Students find importance in exploring Islam

by Rachel Schlegel First-year students at Hesston College have been on a journey during their first semester of college. It’s more than being in a new place, meeting new people and being on their own for the first time. It’s the kind of journey that challenges students to think both locally and globally, and most […]

Singers participate in vocal competition

Eight Hesston College singers participated in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) regional vocal competition at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, Colo., Nov. 5 and 6. Students competed against peers in their own class level in a four state region that includes Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming. More than 450 students competed […]

Hesston College prepares for Thanksgiving weekend

A 43-year tradition continues at Hesston College’s annual Thanksgiving Weekend: A Family Celebration Nov. 25 to 27. The Hesston College tradition of bringing prospective students as well as families of current students to campus during Thanksgiving Weekend began as a prospective student visit weekend in 1967. With only three weeks between Thanksgiving and the end […]

Music instructors to showcase talent

A recital featuring Hesston College private music instructors will be at 3 p.m Sunday, Nov. 21., in the Hesston Mennonite Church sanctuary. The recital is free and open to the public. In addition to teaching, each of Hesston’s seven studio instructors are accomplished solo performers. “Events like this are important moments for modeling high artistic […]

Islamic Society to share in inter-faith dialogue with college students and community members

by Rachel Schlegel Islamic Society of Wichita members will engage in an inter-faith conversation with Hesston College students, faculty, staff and community members at 4 p.m. Nov. 14 in the Hesston Mennonite Church sanctuary. Hesston College and Hesston Mennonite Church are joining together to facilitate the conversation about Islam. The 206 students in the First […]

Conference challenges participants to embrace the whole Jesus

by Rachel Schlegel Pastors, students, church leaders and members and other interested people gathered for the 11th annual Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series (AVDS) at Hesston College October 29 to 31. The theme for 2010 was “3-D Jesus.” Speaker presentations, large- and small-group discussions, videos and drama were used to address the issue of Jesus’ […]

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HBPA presents Viver Brasil

NORTH NEWTON, KAN. – Hesston Bethel Performing Arts (HBPA) will welcome the power and pageantry of Afro-Brazilian dance, costumes and live music to Bethel College’s Memorial Hall stage Nov. 5 with Viver Brasil, which the Los Angeles Times has called “irrepressible” and “Brazilian to the core.” Linda Yudin and Luiz Badaró, co-artistic directors, founded Los […]

Hesston Hoopla – a celebration of men’s and women’s basketball at Hesston College

At 8 p.m. Sunday night, Oct. 31, a campus-wide pep rally will be held in Yost Center on the Hesston College campus. Previously dubbed “Midnight Madness,” “Hoopla” is in its second year with a goal of being more accessible to the community. The event is open to the public and free of charge. A dunk […]

College fills vacated faculty roles

Hesston College welcomed new English faculty members to start the second eight weeks of the semester, while saying goodbye to a departing colleague. The English faculty position was vacated by an instructor leaving for a new opportunity at Wichita State University. Dr. Merle Schlabaugh of Newton, Kan., will teach Introduction to Film this fall and […]