March 2020

Students enrolled in creative writing courses at Hastings College this academic year have had the opportunity to design and lead writing workshops for community members in partnership with the SASA Crisis Center of Hastings. Dr. Eleanor Reeds, assistant professor in the Department of Languages and Literatures, was asked by SASA in fall 2019 to develop […]

With the transition to online classes for the final block of the spring semester, Hastings College wanted to maintain as many services for students as it could — including counseling services, which moved online this week using a secure video conferencing service. Hastings College counselors Taylor Kindig and Jon Loetterle are conducting online counseling sessions

The Jackson Dinsdale Art Center had intended to showcase the work of Hastings College students throughout the month of March for the Juried Student Exhibition, but with the closing of the gallery, many people may not have had an opportunity to view the 23 works on display. While the gallery is closed, the College created

Hastings College hosted seven schools that participated in the Central Regional Science Fair for the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences on Wednesday, March 4. Schools that participated in this year’s Central Regional Science Fair were Adams Central Junior/Senior High School, Central City Public Schools, O’Neill Public Schools, Ravenna High School, Sandhills High School and Silver

Hastings College instructor Dr. Bob Fuson was invited to speak at three conferences for his research on the late LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and one of the founding members of the Dave Matthews Band. “On LeRoi Moore” was Fuson’s presentation’s title at the Black Innovation in Music conference in Charlottesville, Virginia, in October 2019. The conference

Preston Love Jr. will give a talk at Hastings College at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, March 23. The talk is in French Memorial Chapel (800 N. Turner Avenue) and is free and open to the public. Love was originally scheduled to be a Martin Luther King Jr. Day speaker in January, but the event was

The Hastings College student media team will manage all game livestreams from the 2020 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championship. The students will be in Sioux City, Iowa, March 11-17, and will produce all 31 games, including the semifinal and championship games on March 16 and 17, that will stream on ESPN3. Hastings College

Hastings College will be hosting the annual Lou-Platte Art Conference and Art Competition starting the afternoon of March 16 through March 21 in the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (700 East 12th Street). Students from 10 schools will submit about 250 pieces of art and have the opportunity to attend workshops. Pieces submitted as part of

For the month of March, Hastings College student artwork will be featured in the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center gallery. Students from across campus were invited to submit their work in a variety of mediums for the Juried Student Exhibition. This year’s open show for students was curated by Mychaelyn Michalec, an artist whose work depicts

For the Battle for the Capital Swing, the Hastings College Forensics team traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska, February 29-March 1. The swing was hosted by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the University of Nebraska–Omaha. The Hastings College team qualified four more events to the American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET): Senior Melissa Loney qualified