The Hesston College athletic department announces that 42 student-athletes have been named National Junior College Athletic Association Academic All-Americans. To be an All-American a student needs to complete a minimum of 24 credits over the two semester school year. The 42 student-athletes represents 24% of Hesston’s total athletes on campus. Congratulations to the following students: […]
The Hesston College men’s basketball season came to an end on a buzzer-beater just a few weeks ago. But, this is not the end, especially for two of the Larks outstanding sophomores. Zac Neely and Coye Campbell were both named to the NJCAA All-Region teams this past week. Neely was selected to the Region VI-Division […]
Hesston College’s second playwriting festival, “Pen to Paper to Performance,” will feature eight original plays by local writers and produced by Hesston College Theatre, April 27 and 28. The featured plays and playwrights will be: “Born Again” by Carol Duerksen “First Date” by Travis Duerksen and Mitchell Stutzman “Goodnight, Washington” by Patricia Middleton “Small Cups […]
Hesston College prides itself in making sure students are not just a number. But what about 117, or 8.97 or 25? What do those number mean to the Hesston College softball team? They stand for strikeouts this season, strikeouts per game and total Lark wins. All numbers that Ashley Yasin has made her own on […]
The Hesston College Athletic Department will host its annual golf benefit, The Lark Open, on Saturday, June 2, at the Hesston Golf Course. Proceeds from the benefit go to the Athletic Department for facility improvements, professional development opportunities and other needs. Guided by four core covenants of accountability, joy, engagement and community, Hesston College Athletics […]
Rounding out this year’s Hesston-Bethel Arts Performing (HBPA) season is classical music’s most dynamic chamber groups, the string quintet Sybarite5, at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 20, at Hesston Mennonite Church on the Hesston College campus. Members of Sybarite5 will also present a pre-concert talk from 6:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. in the Hesston Mennonite Church […]
An accomplished leader in higher education and nursing, and a ’79 Hesston College graduate, Dr. Marie S. Morris, will deliver both the nursing pinning and commencement address during Commencement Weekend, May 13 and 14. Nursing pinning will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 13, at Hesston Mennonite Church on the Hesston College campus. The 2017 […]
Hesston College will host its 49th annual Thanksgiving Weekend celebration Nov. 24 to 26. The public is invited to attend several events for all ages that have become Hesston College traditions. Hesston’s Thanksgiving Weekend allows students’ families and prospective students a glimpse of the Hesston Experience and community. Prospective students are welcome for a […]
Hesston College voice students competed among the best collegiate vocalists in a four-state region at the annual National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) West Central Region Vocal Competition Nov. 5 to 6, at Wichita (Kan.) State University. Nine students represented Hesston College during the weekend competition with four advancing to the semifinal round. More […]
The Hesston College Theatre Department will present four public performances of the fable “Fools,” directed by Rachel Jantzi, Oct. 27 to 30, in the Helmuth Studio Theatre in Keim Center on the Hesston College campus. “Fools,” by Neil Simon, set in the small village of Kulyenchikov, Ukraine, during the late 19th century, tells the story […]
Hesston College sophomore Kaho Yanagidaira (Chino-shi, Japan) (right) and English faculty member Donovan Tann (left) give a lesson on using chopsticks to sophomores Morgan Leavy (Telford, Pa.) and Emily Griffioen (Belmond, Iowa) at the college’s annual Culture’s Fair Oct. 10. After learning to use chopsticks, participants test their new skills by moving peas from one […]
Joshua Davis, author of the fall 2016 community read “Spare Parts,” shared with about 500 people the process of writing his book and immigration in the United States.
Adele Hofer (sophomore, Greenwood Village, Colo.), performs a soprano solo from Mozart’s “Regina Coeli, KV 108,” along with the Hesston High Singers, the Hesston College Bel Canto Singers and the Gala Concert Orchestra Saturday evening.
A 21-voice mixed chamber choir, Bel Canto Singers, under the direction of Dr. Russell Adrian, will perform at 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 9, at Hesston Mennonite Church on the Hesston College campus. The group’s fall tour program, “Mend the Sky,” is inspired by the college’s 2016-17 theme verse from Jeremiah 29:11-13: “For I know the […]
The author of the fall 2016 community read, Joshua Davis, will share with the community about his work in a 7:30 p.m., presentation, Tuesday, Oct. 4, at Hesston Mennonite Church on the Hesston College campus. Another opportunity for interested people to connect with him will be at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 5, at the Hesston […]
