February 2025

High school students from central Nebraska presented their History Day projects on campus for the district History Day competition on February 25. This year’s theme for entries was “Rights and Responsibilities in History” and students entered projects on a variety of topics, with winners from each event advancing to the state competition. Eleven projects from […]

We want to believe that serendipity brings us together, but is that just a myth? Mining the comedy of missed connections, Hastings College theatre’s performance of “This Random World” asks the serious question of how often we travel parallel paths through the world without noticing. From an ailing woman who plans one final trip, to

The Hastings College forensics team hosted the 140th Nebraska Intercollegiate Forensics Association (NIFA) State Tournament February 8 and the Broncos took second place overall for the fourth year in a row with four members placing in eight events. The competition featured 83 competitors from nine schools, including Hastings College, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, University of

Terry Liggins, a National Champion Division II athlete who has become an advocate for life coaching teens, young professionals and vulnerable adults in Sioux Falls, S.D., is speaking at Hastings College about leadership in the diverse climate of the 21st century. The talk, which is free and open to the public, is Sunday, February 23

ASPIRE at Hastings College held a Faith Advisory Council retreat last week on campus. ASPIRE is the Academy of Student Preachers Inspiring Religious Engagement, which is funded by a grant, and the Faith Advisory Council provides support and input to the program. This was the first in-person retreat for the group, which held its inaugural

The Hastings College Choir, under the direction of Dr. Brett Epperson, is embarking on a regional tour through parts of Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska this week. Long an audience favorite, the choir will present an eclectic program of favorites. Epperson, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities, and the Choir will select from

Avery Usher, a first year Hastings College student from Lincoln, Nebraska, is one of just 20 students selected for Interfaith America’s Bridgebuilders Relating Across Interfaith Differences (BRAID) student fellowship, a competitive program open to undergraduates anywhere in the nation. Interfaith America is an organization founded on the belief that religious differences should not be a

In 1885, just three years after Hastings College opened its doors, it hosted the inaugural Nebraska Collegiate Oratorical Association state tournament. While the College has hosted the tournament several times since then, and the organization became the National Intercollegiate Forensics Association (NIFA) in the 1920s, the state tournament — the 140th — is back in