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Gifted seventh and eighth grade students have the opportunity to participate in the Hastings College Scholars Academy (HCSA). From Sunday, June 26 to Friday, July 1, 2016, intellectual students have the chance to work in challenging academic classes with mathematics, speech, robotics and science. “This is a wonderful opportunity for students to interact and learn […]

Hastings College has announced high school students selected for its 54th Annual Honor Band, 64th Annual Honor Choir and 37th Annual Honor Orchestra. The Hastings College Honor Band, Choir and Orchestra (HBOC) are the longest-running high school music honor ensembles in Nebraska. The 2016 event will be held February 4-6 at Hastings College, with the

Hal Dittmer ’62, a long-time friend of Hastings College and Chairman of its Board of Trustees, has challenged Hastings College alumni and friends to give generously to the College’s 1882 Fund before December 31. Dittmer said he would match gifts given during the challenge, up to $100,000, doubling the effects of each donor’s gift to

The annual event, sponsored by Hastings College, the Artist Lecture Series Main Committee at Hastings College, Mary Lanning HealthCare and Rockbrook Camera, is organized by a select group of students at the college over the course of twelve months. The full schedule of events, all of which are free and open to the public, can

The 2005-2006 Bronco Women’s Basketball team, which won the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Championship and several athletes from the team will be honored on Saturday, October 17, when they join other Hastings College greats in the College’s Athletic Hall of Fame. A brunch and induction ceremony will take place in Hazelrigg Student Union (705

A great school at a great price. That’s how Hastings College has been described in the 2016 U.S. News and World Report Best College Rankings released on September 9, 2015. Hastings is the only college in the state to receive the coveted “Great Schools, Great Price” distinction. “What distinguishes Hastings College from other institutions is

Earlier today, Washington Monthly released its 2015 College Rankings in which Hastings College is recognized as 26th out of 350 colleges in the Best Baccalaureate Colleges category. In 2014, the publication, which looks closely not only at education but also how schools facilitate social mobility, allocate research funds and foster community service, ranked the College

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

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

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