Hesston College and the Dyck Arboretum of the Plains recently received generous financial gifts from the Harold and Evie Dyck Estate that will help both organizations in securing their future viability. The Dycks’ estate was distributed following Evie’s death in April. Harold preceded her in death in 2007. “We are grateful that Harold and Evie […]
Hesston College’s 12th annual Explore Kansas! trip June 14 and 15 for alumni and friends of the college will venture to historical sites and places of interest in Kansas and Oklahoma. The trip will depart from Hesston June 14 and travel to Oklahoma to visit the Cherokee Heritage Center near Tahlequah. The museum features the […]
Hesston College will celebrate the class of 2013 during Commencement Weekend May 3 to 5. The commencement ceremony will be at 9 a.m., Sunday, May 5, in Yost Center. Mennonite World Conference President-elect, J. Nelson Kraybill, will present the commencement address. Kraybill of Elkhart, Ind., serves as lead pastor of Prairie Street Mennonite Church (Elkhart) […]
The Hesston College Bel Canto Singers will celebrate 30 years of making music with a May tour to the east coast May 6 to 16, highlighted by a four-day New York City excursion. While in New York, the choir will participate in a Carnegie Hall performance and perform solo concerts at Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship and […]
A love for plants and an eye for the Kansas prairie’s beauty were the spark and vision for a treasured Hesston landmark that is left as Evie Dyck’s ongoing legacy with the Dyck Arboretum of the Plains. Evie passed away April 7, at the age of 88. The Dyck Arboretum was a wheat field on […]
Longtime Mennonite Mission Network employee and recent retiree John Powell of Elkhart, Ind., will serve as Hesston College church leader in residence April 7 to 10. He will share about his experiences working for inclusion and overcoming racial oppression in the Mennonite church and broader social systems during Hesston College chapel services at 11 a.m., […]
The changing profile of race and ethnicity within Mennonite Church USA is the inspiration for the newly established Hesston College Inclusion Scholarship in support of the college’s ongoing work with inclusion and diversity. As membership and participation within Mennonite Church USA continues to expand beyond traditional Swiss-German and Russian Mennonites, it is important for Hesston […]
Students who want to start their education studies at Hesston College can benefit from the newly established Carole King Jefferson Endowed Education Scholarship. Carole King Jefferson graduated from Hesston College in 1963. She eventually earned a degree in education and library science and spent 34 years working as an educator at Valley City (N.D.) State […]
Hesston College will partner with Mennonite churches in Inman and Buhler – Bethel, Hoffnungsau and Inman Mennonite churches (Inman) and Buhler Mennonite Church to present “Common Threads: Anabaptist and African-American Songs and Stories of Suffering and Hope” at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24, at Bethel Mennonite Church in Inman. The event is free and open […]
A passion for learning and relationships are the foundation of Hesston College’s newly established Kenneth Steider Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship, which will benefit international students, is a tribute to Steider’s life work and interests. Steider, who passed away Sept. 15, 2011, was a 1949 Hesston College graduate and served the college as librarian and part-time […]
Tony Brown will perform the original musical autobiography “I Go On Singing” at 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 9 at Lehman Auditorium on the Eastern Mennonite University campus, Harrisonburg, Va.. “I Go On Singing” is Brown’s original tribute to Paul Robeson, all-American athlete, scholar, champion orator, international recording artist and star of the stage and screen […]
For a singer, few things compare to hearing the reverberation of a choir ring through vaulted cathedral ceilings. But in Kansas, cathedrals are hard to come by. The Hesston College Bel Canto Singers and the Goessel High School Elbiata Singers managed to find one of the few scattered on the Kansas prairie – St. Fidelis […]
Hesston College Aviation and Air Traffic Control students will fly high while planted firmly on the ground when they return from Christmas break in January. As part of the college’s Delivering the Promise capital campaign, Hesston College received a generous anonymous gift which helped to fund a Redbird MCX C182 G1000 GFC700 flight simulator. The […]
The Hesston College Bel Canto Singers and the Goessel High School Elbiata Singers will collaborate to present a concert at St. Fidelis Church: The Cathedral of the Plains in Victoria, Kan., at 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27. The concert is free and open to the public, though a free-will offering will be collected to cover […]
More than 300 people, including about 40 prospective students, were guests at Hesston College during the 45th annual Thanksgiving Weekend Nov. 22 to 24. Guests traveled from 22 states for the weekend activities, which included Hesston College traditions of the Thanksgiving evening buffet, choral masterworks concert, talent show, Howard Hustle Two-Mile Run/Walk, music department concert […]
