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Notice: This page is no longer being updated. It is for archival purposes only, as it includes the first COVID-19 notifications to campus beginning March 2020 and continuing through May 2021. Click here for 2021-22 information. May 21 Campus Update Dear Campus Community, Hastings College has moved to Green on our Covid Phased Guideline Matrix. […]

Open Space for the Visual and Performing Arts immersion experience for high school students is now accepting applications for the 2021 summer experience at hastings.edu/openspace. The immersion programs — one for visual arts and one for performing arts — will run concurrently the same week, Sunday, June 6 through Saturday, June 12, 2021, on the

Hastings College is now offering no-cost, on-campus COVID-19 testing to students thanks to a partnership with Test Nebraska and Mary Lanning Healthcare. Before receiving testing, students complete a symptom tracker form and work with the COVID-19 case manager on campus to schedule testing. Testing is performed by trained employees at the Stone Health Center or

Dr. Austin McDonald, Hastings College assistant professor of communication studies, and senior communication studies major Samantha Burke co-authored a recently published research article in Speaker & Gavel. In the research article, “Exploring the Impacts of an Open Door Policy and a Mindfulness Room at the Intercollegiate Speech (Individual Events) Tournament,” McDonald and Burke studied survey

To ease accessibility for students applying for fall 2021 enrollment, Hastings College academic scholarships will be based only on the student’s high school grade point average (GPA). By eliminating ACT or SAT requirements for this year’s high school seniors, students do not have to worry about taking standardized tests that have been cancelled across the

Three Hastings College 2020 graduates submitted works to the National Forensics Association (NFA) Performances of Distinction archive project. Alli Kennon, Jadah Morrison and Nathan Navratil participated in the project and were recognized as Performances of Distinction in one or more events. The NFA Performances of Distinction archive project was created after national forensics tournaments were

Hastings College has placed two historic markers on campus to acknowledge the Hastings College Historic District and McCormick Hall, the first historic building on campus. The Historic District designation was largely undertaken by Brian Whetstone ‘18 while he was a student. Thanks to Whetstone’s efforts, many College buildings were added by the National Park Service

Hastings College has received a $300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the NEH’s CARES Act Grants that were announced this week. Funds from the grant will be used to support the Hastings College Arts and Humanities Division, which includes the History, Religion and Philosophy Department, and the Languages

Hastings College visiting assistant biology professor Dr. Jason Carbaugh recently published a co-authored research article in the International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. In the research, “Ants associated with a rat carcass: Its implications in forensic entomology with special emphasis on Carebara diversa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae),” Carbaugh studied a decomposed rat skeleton. Typically, larvae of certain

Dear Students, Colleagues, and Friends, As members of the Diversity Committee and as faculty members and staff at Hastings College, we recognize that all of us in the Hastings College community are knitted together by many threads, but none so strong as the thread of our shared commitment to seeking, speaking, and witnessing truth, no