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Six individuals will be inducted to the Hastings College Fine Arts Hall of Fame during a ceremony held in conjunction with Hastings College Homecoming weekend, on Friday, September 23. The event will be at the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (700 E. 12th Street), with appetizers at 6:00 p.m. and the ceremony at 7:00 p.m. Tickets …

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Assemblage sculptures of Hastings artist Jo Nelson will be showcased in the west gallery at Hastings College’s Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC) from August 15 to September 16. A closing reception for the artist is Friday, September 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the JDAC. The gallery is free and open to the public …

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The Hastings College Alumni Association will honor Kelli Moore ‘93, head women’s golf coach at Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa, with its 2022 Outstanding Alumni Coach award. Moore will be honored in conjunction with the Athletic Hall of Fame induction during Homecoming Weekend at Hastings College on Saturday, September 24. A social …

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The inaugural First 48, a program developed by the Hastings College Student Engagement team, Alumni Association and Bronco football, will welcome more than 50 first-year football players to campus Friday, August 5, two days before fall camp begins. First 48 aims to connect the student athletes with Hastings College resources and to reduce barriers that …

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Her appreciation of the show “Criminal Minds” allowed Hastings College junior Caitlin Birk to combine her interests in psychology and criminology, which led her to an internship at a sheriff’s office in Nebraska’s most populous county. Before coming to Hastings, Birk, who is from Bennington, Nebraska, knew she wanted to do something in psychology, but …

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Senior Sammie Worthington set herself up for success with summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). Worthington spent two months working with other undergraduate students on Ithaca College’s campus doing mathematical research. During her junior year, Worthington started to consider what she could do over the summer to better prepare for graduate school. She talked with …

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Since she was young, Josie Polacek, who graduated in May with distinction in psychology, knew she wanted to become a practicing art therapist and counselor. To do that, she knew she had to go to graduate school after Hastings College — and with the help of Hastings faculty, she was accepted into her first choice …

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Four friends who met at Hastings College are living their dream of owning a business together — and helping their community while doing it. “We’ve always had the desire to start a business with our friends. A little bit over a year and a half ago we decided to make that a reality,” said Mark …

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Audrey Weeks, theatre education and language arts education major from Hastings, Nebraska, went from acting in “Willy Wonka JR.,” to directing it. Weeks has been involved with Hastings Community Theatre (HCT) since she was 11, when her very first show was “Willy Wonka JR.” Now, years later and for her senior capstone project, Weeks moved …

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Audrey Weeks, senior theatre education and language arts education major from Hastings, Nebraska, is directing Hastings Community Theatre’s summer children’s musical, Ronald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka JR.,” for her senior capstone. The show takes place June 24 at 7:30 p.m., June 25 at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. and June 26 at 2:30 p.m. All productions are …

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