Middle and high school students from across central Nebraska met at Hastings College March 15 for the district History Day contest. Following the 2017 theme of “Taking a Stand in History,” students presented research on a variety of topics, including everything from the Stories of Rosa Parks to Theodore Roosevelt to the Vietnam War, as […]

Hastings College hosted the Central Region Science Fair of the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences (NJAS) March 14. The fair drew 116 students from across central Nebraska, with six projects from the junior and senior divisions being selected to move onto the state science fair on April 20 at Nebraska Wesleyan University (Weary Center) in

Hastings College is hosting two of the world’s prominent photographers, George Nobechi and Kate Breakey, who will give lectures that are free and open to the public April 5 and 6, respectively. Both lectures are in French Memorial Chapel and begin at 7:00 p.m. Breakey, known for her large-scale, richly hand-colored photographs, will also teach

Hastings College will host a community singers workshop led by Peter and Mary Alice Amidon of Brattleboro, Vermont, on Saturday, April 8, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Fuhr Hall of Music on campus (723 E. 9th Street). The workshop is free and open to the public, and lunch will be provided for

This past fall, Dr. Michella Marino and students in her Oral History class engaged in a service-learning oral history project to conduct and preserve a series of interviews related to the Vietnam War era. Marino had worked with Hastings College students previously on local oral histories but discovered that once the interviews were completed, nothing

Hastings College media students will produce live video stream and complete digital coverage of the 2017 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Championship March 8-14 in Sioux City, Iowa. This includes producing the live streams of the semifinals and championship games that will be broadcast March 13 and 14 on ESPN3. For the last 14 years,

Eight members of Hastings College’s Alpha Gamma Sigma chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, a national history honorary, presented papers at the honorary’s regional conference in Omaha, Nebraska, March 2-4, with two members receiving awards. A ninth member of the group presented a paper at a session of the Missouri Valley History Conference organized by the

Hastings College was honored with 2016 Tree Campus USA® recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management. In addition to caring for existing trees around campus, a team of volunteers and grounds staff at Hastings College planted 68 new trees comprised of 22 different species in 2016. The largest

Hastings College is currently accepting students into a four-year academic honors program, which will launch this fall for incoming first-year students. The program is designed for students who are committed to academic excellence and curiosity, and civic and global engagement. It will focus on providing students with integrative, individualized learning experiences to better prepare them

Hastings College will officially open its new Diversity Center with an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 28 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. in room 07 of Daughtery Center (716 N. Turner Avenue). The Diversity Center will serve as a hub for student groups that currently do not currently have a central location to