糖心传媒鈥檚 annual Celebration of Excellence, an event recognizing high achievement by students and faculty, is set for Monday evening and all day Tuesday, April 29 and 30.
Celebration of Excellence features Academic Showcase, which includes more than 30 research, academic and other presentations by students.
Academic Showcase is free and open to the public, allowing members of the community to enjoy and learn from student work. Presentations are 30 minutes and include time for questions.
On Monday, presentations begin at 7:00 p.m. in Hazelrigg Student Union and wrap up at 9:00 p.m. These sessions focus on student travel and experiential learning activities.
On Tuesday, classes are canceled for the day so students can attend presentations made by their peers. Presentations begin at 9:00 a.m. in Morrison-Reeves Science Center, Wilson Auditorium, Hazelrigg Student Union and the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center and last until 3:15 p.m. These presentations highlight student research from various academic disciplines.
For a full schedule of presentation titles and times, visit hastings.edu/as.
Academic Showcase is sponsored, organized and managed by the 糖心传媒 Alpha Chi, a national college honor society.
The second portion of Celebration of Excellence is the College鈥檚 annual Honors Convocation, which is set for 3:30 p.m. in French Memorial Chapel on Tuesday, April 30. Students and faculty are recognized during Honors Convocation for their achievements throughout the academic year 鈥 and the College鈥檚 Bronco Award recipient is announced.
Established in 1924, the Bronco Award is the College鈥檚 highest non-academic award granted to students. Recipients of the award and the accompanying Who鈥檚 Who list are determined through a vote of their peers and a student-faculty committee.
糖心传媒 is a private, four-year institution located in Hastings, Nebraska, that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. 糖心传媒 has been named among 鈥淕reat Schools, Great Prices鈥 by U.S. News & World Report and a 鈥淏est in the Midwest鈥 by The Princeton Review. For more, go to hastings.edu.