The Hastings College Lecture Series is hosting Rinku Sen, a widely read and respected theorist and practitioner of racial justice organizing, advocacy and media, on Wednesday, April 13, at 1:00 p.m. in French Memorial Chapel. The lecture, “The Roots of Real Unity: How our stories build the future,” will be presented on the Chapel’s large […]

Hastings College will induct two individuals and a local business into its Pro Rege Society on April 21, honoring Anne (Fairbanks) Bohlke, Bruce Gulliver ’70 and Five Points Bank. Hastings College will recognize the individuals and business for their long-standing dedication to the College. The ceremony will be held at Lochland Country Club in Hastings […]

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers recently announced National Medalists in the annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, with three students from Nebraska being named National Medalists, and one, Ashley Binstock of Wahoo, being one of 11 writing students nationally to receive the program’s highest honor. To qualify for national consideration, these students first […]

The Hastings College chapter of Alpha Chi, an academic honorary, saw two of its members receive top honors at the 2022 Alpha Chi National Convention held in Austin, Texas on March 24-27. Kiante Stuart, a junior from Nassau, The Bahamas, majoring in communication studies, business administration and marketing, attended the convention and shared her capstone […]

Middle and high school students from across central Nebraska submitted their History Day projects online for the district History Day contest this year. Following the 2021-22 theme of “Debate & Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, Consequences,” students entered projects on a variety of topics, with winners from each event advancing to the state History Day […]

To expand and reinforce the natural strengths and potential within each person, the Hastings College CliftonStrengths team is partnering with the Kansas State University Strengths Team to host several events on campus March 29-31 for students and employees. Billed as “Strengths Week,” sessions will explore how areas of high talent contribute to what each person […]

Over the next seven days, the Hastings College student media team will manage all game livestreams for the 2022 NAIA Women’s Basketball National Championship in Sioux City, Iowa. The students left for Sioux City on Tuesday, and are setting up and testing equipment today, with games starting tomorrow. They will return March 23. During that […]

Three Hastings College students traveled to College Station, Texas to present at the 12th Annual Texas A&M History Conference last month. The conference featured graduate and undergraduate work from a wide variety of institutions under this year’s theme, “Exploring the Margins of History.” In selecting this theme, the conference organizers sought to honor the evolution […]

The Hastings College chapter of Alpha Chi, the all-discipline collegiate academic honor society, inducted four students during its recent spring induction service. This year’s Alpha Chi inductees include: Jordyn Duffy, a sophomore from Colorado Springs, Colorado, who is majoring in biochemistry. Landry Hinkson, a sophomore from Bazaar, Kansas, who is majoring in communications studies. Rachel […]

“Sassy Singles, Reluctant Virgins, Playboys, and Husband Hunters: Advice for Single Americans in the 20th Century” is the title of Dr. Catherine Biba’s Invited Faculty Lecture, which is free and open to the public on Wednesday, March 23, at 1:00 p.m. in French Memorial Chapel. Biba, an associate professor of history, said over the years, […]