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Campus News

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…

March 1, 2024 10:39 am·

Langvardt scholar to present on disability in graphic novels

Hastings College student Celina Chrisman of Harvard, Nebraska, will present a Langvardt Scholar Lecture titled “Reframing Monstrosity: Exploring Disability Representation in Graphic Novels,” on Wednesday, March 6, at 1:30 p.m. at the…

February 29, 2024 3:36 pm·

Pro Rege Society induction ceremony set for April 18

Hastings College will induct two individuals and a family into its Pro Rege Society on Thursday, April 18, honoring Hal Dittmer ‘62, Jim Dugan and the Kim and Tom Dinsdale Family. Hastings…

February 29, 2024 10:41 am·

Aspiring high school Christian leaders encouraged to apply to Open Call

Hastings College is accepting applications for Open Call, a residential experience for current high school freshman, sophomores and juniors who are exploring a call to Christian ministry. The week-long program, to be…

February 28, 2024 3:45 pm·

High school juniors invited to apply to Open Space for visual, performing arts

Open Space for the Visual and Performing Arts immersion experience for current high school juniors is set for Tuesday, June 18 through Saturday, June 22 on the Hastings College campus. The application…

February 28, 2024 9:43 am·

Forensics team finds success at state tournament, Banks given top honor

Earlier this month, the Hastings College forensics team competed at the Nebraska Intercollegiate Forensics Association’s State Tournament, where the team brought home second place for the third year in a row —…

Poster with hand drawn monsters promoting a theatre production.

February 15, 2024 9:04 am·

Hastings College theatre to produce ‘She Kills Monsters’

The Hastings College Theatre production of “She Kills Monsters” is a play about stories. Stories we create. Stories we tell. Stories we share. After her sister Tilly dies in a car accident,…