The Hesston College Music Department has announced membership for the 2012-13 Bel Canto Singers. Members are selected by competitive audition. Incoming first-year students named to the ensemble are Josh Booth of Goessel, Kan., Morgan Martin of New Holland, Pa., Rebecca Rhodes of Arthur, Ill., Jeffrey Smoker of Harrisonburg, Va., and Emily Taylor of Buhler, Kan. […]
Hesston College art students are the featured artists in the Hesston College Friesen Center gallery through May 4. The student work features two and three dimensional art from both fall and spring semesters of the 2011-12 school year. The student work was juried by Rachel Epp Buller, assistant professor of art at Bethel College (North […]
The Hesston College European Chorale will kick off its biennial European tour with a concert during Hesston College Commencement Weekend at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 5, in the Hesston Mennonite Church sanctuary. The concert is free and open to the public. The 37-voice choir, under the direction of Bradley Kauffman and with accompaniment provided by […]
Hesston College sophomore music students will perform voice recitals during Commencement Weekend. Michael Darby and Melody Marshall will perform at 9 p.m. May 4 in the Hesston Mennonite Church sanctuary. Libby Waltner will perform at 1 p.m. May 5 in the Northlawn Studio Theatre on the Hesston College campus. The public is invited to attend. […]
Bible teachers from nine Mennonite high schools visited Hesston (Kan.) College and Bethel College (North Newton, Kan.) April 12 and 13. Hesston College Bible instructor Michele Hershberger devised an interesting method to introduce the Bible teachers to Hesston’s program. She invited a group of students to share their Hesston Bible course experiences with the teachers […]
The Hesston College Aviation Department announced the latest achievements of student pilots. Spencer Hill of Goshen, Ind., earned his private pilot license on March 10. Hill is a 2011 graduate of Hesston’s Air Traffic Control program. He is the son of Thomas and Rachele Hill of Goshen, Ind. Micah Cusick of Newton, Kan., achieved his […]
The Hesston College European Chorale will kick off its European tour with several local concerts. The 37-voice choir will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Schowalter Villa Chapel in Hesston, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 22, at Inman Mennonite Church as part of the morning worship service and at 4 p.m. Saturday, […]
by Kyle Albrecht and Rachel Schlegel Hesston College business instructor David LeVan has given the same assignment to his Entrepreneurship class each spring semester for the last three years – create and operate a business for a few weeks during the semester as a way to gain practical business experience. In the past, the student-run […]
Providing medical care in a building with unpredictable electricity, observing cataract surgeries performed by the light of a flashlight and with local anesthesia, caring for patients while dealing with language barriers, making friends and bridging cultural gaps – that’s how a group of Hesston College nursing students spent their spring break. Rural India is not […]
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman has announced that the agency will award 863 grants to organizations and individual writers across the country. Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts is one of the grantees and will receive $10,000 to present an April 27 concert and three-day residency by The Rose Ensemble. The 863 grant […]
Four Hesston College students – Dani Klotz (Wakarusa, Ind.), Mariah Martin (Glenwood Springs, Colo.), Leah Rittenhouse (Mount Pleasant, Pa.) and Tyler Yoder (Bay Port, Mich.) – will share preaching duties for the Burrton community-wide Holy Week series at 7 p.m. April 1 to 4 at Burrton Mennonite Church. The Holy Week series is open to […]
No hippies or 1970s glam rockers appear in William Shakespeare’s original script of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” but the Hesston College Theatre Department’s interpretation of the timeless play infuses the Elizabethan setting with a little bit of the disco era. The cast of Hesston College students and faculty members will present Shakespeare’s classic comedy “A […]
Rachel Neufeld has hiked in the Andes Mountains, lived in a London flat, traveled around Europe, paddled hollowed-out canoes into remote villages in Papua New Guinea and enjoyed the beaches of Australia. She’s tried ethnic foods and experienced cultures and histories all around the globe. Hearing about all of her adventures, one might wonder how […]
The Hesston (Kan.) College Aviation Department announces that Adam Heisey of Elizabethtown, Pa., is the latest student pilot to earn his private pilot license on Feb. 26. Heisey is a freshman in Hesston’s aviation program. He is the son of Duane and Darlene Heisey of Elizabethtown. With his latest accomplishment, Heisey will begin work on […]
The Hesston College Chorale will present its spring break tour concert celebrating the Lenten season in 10 churches and schools across Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Missouri March 2 to 11. Friday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Southern Hills Mennonite Church, 511 Southeast 37th Street, Topeka, Kan. Saturday, March 3 at […]
