Our faculty and staff are renowned for their commitment to student development — both in and out of the classroom. As a first-year student, you’ll be assigned a faculty mentor who’ll guide you through the college experience.

This includes things like:

• figuring out a major,

• finding internships,

• discovering job opportunities and

• registering for courses.

Hastings students work incredibly hard to achieve their goals, and their mentors are there to support them every step of the way. Because of our small class sizes, students get to work closely with our engaged, knowledgeable faculty from their first day on campus. Most importantly, our faculty and students build relationships that help students find their paths and realize their potential. 

Academic counseling at Hastings College comes in many forms. Your advisor, especially during your first year, is an excellent resource. Your advisor is there to offer support and encouragement — plus help you map out classes to take and areas to explore. Our Career Services office and your advisor also offer career mapping and other resources if you are uncertain of your major or focus.

Curriculum

At Hastings students choose a major, a minor (or second major) and an IDEA minor. An IDEA — an Interdisciplinary Emphasis Area — is a collection of courses crafted by faculty that allow students to hone in on an interest area or something they’re passionate about. The major gives students the expertise and depth they need, while the minor and IDEA gives additional breadth and understanding for a successful career and life. Successful graduates are mentally flexible, excellent communicators, creative thinkers and able to solve problems — and the Hastings curriculum is designed to help students excel in all these areas.

Academic Calendar

The academic schedule divides the traditional 16-week semester into a single two-week block and two seven-week blocks. During the two-week block, students take a single course, and during a seven-week block, students take one or two courses. Students will still take 12-18 credits per semester, just in this new format. Students meet with professors every day, and teachers and students will have more time to learn and grow together in more intensive ways. Professors will only teach one or two classes at a time, meaning they’ll work with just 30-50 students at one time.

Study Abroad Experience

The travel initiative allows every student the opportunity to study abroad or study away—and thanks to donors, to do so at no additional cost. The EXPL travel courses occur during the two-week blocks during their third year on campus.

On your iPad, Hastings College has automatically installed your Self Service App. When inside the app, you'll be able to find your Bookshelf and a set of productivity and educational apps (including Notability, a note-taking app) . Your Bookshelf will have all of your digital books required for your enrolled courses. With Book Shelf, you can download books to your iOS device for offline reading, customize highlighters, add notes, create flashcards, listen to your books, and more!

The Hastings College IT Department is pleased to announce that, through our subscription agreement with Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus software suite is available at no cost to all current Hastings College students, faculty and staff.  This suite includes the latest versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more for Windows and Mac as well as Office for mobile devices. Every student, faculty and staff can install this software on up to five personally owned computers, tablets and/or mobile devices.  Learn how to access and manage your Microsoft Office 365 Pro software suite HERE.

Click HERE to view tutorial videos for some iPad tips and tricks!

Studio 200 is Hastings College’s relationship-based academic support center open to all students! The studio provides a wide range of tutoring, writing support, one-on-one feedback, a place for students to meet for group projects and other learning services. It is also the hub for accessibility/accommodations services.

Studio 200 is located in Hazelrigg Student Union  (map) and is open when class is in session during the fall and spring semesters:

Monday-Friday — 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

During the summer, Studio 200 is open by appointment only.

To reach out to Studio 200, contact its director, Emily Dunbar, at 402.461.7340 or edunbar@hastings.edu.

Block 2 Tutoring Schedule

BIOL/CHEM Mon-Thurs, 7-9pm in Morrison-Reeves Science Center

MATH Sun-Thurs 7-9pm in Wilson 120

ECON Mon-Fri 9am-12pm in Studio 200

ACCT Mon 1:30-2:30pm in the Kramer Study Center, Fleharty

              Wed 1:45-2:45pm in the Kramer Study Center, Fleharty

              Fri 9:30-11:30am in the Kramer Study Center, Fleharty

SPAN Mon 12:30-2pm in Studio 200

              Thurs 4-5pm in Studio 200

Office hours are regularly scheduled times each week where students can meet with their professor or teaching assistant to ask questions to better understand the material and build relationships with professors.

Office hours are an opportunity to show your professor how hard you work in their class while also getting focused help on where you are struggling. If you make a few of these visits in the beginning of the semester, it’s easier to talk to your professor when there’s a problem or you need help.

Also, the relationship you may make with your professors can also open the door to internship opportunities and pay off in grad school recommendations and job references!

If your professor's office hours are during another class or commitment, you can reach out to your professor to ask if there is a time when you can schedule an appointment for office hours.

An accommodation is a modification that is made to a course, program, service, job, activity, or facility that minimizes disability-related barriers to allow equitable access while maintaining the essential requirements.  The following are some examples of accommodations:

• Testing accommodations such as additional time, a lower distraction room, or use of assistive technology

• Note taking assistance

• Sign Language interpreting or captioning

• Document Conversion to create alternate text formats

• Access Assistance for students who need audio description, support with manipulation tasks, help with library materials, or other tasks

If you have a disabling condition and would like to request accommodations, use this confidential  Request for Accessibility/Accommodation Form.  This is the process for all accommodation requests regarding academics, housing, meals, Emotional Support Animals (ESAs), pregnancy-related conditions, health and mental health conditions, and temporary issues.

Studio 200 staff will reach out to you to start the interactive and individualized process to make sure you have equal access to information, learning opportunities, physical spaces, events and activities.  You can email megan.launchbaugh@hastings.edu. If you have testing accommodations and need to schedule a test, click here.