Our Stories
New path takes Delgado to Europe, helping those with disabilities
During senior year of college, most students spend time searching for graduate schools or careers. For 2015 Hastings College psychology graduate Jocelyn Delgado, this wasn’t the case. Unsure of what to do, Delgado took…
Video: Eastman School of Music proves to be right choice for Peterson ’14
Zachary Peterson ’14 is currently attending Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. He majored in collaborative piano and voice performance at HC, where he studied under top-notch professors who encouraged…
Hastings College sets standard for collegiate photography
The world of professional photography is not easy to enter. Hastings College, however, is the only college or university that offers side-by-side training with the world’s most famous photographers through an exclusive…
Video: Biology Alumni Success Stories
We caught up with a few of our biology alumni to see what they’ve been up to since their time at Hastings College. Here’s just a glimpse of where a degree in…
Hamil, HC Media bound for nationals; set to produce games for ESPN3
Since 2004, Hastings College Journalism and Media Arts students have covered the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Tournament. What started as covering the Bronco Women’s Basketball team expanded to an exclusive…
Course helps students plot financial future
Each spring, thousands of college students across the country put on caps and gowns, walk across a stage and enter the real world. Unfortunately, many of these well-educated students are clueless about…
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…
Student-built Little Free Libraries promote literacy
Four Hastings College teacher education majors made positive change within the community by building three Little Free Libraries (LFL) around Hastings. These libraries contain free books for anyone who stops to pick…
Student seeks to help others remain healthy
Paxton Fiala, a junior majoring in exercise science, helped staff at Mary Lanning Healthcare Rehabilitation put together an exercise database to keep track of each patient’s fitness regimen and progress. When finished,…
Media student chooses write path
Playing a key role in putting together a special edition of a newspaper for a professional media organization may seem like a daunting task, but for Hastings College sophomore Mallory Gruben, it’s…
Fulbright experience: Stories of a Yabancı
“No, where are you really from?” This is one of the more frequent questions I have been asked so far during my time in Turkey. It makes sense that in a patriotic…
Fulbright experience: Europe’s newest country
I owe my participation in the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program to Hastings College and its J-Term classes. The genesis of my Fulbright grant began in a J-Term Cold War History class…
From the classroom to Kathmandu, biology major finds success worldwide
Junior Lily Ealey has witnessed the strengths of a Hastings College education firsthand both at home and abroad. The Lincoln, Nebraska, native and biology major spent the past summer interning at Kanti…
Inspired by family and Impressionists, Arias paints 2016 Best of Show selection
“The inspiration for my painting came from my family,” Katherine Arias, an art major from Lexington, Nebraska said of her work, “Mi Familia. 1 — Diptych.” “This was the first of my Junior Thesis…
Local internship provides Cloyd entry into cancer research
When he isn’t playing football, strumming the guitar, jamming on the piano or studying biology, sophomore Anthony Cloyd from Omaha, Nebraska, is busy finding opportunities to set himself up for success at…
