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Campus News

April 9, 2024 8:30 am·

Hastings College Music to host spring percussion summit, concert

Hastings College Music is hosting its inaugural Spring Percussion Summit on Saturday, April 13 in Fuhr Hall (927 N. Ash Avenue), with a concert featuring Hastings College and University of Nebraska–Kearney percussionists…

April 8, 2024 10:34 am·

Alpha Chi students, alumnus, professor honored at national convention

The Hastings College chapter of Alpha Chi, an academic honorary, saw two of its members receive top honors at the 2024 Alpha Chi National Convention that was held April 4-6 in Birmingham,…

Best of Nebraska Teen Writing 2024 book cover

April 3, 2024 4:33 pm·

Ceremony to recognize 52 students with Nebraska Scholastic Writing Awards

Hastings College is hosting an awards ceremony Friday, April 5 to recognize 52 outstanding young writers from across Nebraska as an affiliate of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. College faculty and…

March 28, 2024 2:26 pm·

Hastings College offers viewing options for April 8 partial solar eclipse

Hastings College physics professor Dr. Brad Peterson and physics students are giving stargazers and eclipse enthusiasts — and anyone who would like to come — an opportunity to view the partial solar…

March 28, 2024 10:16 am·

First senior art thesis exhibition open through April 8

The first thesis gallery show of the spring is open now through April 8 in the Hastings College Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC). This exhibition features work from Anna Bryan of Lincoln,…

March 27, 2024 8:25 am·

Dean chosen as participant for competitive seminar on interfaith understanding

Dr. Dorothy Dean, Hastings College assistant professor of religion, has been selected to participate in the Council of Independent Colleges and Interfaith America multidisciplinary seminar, “Teaching Interfaith Understanding.” Dean, who was nominated…

March 25, 2024 4:38 pm·

Piano festival to feature Huber, classes for students in grades 8-12

Critically acclaimed concert pianist Kenneth Huber will perform at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 6 in the Hastings College Fuhr Hall of Music as part of the annual Gladys Frisch Harris Piano…

March 22, 2024 12:43 pm·

Hastings College to host Compelling Preaching Conference in June

Presbyterian preachers, alumni preachers, local pastors, Christian Ministry students and seminary students are invited to attend a Compelling Preaching Conference June 16-21 on the campus of Hastings College. The cross-generational conference is…

March 14, 2024 9:56 am·

Six students capture top honors at regional History Day

Middle and high school students from across central Nebraska showed off their History Day projects on campus for the district History Day competition recently. This year’s theme for entries was “Turning Points…

March 7, 2024 12:09 pm·

Hastings College announces 2024 Central Region Science Fair results

More than 120 students from area schools entered 100 projects in the Central Regional Science Fair for the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences on Tuesday, March 5. The fair was hosted by…