The Hesston College Music Department will present a spring concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 23 at Hesston Mennonite Church. The concert will feature Bel Canto Singers, Hesston College Chorale and Wind Ensemble. The concert is presented in conjunction with the college’s Alumni Office, and Hesston College alumni and friends are especially invited to attend. […]
Singer/songwriter/worship leader Jeremy Kempf will lead a workshop and present a concert at Hesston College Saturday, March 27. A 2000 graduate of Hesston College, Kempf and fellow Hesston students founded Thirstborne, a band that traveled the country for five years, challenging youth to strengthen their relationship with Jesus. Kempf also led youth worship bands for […]
The “World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra,” one of the most popular and sought-after big bands in the world for concert and swing dance engagements, will appear on the Memorial Hall stage as part of the Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts Series. The band performs Thursday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. Alton Glenn Miller was born in 1904 […]
Hesston College announces the winter tour for its Bel Canto Singers. The tour will be Feb. 25 to March 1 and include six performances in Oregon. To kick off the tour, Bel Canto will offer a home concert at 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 21 at Hesston Mennonite Church. The public is invited to attend. There […]
Plan on fun for the entire family when Hesston College hosts its annual Alumni and Community Basketball Games at the college’s Yost Center Saturday afternoon, February 20. The Larks will host Highland (Kan.) Community College. The women’s game tips off at 2 p.m., and the men’s game to follow at 4 p.m. The public is […]
The Division of Nursing at Hesston College is scheduled for an on-site continuing accreditation visit by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) on March 2-4, 2010. Program evaluators will meet with college and program personnel and students, visit classrooms and affiliated clinical agencies, and review curriculum materials to validate that the program continues […]
Hesston College students stage several scenes from All in the Timing , six one-act comedies by David Ives, as they produce a video that is part of Hesston College’s production of the Ives script. Time magazine called All in the Timing “Theatre that aerobicizes the brain and tickles the heart.” Hesston College Theatre Director Megan […]
Almost 25 years after Paul Simon’s groundbreaking album Graceland brought this South African men’s a cappella group to world prominence, Ladysmith Black Mambazo will appear at Bethel College as part of the Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts Series. Ladysmith Black Mambazo will perform on the Memorial Hall stage Thursday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m., as their only […]
“I am concerned about the breakdown of relationships in society, especially as seen in the family,” commented Hesston College alumnus David Coleman, Newton, Kan. (third from left). “This breakdown extends across all parts of society-racial, ethnic, religious, and economic differences. People seem to be much more focused on themselves today. Martin Luther King was trying […]
Marathana Prothro joined the staff of Hesston College in mid December as director of marketing and communications. Prothro works closely with the Advancement, Admissions and Alumni teams as well as departments across campus as she leads the college’s marketing and communication efforts and she directs the Communications office staff. Yvonne Sieber, vice president of advancement […]
Hesston College will honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a week-long celebration titled Martin Luther King: The Spirit, Service and the Arts Jan. 18 to 22. The week will feature multiple events, including concerts and special lectures. All events will be free and open to the public. The events all are […]
Hesston College alumni and friends are invited to send their favorite recipes for a centennial cookbook that will be published and available for purchase during Homecoming 2009 scheduled for September 25-27, 2009. “Hesston College traditions include food and fellowship,” said DaLonna Schroeder, cookbook coordinator and an administrative assistant at the college. “This collection of recipes […]
by Susan Miller Balzer Students can make the world a better place for everyone by choosing to purchase gifts and coffee that are fairly traded and by pursuing careers that will open and expand work opportunities for people around the world. This was the message that Doug Dirks, Akron, Pa., public relations director for Ten […]
As part of its centennial celebration this semester, Hesston College is celebrating Ten Thousand Villages and its founder Edna Byler, a 1923 Hesston Academy graduate who attended Hesston College from 1925 through 1929. Her husband, Joseph N. Byler, taught at Hesston from 1926 to 1941. Starting in 1941 the Bylers spent the rest of their […]
Hesston College’s Centennial Thanksgiving Family Celebration starts with Thanksgiving dinner Thursday evening-a full dinner with turkey, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, pasta salad, cottage cheese, cranberry gelatin, seven layer salad, green beans, corn, rice, pumpkin pie, and pecan pie, served by the college’s Food Service. The dinner is a decades old Hesston College tradition and a […]
