Hesston College ceramics instructor Hanna Eastin (right) and a student work on a raku firing of ceramics pieces.

Summer clay camp to help shape young artists

Middle school and high school-aged students can expand their creativity and learning with Hesston College’s week-long summer clay camp June 16 to 20 on the Hesston College campus. Hesston College ceramics instructor and local artist Hanna Eastin will lead the camp. The camp will be a beginner’s level introduction into handbuiling ceramics and raku firing. […]

Hesston College 2014 commencement speakers: Joyce Huber, Marelby Mosquera, Nathan Peters, Hannah Weaver

College to celebrate class of 2014

Hesston College will celebrate the class of 2014 during Commencement Weekend May 9 to 11. The commencement ceremony will be at 9 a.m., Sunday, May 11, in Yost Center. Nursing instructor Joyce Huber and natural science instructor Marelby Mosquera will present the commencement address, “Passport For a Dream: From Here to Everywhere.” Huber has served […]

Mark Landes, Hesston College vice president of Finance and Auxiliary Services pulls a wagon of children from the college's preschool on a solar-charged personal activities vehicle to lead the Earth Day parade featuring alternative transportation options.

Cutting the transportation footprint

A parade in celebration of alternative transportation options makes its way across the Hesston College campus during the college’s Earth Day celebration April 24. A personal activities vehicle (PAV) built by students in Nelson Kilmer’s Physics II class led the parade. Also part of the parade were solar-powered bicycles built by previous years’ physics students, […]

Natural science instructor Marelby Mosquera (third from left) talks with a group of students about the solar-charged personal activities vehicle built by students in the college’s Physics II course.

Environmental science added as new program of study

Environmental science will join Hesston College’s list of more than 50 programs of study for transfer beginning with the 2014-15 academic year. Environmental science programs have seen an upswing nationwide over the last few years due to increased interest in sustainability and green initiatives. Career opportunities are growing quickly in areas such as biology, public […]

Hesston College theatre director Laura Kraybill leads an acting class through a warmup exercise.

College to host summer theatre camp for middle school students

Aspiring young actors can learn new skills and techniques as well as challenge their creativity during Hesston College’s first summer theatre camp June 2 to 7 on the Hesston College campus. Hesston College theatre director Laura Kraybill will lead the workshop-style camp along with recent Hesston College theatre graduates. Students ages 11 to 14 are […]

Hesston College Physics II students display the solar powered personal activities vehicle they built as a class project during the spring 2014 semester.

Hesston College Earth Day celebration to focus on transportation alternatives

When Hesston College physics instructor Nelson Kilmer was shopping for a new vehicle in late 2013, he had one goal in mind – to lower his environmental impact. He achieved his goal with the Ford C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid, which is charged off of solar panels producing electricity for his house. The solar powered nature […]

Hesston College communications interns

Interns get an early start in the professional world

Communications and graphic design majors at Hesston College are getting an extra leg up on their peers. Whereas most students don’t start building their professional portfolios until their junior or senior years, seven Hesston students are digging in and building their portfolios as freshmen and sophomores. The students earned competitive internships working with the college’s […]

Freshman Quinn Kathrineberg performs as part of Hesston College’s string ensemble.

Concert Band to become Chamber Orchestra

Hesston College freshman Quinn Kathrineberg (Salina, Kan.) spends a significant amount of time each week with her viola. Between String Ensemble practices and performances, private lessons and her own practice time, she has many opportunities to satisfy her love of music. Starting with the 2014-15 year, the music program will shift from a concert band […]

Eight Hesston College students spent time observing in Puerto Rican schools and interacting with teachers and students during spring break

Spring break a time for continued learning

Hesston College sophomore Olivia Miller (Newton, Kan.) arrived in India for spring break 2014 not knowing what to expect from cultural differences and learning experiences tied to her nursing major. Miller, along with 10 other nursing students and two sponsors, spent the week experiencing first-hand just how different India is from the U.S. in everything […]

Parkinson’s Disease fundraiser to feature Hesston College faculty member

“Each Other’s Light,” a Parkinson’s Disease fundraiser reception and show featuring acclaimed baritone Tony Brown and retired master ballet dancer and teacher Alexander Tressor will be at 6:30 p.m., Friday, April 11 at the Reflection Ridge Retirement Community, 2300 Tyler, Wichita, Kan. Dwight Roth, former Hesston College social science instructor, is organizing the event along […]

Pastoral Ministries students study together in this photo from 2013.

College to take sabbatical from Pastoral Ministries program for discernment process

A review process of the Hesston College Pastoral Ministries program by a specially appointed planning committee has recommended that the college take a one-year sabbatical from the program to assess how the college can best meet the changing leadership needs of Mennonite Church USA and the broader church. The Hesston College Board of Directors accepted […]