April 2026

During the annual Honors Convocation on April 29, Hastings College presented Marissa Ruiz of Las Vegas, Nevada with the Bronco Award. Established in 1924, the Bronco Award is the highest non-academic award granted to the College’s students. Recipients of the Bronco Award and the accompanying Who’s Who list are chosen through a vote of their […]

During Hastings College’s Honors Convocation on April 29, students and faculty were recognized for their exceptional accomplishments. The Don and Nancy Seaton Faculty Achievement Award was presented to Dr. Bobbi Buchholz, professor of mathematics and chair of the department. This award is presented to a faculty member for “unusually significant and meritorious achievement in teaching.”

Larissa Kaz, a senior from Jim Falls, Wisconsin, took home Best of Show for her ceramics piece, “Seed Pod,” at the 2026 Council of Independent Nebraska Colleges Foundation/Lincoln Industries Student Art Show. She was one of five students from the College who captured awards at the annual show. Steven Johnson, a sophomore from Crete, Nebraska,

On Saturday, April 25, Hastings College held a special ceremony to unveil a Willa Cather statuette, a scale replica of the bronze statue representing Nebraska in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol. Rev. Jimmy Shelbourn, a 1976 Hastings College alumnus, and his spouse Carol, gifted the 18-inch bronze to the College to

Hastings College Music invites the community to its final performance of the academic year: the Music Finale Extravaganza. This celebratory showcase will take place on Sunday, May 3, at 3 p.m. at the Masonic Center (411 N. Hastings Avenue). Admission is free and the event is open to the public. The concert serves as a

Hastings College invites students, alumni and the community to join the fifth and final Miles For Mik, a 24-hour walk/run event beginning at 6:00 a.m. on Friday, May 1. The event is held in memory of Mikaelah “Mik” Molifua, a 2017 graduate and former Bronco student-athlete and coach who passed away in 2020 after a

The Hastings College Forensics team competed at the American Forensics Association’s National Speech Tournament (AFA-NST) April 4-6 at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. The team’s top competitor at nationals was Madi Holman, a first-year student from Franklin, Nebraska, who advanced to national quarterfinals in dramatic interpretation, placing her in the top 26 of

Lilac Ramsey, a senior religion/philosophy and psychology double major from Wilson, North Carolina, won first place in an annual Theta Alpha Kappa (TAK) essay competition for their paper titled “Collective Tissue: Animals, Religion, and the Interwovenness of Theology.” The honor, the Albert Clark Award, comes with a cash prize and publication of the essay in

Hastings College students will share research and projects, and the College will honor the high achievements of students and faculty during its annual Celebration of Excellence on Wednesday, April 29. All events are free and open to the public. Additional details can be found at hastings.edu/as. Classes are canceled for the day so students and

Five Hastings College seniors will showcase their work in the second senior thesis art exhibition, which is open April 24 to May 8 at the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC). The exhibition features a wide variety of mediums and individual storytelling from Casper Campbell of Columbus, Nebraska; Josie Cooley of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Liam Sites