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Hastings College has announced the Dean’s List for its fall 2017 semester. For the semester, 397 students from 24 states and three countries were named to the Dean’s List, with 246 students achieving a 4.0 grade point average. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must achieve a grade point average of 3.7 to […]
...The Hastings College departments of Theatre and Music will be performing Gilbert and Sullivan’s popular “The Pirates of Penzance” for its 2018 January Term (J-Term) production. This classic comic operetta of fair maidens, wimpy pirates and overzealous police is fun for the whole family. In the show, Frederic has spent 20 years of his life […]
...Hastings College has scheduled several activities as part of its Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration on Monday, January 15, 2018. All events are free and open to the public. To facilitate opportunities for students and faculty to participate, morning January Term (J-Term) classes will meet from 9:00 to 10:20 a.m. that day, while afternoon J-Term […]
...During three weeks in January, Hastings College students have the opportunity to experience January Term, or J-Term. It’s a time when students immerse themselves in one course, travel the country or travel abroad as part of a learning experience, or grow their skills through an internship or practicum. This year is the 52nd J-Term at […]
...Through the use of wood, paint, found objects, laser cutting, 3D printing and proprietary, inter-dimensional media, Kevin Mercer’s “Yonder Dreams” exhibition ushers visitors across the threshold of time and space, abandoning earthly preoccupations. “Yonder Dreams” is open now through January 26 in the Hastings College Jackson Dinsdale Art Center critique gallery. It features new work […]
...“Fire & Ice: The faceted textiles of MJ Kinman” is coming to the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC) at Hastings College January 2-26, 2018. Artist MJ Kinman works with fabric and paint to create giant portraits of colored gemstones. “Inspired by the image of an actual stone, I study the gem to understand its personality,” […]
...Four students were recognized by the Hastings College chapter of Lambda Pi Eta (LPH) for outstanding speeches presented December 10 during the Bernie Tushaus Memorial Speaking Event at the College. LPH is a national collegiate honorary society dedicated to the study of human communication in a myriad of forms. Each semester the local chapter, Phi […]
...A scientific manuscript co-authored by Dr. Amanda Solem, assistant professor of biology at Hastings College, was published online November 6 as part of the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) scientific journal. The manuscript and research highlight the link between RNA structure and protein expression in alpha-1-antitrypsin. Problems with […]
...Hastings College students received travel grants and presented papers, and three faculty members presented their work, at the National Communication Association (NCA) annual conference in Dallas, Texas in November. Seniors Andrew Boge, communication studies major from Johnston, Iowa; Kenzie Shofner, a communication studies major from Maple Plain, Minnesota; and Hannah Moody, a communication studies and […]
...Dr. Jonathan Sokasits, professor of piano at Hastings College, released “Intersections: Character Pieces in the Jazz Idiom” this fall through Albany Records, a company specializing in contemporary classical music, particularly by American composers. The CD is the culmination of Sokasits’ sabbatical research about the musical genre of jazz. “I’ve always been interested in jazz music, […]
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