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 […]

The Gladys Frisch Harris Piano Festival returns to Hastings College on Saturday, March 21, featuring guest artist Dr. Amy Grinsteiner. The festival, which is free and open to the public, will be held at the Hastings College Gray Center (1100 N. Elm Avenue). Grinsteiner is a professor in the joint College of Saint Benedict and […]

Hastings College and the ASPIRE program are inviting students from across the region to experience a week of transformation, community and fun during the 2026 Hastings Youth Conference (HYC). The event, themed “Wholly Shift!”, will take place on campus from June 15 to June 19, 2026. Open to students entering the fifth grade through recently […]

The Hastings College chapter of Alpha Chi, the all-discipline collegiate academic honor society, inducted eight students during its recent induction ceremony, which was held in the Gray Center on campus. The purpose of Alpha Chi is to promote academic excellence and exemplary character among college and university students and to honor those who achieve such […]

The past few summers have been productive ones for Dr. Eleanor Reeds, associate professor of English, who has secured four consecutive Summer Research Grants from Hastings College to work on furthering her research in literary studies. In just the last few months, two of these projects have been published in peer-reviewed academic journals. Both articles […]

Hastings College will celebrate the induction of the John DeBoer Family, Krieger Electric and Ruth (McKevitt) Moore ’69 into the Pro Rege Society on Thursday, April 23, recognizing them for their long-standing dedication to the College. The ceremony will be at Lochland Country Club in Hastings and feature musical tributes by Hastings College Music. A […]

Middle and high school musicians are invited to “level up” their skills this spring at the annual Hastings College Brass Day. On Wednesday, March 18, Hastings College Music will host the internationally acclaimed Seraph Brass and the Cathedral Brass Quintet for an intensive day of coaching, rehearsals and a public performance. The event is designed […]

Hastings College is now accepting applications for Open Space, its premier summer art immersion program designed for high school juniors and seniors who are ready to take their creative practice to a collegiate level. Open Space, which will be held Sunday, June 14, to Saturday, June 20, offers a week of intensive, hands-on studio work […]

The Hastings College Forensics team is heading into the spring season with significant momentum. By the end of the fall semester, all nine team members successfully qualified for the national tournament, securing qualifications in 16 different events. “This team has worked hard to get all nine members qualified for nationals by the end of the […]