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High ability students experience summer enrichment at Hastings College Scholars Academy

More than 50 gifted and talented students entering 8th and 9th grades challenged their minds over summer vacation at the 30th annual Hastings College Scholars Academy (HCSA). From June 26 to July 1, these young scholars lived on campus and experienced hands-on learning in one of four areas—mathematics, communications, robotics or science—taught by highly-regarded teachers […]

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Hastings College President Don Jackson announces plans to retire

Preparations for another academic year at Hastings College are well underway. During the 2016-17 academic year, the College expects to celebrate the opening of the state-of-the-art Jackson Dinsdale Art Center, the transformation of one block of 9th Street into Steinhart Plaza and a renovated dining hall.   During today’s Board of Trustees meeting, Hastings College

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Hastings College offers $15,000, full tuition scholarships to TeamMates participants

With TeamMates’ founder Dr. Tom Osborne ’59 being a graduate of Hastings College, it makes sense that Hastings College would be among the first and most active colleges in offering scholarships to TeamMates mentees. In fact, the College offers a noncompetitive $15,000 Hastings College Teammates Scholarship that’s available to anyone in the program for at

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Hastings College student receives prestigious Boren Award, to spend year studying in India

Hastings College student Suzette Escamilla Morales has been awarded a Boren Scholarship to study in India during the 2016-17 academic year. Escamilla Morales career goals, desire to study languages and willingness to spend an extended period out of the country made her eligible for the David L. Boren Scholarship, which is sponsored by the National

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Hastings College honors 130th graduating class

Hastings College held its 130th Commencement on Saturday, May 14, 2016. During the annual ceremony, the college awarded degrees to 177 undergraduates and 12 Master of Arts in Teaching graduates. The Honorable Pete Ricketts, governor of Nebraska, provided the Commencement Address. There are videos available from Commencement (here) and the college’s Baccalaureate service (here). Photos

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Hastings College SummerStage presents ‘No Mother to Guide Her’

Hastings College theatre students will join with area actors and alumni to present the fourth annual SummerStage production, “No Mother to Guide Her” by Lillian Mortimer. Performances of the melodrama are scheduled for Friday, June 10; and Saturday, June 11, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, June 12, at 2:00 p.m.; Friday, June 17; and Saturday, June

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Musgrave named Creigh Weyer Scholar

Hastings College student Nick Musgrave has been named a Creigh Weyer Scholar by the Creigh Foundation. These highly-selective, post-graduate scholarships are offered to Hastings College students with outstanding leadership potential. Musgrave, a junior from Parkersburg, West Virginia, is majoring in history and political science. Musgrave is an Eagle Scout and has worked on a number

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Governor of Nebraska to provide 130th commencement address at Hastings College

As Hastings College launches members of its Class of 2016 into their next adventures, Nebraska’s 40th governor, the Honorable Pete Ricketts, will join the celebration as Commencement Speaker. The son of an entrepreneur and school teacher who was born in Nebraska City and raised in Omaha, Governor Ricketts is expected to address service to one’s

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Hastings College students awarded fellowships to study in Ireland

The Hastings College Irish Fellowship program is a distinctive, competitive study abroad opportunity offered annually to full-time Hastings College students. In partnership with Davy Spillane, Grammy Award-winning Irish musician, Hastings College sponsors the program, which blends on-campus coursework with a month of independent study in County Clare, a region in the west of Ireland offering

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