Musicians who were in the original Blues Brothers Band; the Saturday Night Live Band; and Blood, Sweat and Tears, and other top musicians from Nebraska, Chicago and Paris are headlining the Hastings College Jazz Festival Concert set for Monday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Lynn Farrell Arena (800 E. 12th Street in Hastings). Thanks […]

Fans of Hastings College can now take their Hastings College pride on the road, as Nebraska officials recently approved a design for a Hastings College specialty license plate. The plates give drivers an opportunity to showcase  Hastings College across the state and when driving around the country. For the plates to enter into production, at

The Gladys Frisch Harris Piano Festival returns to Hastings College in April, bringing an outstanding teacher-performer to campus for a day of informative and inspiring activities. This year’s clinician is Dr. Gary Pedersen, who will give a lecture-recital on “World War II Music: The Pianos that Helped Win the War,” at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday,

Alpha Chi celebrated its 70th academic year on Hastings College campus recently by inducting seven new students. Alpha Chi is a coeducational academic honor society designed to promote academic excellence and exemplary character among college students and to honor those who achieve such distinction. Only juniors and seniors who place in the top 10 percent

Hastings College hosted the Central Regional Science Fair for the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences (NJAS) on March 12 in the Morrison-Reeves Science Center. The fair drew 154 students from across central Nebraska. The science fair is split into two divisions. The Junior Division is open to students in sixth through eighth grades, while the

Two Hastings College students presented research at the 25th annual No Limits conference in Lincoln, Nebraska, March 8. The No Limits conference is an interdisciplinary undergraduate, graduate or recent graduate conference that explores a wide range of issues related to women, gender and sexuality. In addition to advancing their skills, the students were allowed to

Cori Barwick, a student at Hastings (Nebraska) Middle School, earned a $6,000 scholarship to Hastings College for her individual exhibit titled, “The Race to the South Pole.” She received her award February 27, when Hastings College hosted a regional event for National History Day for middle and high school students. Other top students receiving scholarships

Six Hastings College history students presented original research at the Phi Alpha Theta Nebraska Regional Conference in Omaha, Nebraska, February 28-March 2. Students who presented their work are members of the Hastings College history honorary society, Phi Alpha Theta. In addition to gaining experience by presenting their work, the conference, which held both undergraduate and

Janae Johnson, the 2015 Women of the World Poetry Champion and 2015 National Poetry Slam Champion is coming to Hastings College Wednesday, March 13, for a 7:00 p.m. performance and presentation in Scott Studio Theatre (806 N. Turner Avenue) that is free and open to the public. Johnson will present “Lyrical Justice: Giving Voice to