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CULTIVATING A COMMUNITY

Written by University of Nebraska at Omaha | May 8, 2022 1:00:00 PM

MAKAYLA THOMPSON

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (UNL)

Architectural Engineering

There’s the community you are born into, and then there’s the community that you choose.


A Pella, Iowa native, Makayla Thompson found there is a community for everyone right here in Omaha.

“UNO has allowed me to find pockets of community, whether that was in the engineering student organizations, college bible studies with Salt Company, or dorm life within the Scott Scholar community,” she said.