The Hastings College annual Celebration of Excellence will be honoring the high achievements of students and faculty on Wednesday, April 27. All events are free and open to the public, and additional details can be found at hastings.edu/as. Classes are canceled for the day, so all students can participate in the events. Celebration of Excellence […]

Hastings College Theatre has announced performances for two upcoming capstones productions, a stand-up comedy show to be staged off campus this Friday and Saturday, April 22 and 23, and an original one-act production to be held on campus April 28-30. For her capstone, senior theatre major Darci Wax of Colorado Springs, Colorado, is performing a […]

Hastings College senior Olivia Perez of Lincoln, Nebraska, will present the annual Sara Jane Gardner Memorial Lecture at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, April 25, in Wilson Auditorium; it is free and open to the public. The presentation, titled “Nationalism, Nazis and a Crowbar: An Analysis of the Kaunas Pogrom in Lithuania,” begins with a gruesome […]

The work of five senior art majors make up the first of two thesis shows this year in the Hastings College Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC). The show is open now through April 24 in both JDAC galleries, which are open from 9:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. A public lecture and reception […]

The Hastings College Broncos Forensics team finished 11th in the nation at its national tournament, the AFA-NST, which was held recently in Lincoln, Nebraska. This is the fifth year in a row the team finished in the top 12 at nationals. Sam Johnson, a senior from Hastings, Nebraska, was named an All-American at the tournament. […]

Natalie Watson, a Hastings College junior from Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee, presented a philosophy paper at the annual No Limits! Student Research Conference. Held in March at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, No Limits! is an interdisciplinary conference for graduate and undergraduate work that explores a wide range of issues related to women, gender and sexuality. Watson […]

The Hastings College chapter of Psi Chi, the psychology academic honor society, inducted 10 students during its recent spring induction service. This year’s Psi Chi inductees include: Emma Albers, a senior from Hastings, Nebraska. Jose Acevedo, a senior from Grand Island, Nebraska. Elizabeth Baade, a sophomore from Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Ian Bauer, a senior from […]

The Hastings College Lecture Series is hosting Rinku Sen, a widely read and respected theorist and practitioner of racial justice organizing, advocacy and media, on Wednesday, April 13, at 1:00 p.m. in French Memorial Chapel. The lecture, “The Roots of Real Unity: How our stories build the future,” will be presented on the Chapel’s large […]

Hastings College will induct two individuals and a local business into its Pro Rege Society on April 21, honoring Anne (Fairbanks) Bohlke, Bruce Gulliver ’70 and Five Points Bank. Hastings College will recognize the individuals and business for their long-standing dedication to the College. The ceremony will be held at Lochland Country Club in Hastings […]

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers recently announced National Medalists in the annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, with three students from Nebraska being named National Medalists, and one, Ashley Binstock of Wahoo, being one of 11 writing students nationally to receive the program’s highest honor. To qualify for national consideration, these students first […]