Activities for people of all ages are planned for “A Family Celebration” during Thanksgiving Weekend November 27-29 at Hesston College. Events on Thanksgiving Day include a Thanksgiving Buffet from 5-6 p.m. (reservations are required). At 8 p.m., a 65-voice choir comprised of Hesston College students and community members, along with a chamber orchestra, will perform […]
Five Hesston College students gave outstanding singing performances at the annual National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) regional competition October 31 and November 1 at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Nathan Snyder from Fruita, Colo., turned in a top-notch performance, placing third in the finals of the Freshman Men’s Classical Division. He was […]
A choral masterwork by Antonio Vivaldi, an off-Broadway musical theatre revue, and a Music Department concert are planned during Thanksgiving Weekend November 27-29 at Hesston College. A 65-voice choir comprised of Hesston College students and community members will perform Vivaldi’s Gloria at 8 p.m. Thursday, November 27. The free masterworks concert will be presented in […]
Two alumni reunions in Japan in mid-October offered former Japanese students at Hesston College the opportunity to reconnect with each other and with the college. Dave Osborne, international student director at the college since 1986, along with the Hesston College Alumni Association, organized an alumni gathering in Osaka Saturday, October 18, and in Tokyo, Sunday, […]
The Lieurance Woodwind Quintet will present the second concert in the 2008-09 Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts season with a 3 p.m. performance at Hesston Mennonite Church on Sunday, November 23. The Lieurance Woodwind Quintet has firmly established its reputation in the Midwest as a premiere chamber ensemble. More than a regional quintet, the group maintains an […]
Oil paintings by local artist Joseph Loganbill can be seen from now until November 30 in the Hesston College Gallery located in Smith Center. Loganbill, a native of Harvey County, spent hours roaming the tall grasses and woods alongside the Sand Creek home north of Newton where he grew up. “As a boy, I also […]
by Rachel Nussbaum Eby and Phil Richard The Hesston College Board of Overseers is pleased to announce the reappointment of Dr. Howard Keim as president of Hesston College for a second term. Keim officially began serving January 1, 2005, and the next four-year term will begin January 1, 2009. “The Hesston College Board is grateful […]
Yvonne Sieber, Hesston College vice president of Development, has announced the appointment of Tonya Gaby, White Pigeon, Mich. Gaby began November 1 as a development officer, serving in the states of Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, and developing strategies with young alumni across the country. Tonya Hunsberger Gaby, who received an associate of arts degree from […]
The number of new students enrolled at Hesston College increased this fall. Registrar Jeanne Billings reported that 219 new North American students are enrolled, plus 21 new international students, for a total of 240. That’s an increase of 20 students (or nine percent) compared to last fall’s total of 220. “I’m pleased that the number […]
p> The Hesston College Music Department is hosting a piano recital by Beverly Lapp from Goshen (Ind.) College. The public is invited to the 7 p.m. concert Thursday, October 23, at Hesston Mennonite Church. Admission is free. Lapp will open the program with selections from her new CD “Every Blessing.” These will be available for […]
The Hesston College Music Department invites all community singers (high school age and above) to join the Hesston College choirs to present the college’s Masterworks Concert during Thanksgiving Weekend. Featured for this year’s concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, November 27, is Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria , conducted by Bradley Kauffman, music faculty member. Rehearsals are scheduled […]
by Carol Duerksen Take a banjo-pickin’ preacher, a new visual arts facility, a humorous chemistry professor, and an improv comedy team, and what do you get? You get 18 and 80-year-olds laughing in the aisles. You get bluegrass music and Paul Friesen art. You get a unique life lesson from Swaziland. You get a creative […]
by Andrew Sharp The Hesston College men’s and women’s basketball programs kicked off the 2008-2009 season with their annual “Midnight Madness” event on Friday night, October 3. After the doors of Yost Center were opened, the majority of the Hesston College student body poured inside while the Screamin’ Larks, the college’s pep band, filled the […]
by Susan Miller Balzer Ben Barwick cringes when he sees Kansans watering their lawns- especially when they do so after a recent rainfall. His experiences in the Holy Lands this summer as a member of a Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) delegation helped him see the preciousness of water and learn how power and oppression lead […]
New lighting equipment and curtains installed this summer and fall in Northlawn Room 109, part of the Music and Theatre Department building at Hesston College, have enhanced the multiple functions of that room immensely. The room becomes the setting for some theatre productions and music programs, serves as rehearsal space for the instrumental and vocal […]
