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Campus News

October 25, 2021 4:13 pm·

Alpha Chi chapter inducts seven new members

The Hastings College chapter of Alpha Chi, the collegiate all-discipline academic honor society, inducted seven students on October 19. The purpose of Alpha Chi is to promote academic excellence and exemplary character…

October 19, 2021 11:16 am·

Hastings College Foundation Board names four trustees

Four alumni members have joined the Hastings College Foundation Board of Trustees, the Foundation announced today. The Board, which meets on campus semi-annually, provides counsel on fundraising and college initiatives and awards…

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October 14, 2021 10:19 am·

‘Ribbons of Space’ explores plight of Iranian women

Works by Shabnam Jannesari, a visiting instructor of art, are featured in the west gallery of the Hastings College Jackson Dinsdale Art Center now through December 3. The show, “Ribbons of Space,”…

October 7, 2021 1:11 pm·

Fundraising for nursing facilities nearing goal

Hastings College and Bryan College of Health Sciences announced today that they have raised $2.5 million of the $3.1 million needed to build out and equip education facilities for a second location…

October 7, 2021 9:16 am·

Denney presented Hastings College Outstanding Alumni Award

The Hastings College Alumni Association presented Seth Denney ‘94 with its 2021 Outstanding Alumni Award during yesterday’s NTV News at 6 p.m. newscast. The show was dedicated to Denney to highlight his…

October 6, 2021 11:41 am·

Hastings College awards nearly $1.3 million in American Rescue Plan grants

Hastings College has awarded a new round of grants made available to students from the American Rescue Plan. Grants totaled $1.28 million and came from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund portion…

October 5, 2021 12:35 pm·

Path to HC program to fully fund tuition for 15 Adams County Pell-eligible students

Hastings College is launching a new financial aid program for students who attend high school in Adams County (Nebraska). The College will award up to 15 Path to HC scholarships to qualifying…

October 4, 2021 4:00 pm·

Hastings College awarded NEH grant to support humanities faculty, curriculum development

Hastings College will receive a $454,000 grant from The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of NEH’s American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding announced today. The grant is part of $87.8…

October 1, 2021 10:30 am·

Hastings College theatre to present ‘Men on Boats’ at Chautauqua Park Pavillion

Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Hastings College Department of Music and Theatre presents “Men on Boats,” the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew…

September 28, 2021 1:56 pm·

Beheler publishes article in peer-reviewed philosophy journal

Dr. Ali Beheler, Hastings College associate professor of philosophy, recently published an article in Philosophy Today, a major international peer-reviewed journal for contemporary philosophy. Her article, titled “The Body a Guiding Thread:…