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Hastings College Theatre presents fall 2018 opener with ‘Omnium Gatherum’

The Hastings College Theatre Department is opening up its fall season with the play “Omnium Gatherum” by Theresa Rebeck and Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros. Directed by Associate Professor of Theatre Annette Vargas, Samuel French states “the sophisticated yet surreal dinner party becomes a sounding board for a variety of cultural icons as they pontificate and argue about

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Hastings College 2018 Homecoming royalty finalists announced

Homecoming is in full swing at Hastings College, with bed races, chalk walk and dodgeball battle events occurring throughout this week. As students prepare their skits and ready themselves for homecoming weekend, they selected 10 royalty finalists from the junior class. Queen candidates finalists include Hannah Adams of Cairo, Nebraska; Zoe Dahlgren of Axtell, Nebraska;

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26 high schools, 177 students participating in Hastings College mural competition

Hastings College will host 177 high school students from 26 schools across Nebraska for the third annual Jackson Dinsdale Art Center Mural Competition on Friday, September 14. Working as teams, high school students will create 46 x 76 inch vinyl murals using paint, which will then be judged by Hastings College senior art majors. The

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Perlich’s essay recognized in volume of Contemporary Literary Criticism

A critical rhetorical essay authored by Dr. John Perlich, a professor of communication studies at Hastings College, will be included in the next volume of Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC). The essay, “Rethinking the Monomyth: Pan’s Labyrinth and the Face of a New Hero(ine),” deconstructs the work of acclaimed writer and director Guillermo del Toro. Perlich

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Sunderman named interim Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr. Barbara Sunderman has been named interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Hastings College. Sunderman previously served as a professor in the Teacher Education Department and was active in several campus committees, including Faculty Senate, where she served as president over the past year. She received her bachelor’s degree

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Area couple named Outstanding Hastings College Alumni Coaches

The Hastings College Alumni Association will recognize Brian Blevins, a 2007/2010 MAT graduate, and Kelsea (Jones) Blevins, a 2008/2010 MAT graduate, as the 2018 Outstanding Alumni Coaches of the Year during a dinner celebration on Saturday, September 22. The Outstanding Alumni Coach of the Year award was established in 2004 and is presented to Hastings

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