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Carpenter elected Student Association president, other positions announced

Students have elected Ethan Carpenter of Lincoln, Nebraska, to serve as president of the Student Association for the 2015-2016 academic year. Assisting him with this governance role will be SA vice president Tyler Schuster of LaVista, Nebraska; secretary Laura Hurley of Omaha, Nebraska; treasurer Collin Tedesco of Castle Rock, Colorado; and parliamentarian Cameron Bargell of […]

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HC students, faculty earn scholarship, service awards at 2015 Honors Convocation

As the 2014-2015 academic year at Hastings College draws to a close, the community gathered for its annual Honors Convocation.  Students, faculty and friends of the College alike were honored for their achievements throughout the year.  The Don and Nancy Seaton Faculty Achievement Award was given to Dr. Stephanie Furrer, Professor of Psychology, while Dr.

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Ballou, Walker named 2015 Bronco Award winners as Who’s Who recipients announced

On May 8, 2015, Brooke Ballou of Wilsonville, Nebraska, and Sierra Walker of Gering, Nebraska, were named the 2015 Bronco Award recipient at Hastings College’s annual Honors Convocation.  Established in 1924, the Bronco Award is the College’s highest non-academic award granted to students. Nominees for the Bronco Award and the Who’s Who list are determined

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Zarek named Creigh Weyer Scholar

Christina Zarek 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. Zarek, a junior from Grand Island, Nebraska, is majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology.  She completed a biological research fellowship last summer that was funded by the National

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A pastor, a rabbi, and an imam all walk into a…college?

All jokes aside, on Wednesday, April 22, Hastings College will welcome the Interfaith Amigos. Pastor Don Mackenzie, Rabbi Ted Falcon and Imam Jamal Rahman—known as the Interfaith Amigos—started working together after 9/11. The trio is best known for their unique blend of spiritual wisdom and humor used to openly address the usual taboos of interfaith

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Bronco Forensics takes 25th at nationals

At the 2015 American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET), the Hastings College Bronco Forensics team finished 25th in the country. This year’s national tournament was the largest in history with more than 1500 events, showcased by more than 700 competitors from the across the nation. Eunice Adounkpe, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska, beat

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Retired U.S. Ambassador Jackson ’71 to provide commencement address

To view a transcript of Ambassador Jackson’s speech, click here (.pdf). To view all of the 2015 Commencement exercises, click here for the video. Entering the Foreign Service seems an odd career path for an art education major but not for 1971 Hastings College alumna Jeanine Jackson. As U.S. Ambassador to Malawi and Burkina Faso

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Hilarity ensues in Theatre Department’s production of ‘Harvey’

As its final production of the 2014-2015 academic year, the Hastings College Theatre Arts Department will offer “Harvey” by Mary Chase. Students will perform at 8 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, April 30-May2 and at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 3 in Scott Studio Theatre (806 N. Turner Ave). The Box Office opens Thursday, April 23 and will remain

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Summerstage 2015 Community Auditions

The Hastings College Theatre Department is pleased to announce its Summerstage 2015 production – “The Old Nebraska Home or Dirty Deeds on The Little Blue.” The production is described as an old-fashioned melodrama. If you are interested in auditioning or working on the show, please contact Jim Fritzler, Professor of Theatre, at jfritzler@hastings.edu by April

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