Brendan Kachnowski, a 2022 Hastings College graduate and current Master of Arts in Teaching student, presented a paper in early March at the No Limits conference, which was held at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The No Limits conference is an interdisciplinary undergraduate, graduate or recent graduate conference that explores a wide range of […]

Hastings College had four students participate at the Nebraska State Bandmasters Association (NSBA) spring conference and play in the Nebraska Intercollegiate Band, which was held March 2-4 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Dr. Patricia Cornett, director of bands from Temple University, served as the clinician for the Intercollegiate Band. She conducts the wind symphony at the university

The Gladys Frisch Harris Piano Festival at Hastings College is scheduled for Saturday, March 25, and will feature guest clinician Dr. Wan-Chin Chang, who will give a recital and brief lecture, as well as work with high school and college students in master classes. Chang, a graduate of the University of Southern California, is on

Work produced by Hastings College Department of Visual Arts faculty is currently on exhibition in both galleries in the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC). The exhibition is open now through March 29 in the JDAC (700 E. 12th Street), and is free and open to the public. Regular gallery hours are Monday through Friday from

Six Hastings College students and one recent graduate presented research at the 13th Annual Texas A&M History Conference. The conference, held February 17-18, featured graduate and undergraduate work from a variety of institutions that all fell into the theme “Between Conflict and Connection.” The organizing group said it was looking for papers that examined how

More than 90 projects were entered by students in the Central Regional Science Fair for the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences on Tuesday, February 28. The fair was hosted by Hastings College and held at the Morrison-Reeves Science Center on campus. Schools that participated in this year’s Central Regional Science Fair included Adams Central Junior/Senior

Middle and high school students from across central Nebraska showed off their History Day projects on campus for the district History Day competition on February 24. Following the 2022-23 theme of “Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas,” students entered projects on a variety of topics, with winners from each event advancing to the state History

It’s 1945. The end of World War II is in sight. The Allied powers gather in Yalta to reorganize post-war Europe — and debate the creation of the United Nations. Will they succeed? Will this unknowingly be the event that kicks off the Cold War? This is the theme for TimeWarp: 1945, a week-long summer

The Hastings College forensics team competed in-person at the Nebraska Intercollegiate Forensics Tournament (NIFA) last week, finishing second overall in team sweepstakes for the second year in a row, and senior Nikki deSeriere finishing first in the individual sweepstakes. deSeriere was named the Kevin Heineman Pentathlon Champion, which recognizes the highest-scoring speaker at the tournament.

Hastings College is hosting an awards ceremony March 3 to recognize 39 outstanding young writers from across Nebraska as an affiliate of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Nebraska state poet Matt Mason will be the keynote speaker, and winners will also have the opportunity to participate in workshops that day led by Mason and