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Prestigious full-ride leadership scholarship program welcomes students from Nebraska and four other states. Hastings College has announced the newest cohort of students selected for the Scott Scholars Program, a premier, four-year, full-ride leadership scholarship supported by the Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation. The program brings together high‑achieving students committed to academic excellence, leadership development and […]

Hastings College recognized 53 of Nebraska’s most talented young writers during an awards ceremony on Thursday, April 2. As the state’s affiliate for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the College held an afternoon of workshops and celebrations for students, parents and educators. Of the honorees, 11 students earned Gold Key awards, advancing their work

Hastings College President Dr. Rich Lloyd and Dave Rippe, director of the College’s Scott Scholars Program, are set to join a series of public conversations hosted by the Flatwater Free Press on Friday, April 10, at the World Theatre in Kearney. The Flatwater Forum: Tri-Cities features six panels designed as “journalism on stage,” bringing together

The Hastings College Department of Languages and Literatures will host Spanish poet, teacher, publisher and politician Juan Luis Calbarro for a public lecture on Wednesday, April 8. The presentation, titled “A Biographical Approach to Writing Poetry in a Transient World,” will take place at 1:30 p.m. in the Wilson Center auditorium (814 N. Turner Avenue).

Five Hastings College seniors will showcase their work in the first senior thesis art exhibition, which is open April 7-22 at the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC). The exhibition features a diverse range of media and personal narratives from Issy Bonomo of North Platte, Nebraska; Fayth Brudvig of Nelson, Nebraska; Lily Krahulik of Lyman, Nebraska;

A Hastings College professor and four students recently traveled to the University of Missouri–Kansas City to present original research at the Great Plains Political Science Association (GPPSA) annual conference, held March 19-20. Political science professor Dr. Bob Amyot presented a paper titled “Are Liberals Just as Intolerant as Conservatives when It Comes to Politics? Personality,

Five Hastings College students were selected to perform with the Nebraska Intercollegiate Band during the Nebraska State Bandmasters Association (NSBA) spring conference, held March 5-7 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Intercollegiate Band features more than 100 of the finest collegiate musicians from across the state. Students are nominated by their directors and selected based on the

The Hastings College chapter of Alpha Chi, the all-discipline academic honorary, participated in the national Alpha Chi convention on March 11-13, 2026, in Orlando, Florida. Sophia Lee, a junior wildlife biology major, received a national presentation award for the best presentation in Health Sciences, and the group’s advisor, Dr. Jessica Henry, received one of seven

The Hastings College Juried All Student Art Show will be on view from March 19 to April 2, 2026, in the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center gallery (700 E. 12th Street). During the reception, awards were presented: Best of Show: Janet Soto Samaniego, “Iyan Moon Yang,” ceramics Best 2D: Josephine Hanako Cooley, “The One,” oil paint

Dr. Brad Dinardo, associate professor of physics, will give an Invited Faculty Lecture titled “Lasers! And the coolest stuff in the universe!” on Wednesday, March 25, at 1:30 p.m. in French Memorial Chapel. The lecture is free and open to the public. In his talk, Dinardo will explore the legacy of the laser — one