Armed with paint, blank canvases and zero advance notice of the theme, about 200 high school students from 36 Nebraska schools will take over part of the Hastings College campus Wednesday, Sept. 30, for the annual Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC) Mural Day Competition. The competition challenges teams of up to six students per school […]

From molten glass and cast metal to vivid canvases and intricate prints, the newest exhibition at Hastings College highlights the dual roles of artist and educator. The exhibition, “Maker | Mentor: Form, Material, Motion,” is open now through Nov. 13 at the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC) and brings together seven members from the Hastings […]

A downtown parade, hall of fame celebrations, alumni reunions, Bronco athletics and the crowning of student royalty will take center stage as Hastings College celebrates Homecoming 2026 from September 24-27. The annual tradition brings together alumni, community members, students and families to celebrate Bronco spirit. Ahead of next weekend’s festivities, the student body selected 10 […]

Hastings College has announced that Ron Priebe, a standout men’s basketball player from the class of 1964, will be enshrined in its Athletic Hall of Fame as a Legacy inductee during Homecoming festivities later this month. Priebe, a resident of Gibbon, Nebraska, was a four-year letterwinner and a three-year starter for the Broncos. Playing his […]

What if a college education could help students answer two questions at the same time: What career should I pursue, and what kind of life do I want to lead? A new grant will help Hastings College students explore both. The College has received a $150,000 grant commitment from the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate […]

A new piece of academic scholarship co-authored by Dr. Beatrice Waterhouse, visiting assistant professor of sociology at Hastings College, has been published in Prooftexts: A Journal of Jewish Literary History. The article, titled “Restoring the Canon with New Translations of Yiddish Women Writers,” was co-authored alongside Na’amit Sturm Nagel, a doctoral candidate at UC Irvine. […]

Two concurrent exhibitions by Rondall Reynoso, assistant professor of painting and chair of the Hastings College Department of Visual Arts, open today in the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center. Both exhibitions run through September 18, with a free public reception scheduled for Thursday, September 3, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the JDAC. Located in the […]

Hastings College and X-Stream Sports have agreed to a one-year contract extension, continuing a partnership that has grown significantly since it began three years ago. The 2026-27 season marks the third consecutive year X-Stream Sports, at x-streamsports.com, has provided exclusive live play-by-play coverage of Hastings College athletics, and this year’s agreement features even more extensive […]

With more than 200 victories, back-to-back state championships and national recognition, Thomas Nettleton ‘07/MAT ‘09 has been named the recipient of the Hastings College Alumni Association’s Outstanding Alumni Coach award for 2026. Nettleton, a social studies teacher and head girls soccer coach at Lincoln Southwest High School, will be honored during the Athletic Hall of […]

Ten years after sharing one of the greatest single days in Hastings College sports history — capturing two NAIA national titles on December 3, 2016 — seven standout student-athletes and two legendary teams will be enshrined as the 37th class of the Hastings College Athletic Hall of Fame. The induction reception and banquet will take […]