Hastings College visiting assistant biology professor Dr. Jason Carbaugh recently published a co-authored research article in the International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. In the research, “Ants associated with a rat carcass: Its implications in forensic entomology with special emphasis on Carebara diversa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae),” Carbaugh studied a decomposed rat skeleton. Typically, larvae of certain […]

Dear Students, Colleagues, and Friends, As members of the Diversity Committee and as faculty members and staff at Hastings College, we recognize that all of us in the Hastings College community are knitted together by many threads, but none so strong as the thread of our shared commitment to seeking, speaking, and witnessing truth, no

The Hastings College Department of Music and Theatre is hosting Open Space for the Performing Arts June 7-11. This year, however, Open Space will look a little different, as the experience is fully online. Students selected to participate in Open Space for the Performing Arts will join a group of their peers for daily rotating

The Hastings College Department of Visual Arts is hosting Open Space for the Visual Arts June 8-12, with this year’s immersion experience being fully online. To help facilitate certain components of the experience, participating students will receive an art box from the College this week. The box includes many supplies for each art experience, such

Hastings College has announced the Dean’s List for its spring 2020 semester. For the semester, 390 students from 22 states and 11 countries were named to the Dean’s List. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must achieve a grade point average of 3.7 to 4.0 scale and be registered for full-time coursework. Students

Dr. Christopher M. Strickland, a Hastings College post-doctoral fellow and art educator, had an article from his dissertation research published in the June 2020 edition of the International Journal of Education Through Art. Strickland’s research, “The Way of the Artist Educator Paradigm: Fusing Artistic Studio Practice and Teaching Pedagogy,” examines the experiences of visual art

To celebrate the work of eight May 2020 visual arts graduates, the Hastings College Department of Visual Arts is holding a virtual art exhibition of their senior thesis pieces from May 18 through June 12. The virtual senior thesis exhibition can be viewed online at fizz.hastings.edu/beyond-the-gallery. Visual art graduates featured in the exhibitions are included

During a virtual meeting on May 18, two Hastings College juniors received the Judy Sandeen Award for their outstanding service to the college campus and local community. Courtney Hanson and Abby Kryzsko received the award for their volunteer work with Crimson Cupboard, the campus food pantry. The virtual meeting was attended by Hanson, Kryzsko, the

Hastings College held its 134th Commencement on Saturday, May 16, 2020 via streaming on Facebook and YouTube. During the ceremony, the College awarded degrees to 194 undergraduates and 12 Master of Arts in Teaching graduates. Graduates represented 20 states and nine countries. While the ceremony was done virtually, Commencement continued a tradition of featuring a

In celebration of the outstanding student work throughout the year, the Hastings College Department of Music and Theatre recognized several students this week. Hastings College Music recognized 21 students as part of it’s annual Music Honors Convocation. The full list of honors is as follows: Hannah Adams, a senior from Cairo, Nebraska — Sigma Alpha