The Gladys Frisch Harris Piano Festival returns to Hastings College in April, bringing an outstanding teacher-performer to campus for a day of informative and inspiring activities. This year’s clinician is Dr. Gary Pedersen, who will give a lecture-recital on “World War II Music: The Pianos that Helped Win the War,” at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, […]

Alpha Chi celebrated its 70th academic year on Hastings College campus recently by inducting seven new students. Alpha Chi is a coeducational academic honor society designed to promote academic excellence and exemplary character among college students and to honor those who achieve such distinction. Only juniors and seniors who place in the top 10 percent […]

Hastings College hosted the Central Regional Science Fair for the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences (NJAS) on March 12 in the Morrison-Reeves Science Center. The fair drew 154 students from across central Nebraska. The science fair is split into two divisions. The Junior Division is open to students in sixth through eighth grades, while the […]

Two Hastings College students presented research at the 25th annual No Limits conference in Lincoln, Nebraska, March 8. The No Limits conference is an interdisciplinary undergraduate, graduate or recent graduate conference that explores a wide range of issues related to women, gender and sexuality. In addition to advancing their skills, the students were allowed to […]

Cori Barwick, a student at Hastings (Nebraska) Middle School, earned a $6,000 scholarship to Hastings College for her individual exhibit titled, “The Race to the South Pole.” She received her award February 27, when Hastings College hosted a regional event for National History Day for middle and high school students. Other top students receiving scholarships […]

Six Hastings College history students presented original research at the Phi Alpha Theta Nebraska Regional Conference in Omaha, Nebraska, February 28-March 2. Students who presented their work are members of the Hastings College history honorary society, Phi Alpha Theta. In addition to gaining experience by presenting their work, the conference, which held both undergraduate and […]

Janae Johnson, the 2015 Women of the World Poetry Champion and 2015 National Poetry Slam Champion is coming to Hastings College Wednesday, March 13, for a 7:00 p.m. performance and presentation in Scott Studio Theatre (806 N. Turner Avenue) that is free and open to the public. Johnson will present “Lyrical Justice: Giving Voice to […]

The Hastings College student media team is in Sioux City, Iowa, for the next week producing livestream coverage of the 2019 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championship, which runs March 6-12. These students produce the livestream of all 31 games, including the semifinals and championship games on March 11 and 12 that stream on […]

Four high school students were named Hastings College Walter Scott Scholars recently during the College’s Bronco Scholars Day event. This full tuition scholarship is one of the most celebrated and competitive scholarships offered to students at Hastings College. Students named Walter Scott Scholars include: Joseph Campbell of Columbus High School in Columbus, Nebraska Emma Downing […]