Aviation professionals will present at a symposium about their careers and the latest updates in aviation business, safety, airlines, mission and air traffic control during A Hesston College Homecoming: A View from Everywhere Sept. 23 to 25. The public is invited to the symposium on the Hesston College campus from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, […]
The Hesston College community will participate in the first State Wide Packaging Event (SWIPE) for hunger with Numana by packaging meals and raising money to fund the project Oct. 1. Numana is an international hunger relief organization based in El Dorado, Kan., that facilitates volunteer food-packaging events throughout the country and sends the meals world-wide […]
Faculty members in the Hesston College art department are exhibiting pieces of their personal works in the Friesen Center for the Visual Arts gallery on the Hesston College campus through Sept. 9. Hanna Eastin and Paul Friesen have clay pieces displayed while Lois Misegadis is presenting sculptures made largely from limestone. A reception […]
Hesston College announces the following faculty and staff appointments for the 2010-11 school year. New faculty appointments include: Jason Barrett-Fox, English and writing. He earned a bachelor’s in English from Bethel College (North Newton, Kan.), a master’s in American studies, a graduate certificate for women, gender and sexuality studies and is pursuing a Ph.D. in […]
The recent activity on the Hesston College campus after three months, is indication that the college is gearing up for Opening Weekend Aug. 18 to 21 and the start of the new academic year Aug. 22. Soon the parking lots will be full of cars sporting license plates from 30 states, and students will find […]
With the close of the fiscal year, the Hesston College community was pleased to see another year end in the black and the Development team meet the Annual Fund goal to assist with financial aid for students. “Steady enrollment, generous contributions, strong academics and student life, and a positive learning environment have all contributed to […]
Honeytown, a high energy Americana band based in Kidron, Ohio, will perform live at Hesston Mennonite Church Sunday, July 24 at 7 p.m. playing songs from their first CD, “Nobody’s Fault but Mine.” The concert, hosted by Hesston College, is free and open to the public, though a free-will offering will be received to cover […]
Stewardship is, by no means, a new concept to the Hesston College community. Care of resources, from buildings to funds to the environment, is among the values woven into the fabric of the college. Now, in the age of “going green,” students, faculty and staff continually explore new and innovative ways to reduce the college’s […]
Hesston College will host its 12th annual Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series conference Oct. 28 to 30 with the theme Getting Beyond Them and Us – to We. The conference will explore the tension of the church’s call from an Anabaptist perspective to be both distinctive and open to others. Participants will discuss ways to […]
As Hesston College students graduated May 8 and headed home for the summer, they began to embody the college’s motto of “Start Here, Go Everywhere.” The following Tuesday, the same motto was applied to dorm furniture as it was loaded into a semi for donation in Waco, Texas. For 42 years students used the beds, […]
Hesston College’s 139 graduates of the class of 2011 were encouraged during a May 8 commencement ceremony to go into the world with a spirit of love and unity. Regina Shands Stoltzfus, professor in the Peacemaking, Justice and Conflict studies and Bible, Religion and Philosophy departments at Goshen (Ind.) College, as well as adjunct professor […]
Air Traffic Control is not a career path for the faint of heart, and in the aviation field it sometimes gets overlooked for the “cool factor” of being a pilot. The first graduates of Hesston College’s Air Traffic Control program, however, are ready for the fast pace of work in a tower. Two years after […]
Four Hesston College business students have been named recipients of the Bill Mason Business Scholarship for the 2011-12 academic year. The students receiving the scholarship award are Hayden Goerzen, son of Bryan Goerzen of Newton, Kan. and the late Wendy Goerzen; Dani Klotz, daughter of Steve and Cherri Klotz of Wakarusa, Ind.; Joel Murray, son […]
Hesston College President Howard Keim has announced the appointment of Rachel Swartzendruber Miller as Vice President of Admissions and Financial Aid. A 2000 Hesston graduate, Swartzendruber Miller will replace Joel Kauffman – who has been named to the Athletic Director position – on August 1. “Rachel’s love for Hesston College, academic training and experience, connections […]
Hesston College flight instructors and onlookers watch approaching planes during the Aviation department’s annual Larks Flight Rally April 16 at the Newton City/County Airport. Aviation students and alumni competed in a flour bag drop competition and a landing competition. The day started with a presentation by Loren Groff, a 1991 Hesston College graduate and former […]
