Hastings College held its 135th Commencement in May 2021. During the graduation ceremony, the College awarded degrees to undergraduates and Master of Arts in Teaching graduates.

The Hastings College chapter of the Society for Collegiate Journalists (SCJ) inducted eight new students and named Dr. Bruce Batterson, Hastings College associate professor of business administration, a lifetime member of SCJ. SCJ is the nation’s oldest honor society for student media leaders. With more than 100 active chapters nationwide, SCJ focuses on professional development

During Hastings College’s day-long Celebration of Excellence April 28, 2021, students and faculty were recognized for their achievements at Honors Convocation. The Don and Nancy Seaton Faculty Achievement Award was presented to Dr. Amanda Solem, assistant professor of biology, and Dr. Bruce Batterson, associate professor of business administration, received the Vondrak Outstanding Advisor Award. Members

Hastings College announced two Bronco Award recipients during its annual Honors Convocation event on April 28. Maggie Rogers of Hoover, Alabama, and Socorro Topete of South Sioux City, Nebraska, were recognized as 2021 Bronco Award recipients. Established in 1924, the Bronco Award is the College’s highest non-academic award granted to students. Recipients of the Bronco

The second 2021 senior art exhibition, “Life Machine,” is opening at the Hastings College Jackson Dinsdale Art Center. The exhibition features work by five seniors and is open through May 16.

Hastings College was honored recently with a 2020 Tree Campus Higher Education designation by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management. Hastings College has been designated a Tree Campus for many years by consistently exceeding the standards set by the Arbor Day Foundation, including maintaining a tree advisory committee, a

Hastings College Theatre is hosting a live outdoor production for its last show of the 2020-21 academic year. “The Terrible Infants” by Oliver Lansley and Samuel Wyer directed by Sarah Nottage-Tacey will be held at the Chautauqua Park Pavillion (West 5th Street) on April 29, 30 and May 1 at 7:30 p.m. and on May

Three members of the Hastings College chapter of Alpha Chi were selected to participate and present their work in the Alpha Chi national convention, which was held virtually April 8-10. Alpha Chi is an academic honor society designed to promote academic excellence and exemplary character among college students and honor those who achieve such distinction.

One Nebraska student was recognized at the 2021 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Logan Sylliaasen of Wahoo, Nebraska, received a National Gold Medal and an American Voices Medal for her story entitled “The Vault.” The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards is the country’s longest-running and most prestigious scholarship program for students in grades 7-12 interested

Last spring, Hastings College Career Services and the Alumni Association worked together to create a seven-week mentorship program that pairs third-year students with alumni in the students’ career fields of interest. The program provides a flexible structure for the pair to develop a relationship through which the students gain professional and networking skills. In the