Champion of hip-hop culture, Toni Blackman, is going to be speaking at Hastings College on Tuesday, March 3 at 7pm in the Perkins Auditorium (723 E. 9th St.). This event is free and open to the public. Blackman has used her work as America’s first Hip-Hop Ambassador, appointed by the United States Department of State, […]
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Enjoy works by Maurice Revel and Franz Liszt on Sunday, March 1 as the Hastings College Department of Music hosts a guest piano recital by Dr. Brian Keng-Lun Hsu, assistant professor of piano at Loyola University of New Orleans. The recital, scheduled for 3 p.m. in Perkins Auditorium of Fuhr Hall of Music (723 E.
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On February 8, 2015, students from ten states competed for Hastings College’s top academic scholarship – the Walter Scott Scholarship. This full-tuition scholarship was awarded to two students: Carly Cremers of Columbus, Nebraska, and Lyndsay Ruane of Colorado Springs, Colorado. To qualify for what is known as the Crimson Scholars Day competitions, students must earn
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An anonymous donor is offering a $1,000 reward for the return of a rare two-volume Jewish Bible printed for the Roxburghe Club in 1921 from a unique medieval manuscript in the possession of the Duke of Berwick and Alba. No questions will be asked of the person returning it. This illuminated Bible features an intricate
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At the 2015 Nebraska Intercollegiate Forensics Association (NIFA) State Tournament, the Hastings College Bronco Forensics team placed first in Division II. With Hastings College and three other Nebraska institutions all perennial top 20 finishers at the national forensics tournament, the NIFA tournament, held this year on February 14 in Seward, Nebraska, is one of the
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While competing at the 2015 Zombie Apocalypse in Hutchinson, Kansas, on February 7-8, the Hastings College Bronco Forensics team finished third overall and qualified six more events for the American Forensics Association-National Individual Events Tournament. Kathryn Edwards, a sophomore from Louisville, Nebraska, finished third in individual sweepstakes on the first day of competition. On February
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Sophomores Kathryn Edwards and Corbin Henk stepped up for the Hastings College Bronco Forensics team as it competed in at the 2015 Border Wars Swing in Salina, Kansas. The tournament, hosted by Kansas Wesleyan University and Cameron University, was held on January 31-February 1, 2015. Doniphan, Nebraska-native Henk placed sixth in Prose Interpretation and advanced
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Acclaimed author and consumer activist Marion Nestle will present an address entitled “Food Politics 2015: Beyond the Farm Bill” on Thursday, February 19, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. in French Memorial Chapel (800 N. Turner Ave.). The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Artist Lecture Series National Speakers Committee
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Hastings College has announced the Dean’s List for its fall 2014 semester. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must achieve a grade point average of 3.7 to 4.0, on a 4.0 scale, and be registered for full-time course work. Students are listed alphabetically by state and hometown (students from outside the U.S. are
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While competing at the Kansas in Nebraska Swing Tournament on January 24-25, the Hastings College Bronco Forensics team qualified five additional events for the 2015 American Forensics Association-National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET) scheduled for April in Portland, Oregon. Eunice Adounkpe, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska, place first in Poetry Interpretation and third in Program of
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