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Hastings College hosted 32 teams and more than 160 students virtually this year for the fifth annual Hastings College Mural Day on Wednesday, October 7. The event moved online to ensure safety during COVID-19 and allowed schools to avoid travelling yet still participate from their classroom or other space at their school. The top three […]

The Hastings College Forensics team competed at two synchronous tournaments October 10 and 11. On Saturday, October 10, students competed for the Bulldog Tournament hosted by Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska, and on Sunday, October 11, four students competed at the Forensics Flyover hosted by Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas, placing first in the team

The Hastings College chapter of Alpha Chi, the collegiate all-discipline academic honor society, inducted six students earlier this month. Alpha Chi promotes academic excellence and exemplary character among students and honors those who achieve such distinction. Students must place in the top 10 percent of their class from all academic disciplines to be considered for

The Hastings College Lecture Series Student Symposium committee has announced its upcoming virtual day-long speaker series set for Wednesday, October 14. This year’s event will be held entirely online, and follows the theme “Breaking Barriers: the 19th Amendment and Beyond.” All speakers will present via Zoom — and the public is invited to join. Details

The Hastings College Forensics team divided up to compete in two different formatted tournaments over the weekend. Part of the team competed at the University of Alabama asynchronously while others performed synchronously for the Valley Forensics League hosted by South Dakota State University. The team qualified its first events for the American Forensics Association National

The Hastings College Forensics team started the season by splitting its team members between two tournaments. Students competed at Western Kentucky University and Tulsa Community College virtually through an asynchronous format. The team found many successes throughout the weekend, with every student at the Tulsa tournament breaking on the second day of competition, while the

Hastings College Homecoming 2020 events are in full swing this week, with several traditional events happening in a reimagined way within COVID-19 safety guidelines. A full schedule can be found at hastings.edu/homecoming. Along with the excitement of homecoming activities, 10 royalty finalists from the junior class were chosen by the student body. Homecoming royalty include

Selections of the Hastings College Permanent Collection of Art will be on exhibit through October 21 in the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC) gallery. The exhibition, titled “Here Now Forever Again,” is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Face masks are required inside the

Hastings College received a $7,457 grant from PepsiCo as a result of chemistry professor Dr. Neil Heckman’s Environmental Science class last year. The funds will launch Broncos Recycle!, a campus-wide initiative for creating a more sustainable campus. After hearing about the grant program through a FirstChoice vendor, Heckman knew it was something he wanted to

A year after launching a multitude of new initiatives, Hastings College’s efforts were recognized today by the U.S. News and World Report, which ranked the College 3rd on two key regional college lists: Most Innovative Schools and Best Undergraduate Teaching. Hastings College was also ranked 20th overall out of all colleges in the Midwest and