Photo release - 2016-17 year opens with energy

Hesston College welcomed new and returning students to campus and a new year during Opening Weekend Aug. 19 to 21. Classes started Monday, Aug. 22.

In featured photo above: Freshmen Kendall Richardson (Lodi, Calif.) and Jasmine Pankratz (Abbyville, Kan.) take their first roommate picture shortly after moving into their dorm room Aug. 19.

Photos from opening weekend 2016: (left) Students and parents line up to outside of Bontrager Student Center to check in for a new year with admissions counselors Allie Shoup and Michael Smalley; (center) Bel Canto Singers perform at Friday evening Opening Celebration Aug. 19 as the first campus-wide event for the year. The evening’s speakers, women’s basketball coach Jeff Jacobs and Director of International Admissions Dave Osborne spoke on elements of Hesston College’s Philosophy of Faith Formation; (right) Freshman Nicole Loewen (Hutchinson, Kan.) sprints back to the front of the line in a relay race during Sunday evening Mod Olympics, Aug. 21.