Author Alex Kava will present “Creating Fictional Worlds by Accident and by Design,” as the 2018 national speaker for the Hastings College Artist Lecture Series. The lecture will take place at 7:00 p.m. April 5 in French Memorial Chapel. The lecture will cover the origins of Kava’s fictional characters, along with the blessings and consequences […]

The Hastings College Forensics team traveled across Nebraska and to Minnesota the last three weekends to compete in their final tournaments of the year. At the Battle for the Capitol, hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Nebraska-Omaha February 24-25, the team qualified four events for nationals, including   first-year student Samantha Burke,

A scientific manuscript co-authored by Dr. John Perlich, professor of communication studies at Hastings College, was published by Cornerstone: A Collection of Scholarly and Creative Works in the journal “Speaker & Gavel.” The paper was co-authored by Justin Arends, Marissa Christiancy, Anna Griggs, Joe Kindig, Trischia Rueckert, Tyler Schuster and Mary Swift, who were students

Hastings College is presenting “Recent Photographs,” an exhibition by Todd Brown, in the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center gallery. The show runs March 5-28, with an artist reception and gallery talk scheduled for March 8 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.  Brown currently lives and works in Hastings, Nebraska. In the last decade, he has been honored

The Hastings College Theatre Department will be presenting its 2018 capstones March 8, 9 and 10 at 7:30 p.m., and March 11 at 2:00 p.m. All performances are in Scott Studio Theatre (806 N. Turner Ave.). General admission tickets are $8, admission for seniors and non-Hastings College students is $5. To reserve tickets, email the

The Hastings College Broncos Forensics team hosted its annual Bronco Bash tournament in the Morrison-Reeves Science Center on February 17-18. Hastings College placed fourth overall in team sweepstakes for the weekend. The first day of the tournament was dubbed the “Kool-Aid Classic,” honoring Hastings’ historical ties to the flavored drink mix. Sunday featured an alumni-themed

The Hastings College Broncos Forensics team moved ahead of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln as the second best forensics team in the state during the Nebraska Intercollegiate Forensics Association (NIFA) State Tournament on February 10. This marks the first time since 2012 that Hastings College earned the second place title at the State Tournament. Andrew Boge,