll with our campus local community, but also to consider some time to try to remember a liked just one missing to most cancers, have a discussion with a pal or colleague, or basically get pleasure from a wander in the park with our neighborhood. All are welcome,” Molifua said. “For those not in Hastings, we invite you to stroll and where ever you may perhaps be.”
People who understood Mik, in lifestyle or in spirit, are in a position to take part by making a gift to mature the scholarship. Particulars and a hyperlink to a supplying kind can be discovered at hastings.edu/mik. The intention for Miles for Mik this 12 months is to mature the scholarship’s endowment by $10,000.
The home foundation for the function is the Jackson Dinsdale Art Centre (700 E. 12th Street).
This is the third year the duo has carried out the 24-hour journey to expand the endowment of the scholarship named following Casey Molifua’s sister.
The scholarship gains Hastings Higher education scholar-athletes with economical need and an excellent spirit and enthusiasm for the Broncos. Particular consideration is provided to learners struggling with overall health worries.
About Mikaelah Molifua
Handful of have worn Hastings College Crimson with as substantially energy, enthusiasm and positivity as Mikaelah Molifua.
When the Lincoln North Star graduate arrived on campus as a very first-year university student, she’d currently defeated Stage IV most cancers and was ready to channel her electric spirit into all points Bronco-similar. As she earned her undergraduate degree in English education and learning, she competed for the Bronco cheer and softball groups, served as a resident assistant in Babcock Hall, and led Alpha Delta Alpha sorority. In 2014, she even earned the title Ms. Bronco in the annual campus expertise competition.
Just after graduating in 2017, Mikaelah remained on campus to get paid a Grasp of Arts in Teaching degree with a physical instruction endorsement. She also became head mentor for the Bronco Cheer and Crimson Spirit Dance groups.
Which is when most cancers returned. Usually optimistic, Mikaelah taught the Hastings Faculty loved ones to be courageous and Molifua Potent in the face of adversity. She died on June 26, 2020.
Hastings College is a 4-yr household college or university that focuses on student tutorial and extracurricular achievement. Find extra at hastings.edu.