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A great school at a great price. That’s how Hastings College has been described in the 2016 U.S. News and World Report Best College Rankings released on September 9, 2015. Hastings is the only college in the state to receive the coveted “Great Schools, Great Price” distinction. “What distinguishes Hastings College from other institutions is […]

Earlier today, Washington Monthly released its 2015 College Rankings in which Hastings College is recognized as 26th out of 350 colleges in the Best Baccalaureate Colleges category. In 2014, the publication, which looks closely not only at education but also how schools facilitate social mobility, allocate research funds and foster community service, ranked the College

Students have elected Ethan Carpenter of Lincoln, Nebraska, to serve as president of the Student Association for the 2015-2016 academic year. Assisting him with this governance role will be SA vice president Tyler Schuster of LaVista, Nebraska; secretary Laura Hurley of Omaha, Nebraska; treasurer Collin Tedesco of Castle Rock, Colorado; and parliamentarian Cameron Bargell of

All jokes aside, on Wednesday, April 22, Hastings College will welcome the Interfaith Amigos. Pastor Don Mackenzie, Rabbi Ted Falcon and Imam Jamal Rahman—known as the Interfaith Amigos—started working together after 9/11. The trio is best known for their unique blend of spiritual wisdom and humor used to openly address the usual taboos of interfaith

To view a transcript of Ambassador Jackson’s speech, click here (.pdf). To view all of the 2015 Commencement exercises, click here for the video. Entering the Foreign Service seems an odd career path for an art education major but not for 1971 Hastings College alumna Jeanine Jackson. As U.S. Ambassador to Malawi and Burkina Faso

Give to Hastings College’s annual fund – known as the 1882 Fund – by June 30 and double your gift’s impact on supporting student scholarships, research and classroom technology and student activities. Thanks to a challenge issued by Hal Dittmer ’62, a long-time friend of Hastings College and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, any

Student journalists from Hastings College will for the eighth year provide coverage of the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Championship. The tournament runs from March 11-17, 2015, in Sioux City, Iowa. HC Media will produce live streams for 30 games in six days. The streaming games will be available through a paid service offered by

What’s the future of Hastings College look like? Don Jackson ’70, President of the College, provided a glimpse today. In preparation for its Board of Trustees meetings on January 23, 2015, and the start of the spring semester, the College released a rendering of the 9th Street Plaza. Designed to serve as a beautiful entrance

  The $8.5 million facility to house Art Department, engage community in celebration of art. Soon after Don Jackson ’70 became President of Hastings College, student Jackson Dinsdale met with him – first to introduce himself and then to discuss an issue about which he felt very strongly. “Jackson said, ‘Don, the art department is

A selection of the permanent collection from the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts will be on display at the Hastings College Art Gallery in Hastings, Nebraska, during the months of November and December. It is the first time that the artworks have been exhibited outside the walls of the Center’s home in Nebraska