Jordan Colony, a graduating senior from Hastings College, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to teach English in Moldova from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Moldova, with a population of 3.6 million, is an Eastern European country situated between the Ukraine and Romania. Colony, who […]

More than 10 Hastings College students and faculty have been accepted to attend or present at academic and professional conferences, and two have had papers accepted for publication in academic journals. Department of HistoryKatherine Amyot, a history major from Hastings, Nebraska, presented “Sexual Psychopath Laws: A Case Study from 1948,” at the 91st Annual Conference

Hastings College students Anthony Cloyd and Brian Whetstone have been named Creigh Weyer Scholars by the Creigh Foundation. These highly-selective, post-graduate scholarships are offered to Hastings College students with outstanding leadership potential. Cloyd, from Omaha, Nebraska, is a biology major and plans to attend medical school. He is currently a member of the football team and

New York–based comedian Todd Barry is coming to The Lark in downtown Hastings for a one-night stand-up comedy performance on Saturday, May 13. The show will begin at 8:00 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. A variety of tickets, including seats in the new mezzanine area, are available at The Lark’s website, thelarkdowntown.com. Barry

The Hastings College Band will welcome a new director in the fall, as Dr. Louie Eckhardt returns to Hastings College and central Nebraska after earning his doctor of musical arts degree from Louisiana State University and working in the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas. At Hastings College, Eckhardt will be director of bands, which,

The second 2017 Senior Art Exhibition features the talent of three Hastings College seniors May 1-21 in the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC). The artists will give a lecture on their work Saturday, May 6 at 1:00 p.m. in the Wilson Center (714 E. 9th Street), with a gallery reception to follow in the JDAC.

Hastings College is the top school in Nebraska for it’s graduates finding jobs – and third nationally – according to data crunched by Zippia.  “Not all schools are equal in job placement success — or size — and some colleges are vastly more supportive of their students’ post-graduation concerns than others,” said David Luther, author