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Black ’97 makes history

Joe Black’s workplace, the Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer in Grand Island, Nebraska, is like no other. With sites and exhibits spanning 200 acres, the museum takes visitors back in time…

Experience in Ireland ‘simply amazing’ for students

Every October, students from Hastings College conduct research in Ireland throughout the month as part of a program called Irish Fellows. This program began in 2007 with then Hastings College Dean and…

Restoration and Reinterpretation: Whetstone combines love of architecture and history at Hastings College

“Before I came to Hastings College, I hadn’t even dreamed of going to graduate school, now I feel like that’s just a natural next step.” –Brian Whetstone Brian Whetstone, a junior from…

Press internship with senator inspires Musgrave to pursue policy

After spending the summer as a press intern in the office of one of his home state senators, Nick Musgrave returned to Hastings College with a much more clear image of what…

Hastings College President, faculty visit sister school in Russia

Hastings College has a special relationship with one of its sister schools, Pyatigorsk State University, in Pyatigorsk Russia, that dates back about 20 years. Both schools exchange students for study abroad. Recently,…

History majors gain an upper hand for senior seminar

“We can start in one direction and then it breaks off into a million different ones,” said Rebecca Holcomb, describing what it’s like to work on a research project as a sophomore…

Excelsior Scholars Program expanding research techniques

Designed to challenge students and give them an opportunity to research a topic of their choice, Hastings College’s exclusive and competitive Excelsior Scholars Program offers an award between $1,500 and $2,500. Students…

Video: HC helps Laurel Teal find her passion

“Hastings actually led me into the field that I work the best.” History and Political Science major Laurel Teal says she never would’ve considered continuing her education after the undergrad if it…

Video: Pettigrew serves as Chair of Chairs of the Nebraska Democratic Party

Hastings College Alum Bud Pettigrew ’83 graduated with a degree in political science and history. He now serves as the Chair of Chairs of the Nebraska Democratic Party, where he works for…

Pre-Columbian studies during fellowship lead to class ideas

After receiving a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Dr. Glenn Avent, Associate Professor of History and Chair of the Department at Hastings College, spent a month in Mexico…

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