The Hastings College Lecture Series Student Symposium committee has announced its upcoming day-long speaker series set for Wednesday, November 3. This year, the student committee members invited speakers who will expand the theme “Climate Change” with topics of social, environmental and political change. The symposium will include both in-person and virtual presenters — all in […]

Six individuals have joined the Hastings College Board of Trustees, and participated fully in a Board meeting that was held on campus last week. During the meeting, Ann Martin, a 1977 Hastings College graduate, was elected to serve as Board chair. Martin joined the Board in 2015. Martin succeeds Roger Doerr, who retired from the […]

The Hastings College chapter of Alpha Chi, the collegiate all-discipline academic honor society, inducted seven students on October 19. 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 distinction. Students accepted are those who place in the top 10 […]

Four alumni members have joined the Hastings College Foundation Board of Trustees, the Foundation announced today. The Board, which meets on campus semi-annually, provides counsel on fundraising and college initiatives and awards Innovation Grants to creative campus projects. New board members are: Dr. Tammy Heflebower, a 1990 Hastings College graduate, is president of Inspire Consulting, […]

Works by Shabnam Jannesari, a visiting instructor of art, are featured in the west gallery of the Hastings College Jackson Dinsdale Art Center now through December 3. The show, “Ribbons of Space,” includes paintings and drawings created in the last two years. The JDAC galleries, at 700 E. 12th Street, are free and open to […]

Hastings College and Bryan College of Health Sciences announced today that they have raised $2.5 million of the $3.1 million needed to build out and equip education facilities for a second location for Bryan’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, a workforce development partnership that will help address South Central Nebraska’s nursing shortage. The nursing […]

The Hastings College Alumni Association presented Seth Denney ‘94 with its 2021 Outstanding Alumni Award during yesterday’s NTV News at 6 p.m. newscast. The show was dedicated to Denney to highlight his career with the station. Denney has served as the evening news anchor at NTV for 22 years. He announced last month he was […]

Hastings College has awarded a new round of grants made available to students from the American Rescue Plan. Grants totaled $1.28 million and came from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund portion of ARP. HEERF III was signed into law on March 11 and provided $39.6 billion in support to institutions of higher education to […]

Hastings College is launching a new financial aid program for students who attend high school in Adams County (Nebraska). The College will award up to 15 Path to HC scholarships to qualifying students who are eligible for a Pell Grant and will enroll as a first-year student beginning in the fall of 2022. “We are […]

Hastings College will receive a $454,000 grant from The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of NEH’s American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding announced today. The grant is part of $87.8 million in ARP funding NEH is awarding to nearly 300 cultural and educational institutions to help them recover from the economic impact of […]