Students from 28 states and 10 countries arrived on the Hesston College campus the week of August 17. Soccer and volleyball players started practice and members of the college’s Bel Canto Singers rehearsed selections for Opening Weekend events. Hesston’s Student Life staff trained 31 sophomores serving as resident assistants in the dormitories this year. Students […]
by Carol Duerksen Sometimes, Lisa Harrelson has to pinch herself to realize she’s not in a dream. But then, the 2009 Hesston College nursing grad remembers the hours of hard work, and she knows she earned the dream-a dream that began as a child, but seemed destined never to be fulfilled. Harrelson, who lives in […]
Gerry Sieber of Newton has accepted an appointment to coach men’s and women’s cross country at Hesston College, according to Athletic Director Art Mullet. Sieber begins his duties this fall, recruiting a team to compete beginning in fall of 2010. Sieber will also direct Hesston’s intramural athletics program. A 1964 Hesston College graduate, Sieber earned […]
Hesston College students enrolled in fall semester classes will converge on campus during Opening Weekend August 21-23. Resident assistants for the dorms arrive Thursday, August 13, for a weekend orientation and retreat. Then volleyball and men’s and women’s soccer players, along with aviation students and members of the Bel Canto Singers, come to campus Monday, […]
Hesston College English professor Karen Sheriff LeVan and sociology professor Dwight Roth presented at the AARP conference The Power of Inclusion: Aging and Diversity in the 21st Century in Chicago. LeVan and Roth’s presentation, “Intergenerational Conversations on Aging and Diversity: Mennonite Perspectives” shared their ongoing scholarship on the positive outcomes of the intergenerational relationships fostered […]
David Greiser, director of Hesston College’s Pastoral Ministries program since 2006, has resigned to accept the pastorate at North Baltimore (Md.) Mennonite Church. He will continue at Hesston College through the 2009 fall semester. Greiser came to Hesston after a 10-year stint on the pastoral team at Souderton (Pa.) Mennonite Church and having pastored congregations […]
Jessica Davis, a defender/midfielder from Newton (Kan.) High School, has signed a letter of intent to play soccer at Hesston College. Davis lettered four years in soccer for Newton High, and during her senior year was named team captain. A dedicated student-athlete, Davis earned four academic letters while at Newton High and received an Honors […]
This fall Hesston College’s Aviation department will offer a new course in air traffic control-Air Traffic Basics I. The course is the first of four that will prepare students to take the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Air Traffic selection and training evaluations (ATSAT). Applicants must pass several evaluations to enter the FAA’s training program. The […]
Graduating sophomores were recognized with awards for their academic achievements during Hesston College’s annual Larkfest during Commencement Weekend. The Saturday evening, May 2, event was held at Hesston Mennonite Church. Seventeen students were named to the Dean’s List. The Dean’s List recognizes graduating sophomores who achieved a cumulative 3.9 to 4.0 grade point average based […]
Hesston College Registrar Jeanne Billings has announced the names of full-time students (completing 12 hours or more) whose grades for spring semester (2009) have earned them places on the Dean’s List and Honor Roll. The following freshmen are listed on the Dean’s List (3.90-4.00) : Alison, Kate-Hesston, Kan. Beck, Kent-Hesston, Kan. and Archbold, Ohio Boshart, […]
Hesston College volleyball coach Vanessa Schroeder has announced the signing of 5’4″ Allison Martin, a defensive specialist from WACO High School in Wayland, Iowa. A letter-winner in volleyball, softball, and track, Martin received second team all-conference honors following her senior year. Off the court, Martin is a well-rounded student. She was named to the honor […]
The six graduates this year from Hesston College’s Disaster Management program were challenged to go out and create their own stories. The six graduates are Rudy Graber, Molalla, Ore.; Alyssa Hostetler, West Liberty, Ohio; Abby Kline, Schaefferstown, Pa.; Jordan Pierce, Palmer Lake, Colo.; Abigail Roth, Wood River, Neb.’ and Hope Weaver, Nederland, Colo. Guest speaker […]
Hesston College graduated 156 students on Sunday morning, May 3, in Yost Center, and Jim and Jim were in the gym to address them before they received their diplomas. Representing the “lofty” world of academia, 36-year veteran of the science faculty, Jim Yoder, was dressed in full regalia and spoke from the bucket of a […]
by Susan Miller Balzer At the opening session of the Hesston College Aviation Department’s annual “Aviation as Mission” event Friday, April 17, two graduates, Travis Pollock and Aaron Diller, and former instructor, Don Woodward, demonstrated the “can-do” attitude that Woodward said is characteristic of Hesston’s aviation alumni. The three stepped up to the podium at […]
The Hesston College Alumni Association invites alumni and friends to participate in the eighth annual Explore Kansas! , a venture to south central Kansas Friday, May 29. Dallas Stutzman, vice president of Alumni Relations, says the purpose of the annual Explore Kansas! is twofold. “We want to enjoy the company of alumni, friends, and faculty […]
