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Campus News

March 19, 2021 9:52 am·

Hastings College to livestream piano festival, hold virtual lessons

Hastings College will celebrate the 34th Gladys Frisch Harris Piano Festival through a live-streamed event beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 27. This year’s festival includes pianist-composer Jeremy Siskind as the…

March 18, 2021 11:40 am·

‘The Kissing Bug’ author to speak at Hastings College

Journalist and author Daisy Hernández will discuss the intersections of race, gender, immigration and global health in a talk titled “Kissing Bugs: A talk on global health, women’s labor and the art…

March 17, 2021 1:56 pm·

Hastings College recognizes top prizes at Central Regional Science Fair

Hastings College announced the top-tier presentations in the junior and senior divisions for the 2021 Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences (NJAS) Central Regional Science Fair, which was held virtually this year. The…

March 16, 2021 11:48 am·

Student media team producing livestreams of NAIA Women’s Basketball National Championship

The Hastings College student media team is managing all game livestreams for the 2021 NAIA Women’s Basketball National Championship in Sioux City, Iowa. The students left for Sioux City today, and will…

March 10, 2021 1:58 pm·

Hastings College Forensics qualifies 41 events to nationals

The Hastings College Forensics team qualified its 41st event to the national tournament March 6 during the synchronous Joel Hefling District 4 Spring Tournament. The team also competed asynchronously last week at…

March 8, 2021 12:55 pm·

Hastings College hosting saxophone conference

Hastings College is hosting the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Region 3 Online Conference from March 18 to 20, 2021. NASA is an organization comprised of performers, teachers, students, scholars and enthusiasts…

March 5, 2021 3:25 pm·

Forensics team competes in last tournaments of regular season

While preparing for the final tournaments of the season, the Hastings College Forensics team hosted the asynchronous and synchronous Bronco Bash Tournament February 16-20. The synchronous portion of the tournament was run…

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March 3, 2021 10:56 am·

Hastings College announces Nebraska Scholastic Writing Awards recipients

Hastings College will recognize 19 outstanding young writers from across Nebraska as an affiliate of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards during a virtual ceremony on March 8 at 7:00 p.m. (Central).…

March 2, 2021 1:45 pm·

Hastings College to hold Music Honors Days for high school students

Hastings College is hosting a series of in-person Music Honors Days for high school students March 29 through April 2, with the focus changing daily between voice, brass, woodwinds, percussion and piano.…

February 25, 2021 8:53 am·

‘A place of ideas’: Innovative culture, programs at Hastings College put students first

When some Hastings College students told their professors they did not have textbooks because they couldn’t afford them, college employees brainstormed outside-of-the-box solutions. The result: The college now provides all students with…