Bill Mason (center), longtime Hesston College employee, is congratulated by Melissa Unruh (left) and Rachel Swartzendruber Miller (right) during Mason’s retirement celebration at Hesston College Feb. 16. Mason served at Hesston for 28 of the last 41 years in roles including public relations, student services, admissions and as a business instructor. He ended his time […]
Hesston College will welcome back one of its own – Dave Foncannon – as the featured artist in the Friesen Center gallery Feb. 26 to April 13. Foncannon will display his alabaster sculptures. A reception and chance for the public to meet the artist will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Feb. 26 in the […]
The Hesston College Aviation Department announces that Tyler Beachy of Hutchinson, Kan., is the latest student pilot to earn his private pilot license on Feb. 17. Beachy is a freshman in Hesston’s aviation program. He is the son of Steven and Marcia Beachy of Hutchinson. With his latest accomplishment, Beachy will begin work on the […]
Hesston College students saw how different education can be from one place to another after spending a day in a Tulsa, Okla., high school. Hesston education professor Marissa King took a group of 24 education majors to Central Junior High and High School Feb. 14 to experience a school that, for most of her students, […]
Students in Hesston College’s Music Theatre Workshop class will present an evening of showtunes and musical scenes at 7:30 p.m. March 1 in the Northlawn Studio Theatre on the Hesston College campus. The performance is free and open to the public. The evening program will feature scenes from “Rent,” “Kiss Me Kate,” “Fiddler on the […]
by Melanie Zuercher (Bethel College) The fourth event in the 2011-12 Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts series brings to Bethel College’s (North Newton, Kan.) Memorial Hall stage a wildly popular Irish music spectacle. Celtic Crossroads will be at Bethel College Thursday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m. South Central Kansas residents may know Celtic Crossroads from its specials […]
Wayne Bryan, producing artistic director of Music Theatre of Wichita, shares tips about headshots with students in Hesston College’s Music Theatre Workshop class Feb. 9. Bryan was the guest presenter in the Music Theatre Workshop class and Voice Masterclass. He offered audition tips and went through mock auditions with students in the Music Theatre Workshop […]
The Hesston College Bel Canto Singers under the direction of Bradley Kauffman have been selected to perform as part of the Kansas Music Educators Association annual in-service workshop at 2 p.m., Feb. 23 in the Century II Mary Jane Teall Theater in Wichita, Kan. Guest passes for the workshop will be available at the registration […]
Hesston College announced the names of full-time students whose fall semester grades earned them a place on the Dean’s List (3.90 to 4.00) and Honor Roll (3.50 to 3.89). Hesston College – Academic Honors – Fall Semester 2011(Full-time students completing 12 hours or more) Dean’s List 3.90-4.00FreshmenLauren Adams – Wichita, Kan.Asbel Assefa – Addis Ababa, […]
Kids from Newton’s United Methodist Youthville campus, are the featured artists in the Hesston College Friesen Center gallery. The works of art are from “The Monster In Me” project through Youthville’s Expressive Arts Center, directed by Micala Gingrich-Gaylord, and will be displayed through Feb. 18. “The Monster In Me” project gave kids at Newton’s Youthville […]
Ashley Finley, Senior Director of Assessment and Research for the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the leading national association concerned with the quality of undergraduate liberal education, was on the Hesston College campus Jan. 9 for a faculty in-service. The faculty spent the day discussing how to evaluate student learning on the newly revised […]
The third Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts event of the 2011-12 season will feature the unique collaborative duo of Igudesman & Joo with their groundbreaking show “A Little Nightmare Music.” The concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31 in the Hesston Mennonite Church sanctuary on the Hesston College campus. The duo, made up of Aleksey […]
The Hesston College Bible Department is offering a three-weekend course on Psalms and Epistles during the spring 2012 semester. Church leaders, those with an interest in ministry and any other interested people are invited to participate. The class, taught by Bible and Ministry faculty member Michele Hershberger, focuses on the books of Psalms and 1 […]
The Hesston College Concert Band and Bel Canto Singers will present separate Iowa performances Sunday, Jan. 15. Bel Canto will present a program of sacred choral music during the 9:30 a.m. service at First Mennonite Church of Iowa City. The Concert Band will perform with the Iowa Mennonite School (Kalona) Symphonic Band at 2 p.m. […]
International relationships are a vital part of the Hesston College culture both on and off campus. During the 2012 May term, beginning May 7, the college will expand its international learning opportunities with a three week trip to China led by sociology faculty and artist-in-residence Tony Brown and Chunrong Li, a Chinese citizen living in […]
