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Hastings, Nebraska Hastings is a List of cities in Nebraska, city and the county seat of Adams County, Nebraska, Adams County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 25,152 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is known as the town where Kool-Aid ...

History

The college was founded in 1882 by a group of men and women seeking to establish a

college dedicated to high academic and cultural standards. Hastings College has been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission's

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since 1916.

Campus

The Hastings College campus consists of 40 buildings on . The college's first building was McCormick Hall, constructed in 1883 and still in use today. More recent additions include the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center, built in 2016; Osborne Family Sports Complex/Fleharty Educational Center, built in 2002; the Bronco Village student apartments (2005); the Morrison-Reeves Science Center, opened in late 2009. McCormick Hall was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1975, and the Hastings College Historic District designation, made in 2017, includes 12 buildings on campus for their historic significance in the College’s post World War II growth.

Athletics

The Hastings athletic teams are called the Broncos. The college is a member of the

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(NAIA), primarily competing in the

Great Plains Athletic Conference The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) is a List of college athletic conferences in the United States, college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Member institutions are located ...

(GPAC) since the 1969–70 academic year. Hastings competes in 24 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, track & field and wrestling; while women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, dance, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field, volleyball and wrestling; and co-ed sports include cheerleading, eSports and shotgun sports.

Notable alumni and faculty

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, astronaut *

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, Nebraska politician * Milan D. Bish, United States Ambassador *

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, NFL and

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(class of 1950),

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, mathematician and author * Michael Hancock, mayor of

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, college football head coach and athletic director at University of Nebraska, U.S. Representative from Nebraska *

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, NFL coach "Notable alumni"
, Hastings College. Retrieved 2008-11-02. *

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, author * Akeem Ward, former men's soccer All-American; current

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soccer player at

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* Ernesto Lacayo, Xtreme Football League (XFL), Indoor Football League (IFL) Kicker * Amon Willis Wrestled at Hastings college

References

External links

Official website

Official athletics website
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