Jackson Dinsdale, a talented student-artist from Grand Island, Nebraska, who died in 2014, left a legacy that continues to benefit students at Hastings College. The College announced today that it has received a grant of more than $430,000 from the Jackson Dinsdale Endowed Fund, a donor-advised fund held at the Grand Island Community Foundation and […]

Hastings College held its 56th Annual Honor Band, 48th Annual Honor Choir and 39th Annual Honor Orchestra on campus February 1-3, culminating with the annual concert on February 3 The Hastings College Honor Band, Orchestra and Choir (HBOC) are the longest-running high school music honor ensembles sponsored by a college in Nebraska and feature some […]

The Hastings College forensics team had successful consecutive weekends at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Kansas State University, respectively. Over the weekends, the team qualified six more events for the American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET) in April. The team first traveled to UNL for the Big 10 Conference tournament January 20-21 and […]

Jordan Dux, the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation’s director of national affairs, is coming to Hastings College to discuss President Donald Trump’s economic and trade policies and their impact on Nebraska. Dux will speak Tuesday, February 6 at 7:00 p.m. in French Memorial Chapel (800 N. Turner Ave.). The event is free and open to the […]

Six pieces from the Hastings College Permanent Collection are on display at Back Alley Bakery (609 W 2nd St. in Hastings) through February. The 2D works are by former and present members of the Hastings College Department of Visual Arts faculty. “Turner McGehee and Tom Kreager were kind enough to share these special pieces from […]

The Order of Omega, a national leadership honor society for members of fraternity and sorority organizations, awarded Hastings College student Amanda Tyra with the Dr. Kent L. Gardner Scholarship. Tyra, of Thornton, Colorado, is a senior at Hastings College majoring human resource management and psychology. She also serves as co-president for the Alpha Phi Sigma […]

The Hastings College forensics team started 2018 confidently and saw success at the Snow and Sleet Swing hosted by Bethel University and Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska, January 13-14. Hastings College placed first as a team the opening day, and finished the tournament with more than 10 individuals earning a place in the top three […]

Hastings College has announced the Dean’s List for its fall 2017 semester. For the semester, 397 students from 24 states and three countries were named to the Dean’s List, with 246 students achieving a 4.0 grade point average. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must achieve a grade point average of 3.7 to […]

The Hastings College departments of Theatre and Music will be performing Gilbert and Sullivan’s popular “The Pirates of Penzance” for its 2018 January Term (J-Term) production. This classic comic operetta of fair maidens, wimpy pirates and overzealous police is fun for the whole family. In the show, Frederic has spent 20 years of his life […]

Hastings College has scheduled several activities as part of its Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration on Monday, January 15, 2018. All events are free and open to the public. To facilitate opportunities for students and faculty to participate, morning January Term (J-Term) classes will meet from 9:00 to 10:20 a.m. that day, while afternoon J-Term […]