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JJ Kahle, who grew up on a farm outside of Kearney, Nebraska, is giving a talk, “Out on the Plains: The Importance of Telling Our Stories”, on Monday, October 9 at 10:00 a.m. in French Memorial Chapel. The talk is free and open to the public. Kahle now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and works as […]
...Hastings College inaugurated it’s 17th President, Dr. Travis Feezell, on September 29, 2017. View a video of the ceremony below or here. To read Dr. Feezell’s inaugural address, click here (.pdf). For photos from inauguration, click here. For photos from Homecoming, click here. For photos of the Athletic Hall of Fame banquet, click here.
...With Hastings College alumni gathered for Homecoming weekend, the College’s Alumni Association presented Andrew and Abi (Burrows) Vrbas with its Young Alumni Award during halftime of the Hastings College football game at Lloyd Wilson Field on September 30. Andrew, a 2012 graduate, and Abi, a 2013 graduate, founded Pacha Soap Company in 2013. The business, […]
...The Eileen’s Cookie Dash 5k Race kicked off the 66th Annual Melody Round-Up parade in downtown Hastings on Saturday, September 30, 2017. Participants got to feel like Grand Marshals of the parade as the race kicked off the annual Homecoming event and wound its way through eastern Hastings before finishing at the Gray Center on the […]
...The Jackson Dinsdale legacy at Hastings College continues to grow. A little more than a year after the opening of the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC) on campus, Kim and Tom Dinsdale have made a gift to the College in honor of their late son, Jackson. The $8.5 million endowment legacy gift from Jackson’s estate […]
...It’s Homecoming week at Hastings College, and student groups and organizations are busy competing for prizes through skits, bed races, a chalk walk and other campus events. The student body has also selected by vote 10 homecoming royalty finalists. To be considered, candidates must be in their junior year. Queen candidate finalists include Anna Flairty […]
...“The 228,” an exhibition by Alyssa Rose Bliven, will show in the main gallery of the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC) September 27 through October 28. An artist’s lecture and reception for the exhibition will be held October 14 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the JDAC. Bliven is a 2014 Hastings College graduate and […]
...Sarah E. Swist and Sara K. Gevurtz host their first-ever showing in the Hastings College gallery with their dual exhibition “Sara(h).” The exhibition, located in the critique gallery of the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC), runs September 27 through October 29, with an artists’ reception on October 14 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Swist joined the […]
...The Education Department at Hastings College is hosting an accreditation visit by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) on April 8-10, 2018. Interested parties are invited to submit third-party comments to the site team. Please note that comments must address substantive matters related to the quality of professional education programs offered, and […]
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Hastings College hosted more than 130 students from 22 high schools across Nebraska for the Department of Visual Art’s mural competition at the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center on Wednesday, September 20. The “mash up” competition required each team to draw a word from three different baskets and then design and paint a four foot by […]
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