In the ultra-connected community that is Hesston College, it’s quite normal for graduates to send their children off to the place they attended years earlier. Moms and dads, sons and daughters – it’s sort of a family thing. In the early and mid-1980s three young men from three different communities came to Kansas to study […]
Hesston College will host its annual Alumni/Community event on Saturday, Dec. 10, with women’s and men’s basketball games versus Region VI rival Johnson County Community College (Overland Park, Kan.) at 2 and 4 p.m. Following the conclusion of the women’s game, Lyle and Erma Yost’s gift of Yost Center to the campus community will be […]
Hoopla, a campus-wide pep rally to celebrate the start of the Hesston College men’s and women’s basketball seasons, will begin at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30 in Yost Center on the Hesston campus. Hoopla is open to the public and free of charge. Fans not able to attend can watch Hoopla live by clicking on […]
Kenny Graber, Stryker, Ohio, and Jacob Landis, Sterling, Ill., are two of the top men’s cross country runners at Hesston College. A generation ago, their fathers also ran on the Hesston campus. Collectively, their competitiveness, ties to family and faith and support of a small liberal arts college in the heart of Kansas has lead […]
As the hot summer sun beat down on a 95 degree day in late June, 2009, Hesston College’s then newly appointed softball coach Andrew Sharp was uncomfortable. Having been on the job for all of three months, the squelching Aurora, Colo. weather was the least of his concerns. In fact, the first-year coach was feeling […]
Two student athletes from Sarasota, Fla. recently wrapped up record-breaking careers for the Hesston College softball and baseball teams. Erika Shrock and Tyler Yoder, both graduates of Sarasota Christian School, leave Hesston each having broken several significant offensive records for the Larks. Shrock, Hesston Softball’s all-time leader in runs scored (63), hits (109), doubles (25) […]
Sleepless night, my mind is racing. Alarm clock rings at 4:30 a.m. One hour to shower, change into scrubs and report to Newton Medical Center. Today is going to be a big one. First priority is the surgery unit at NMC for a clinical rotation. A quick lunch break at 11 a.m., then back to […]
The Hesston College alumni office will sponsor its annual Community Night during the final regular season home basketball games Saturday, Feb. 19. The teams will face Region VI rival Brown Mackie College (Salina, Kan.) with women’s tip off at 2 and the men at 4 p.m. “This will be an exciting and entertaining afternoon of […]
by Andrew Sharp Hesston College Vice President of Student Life Lamar Roth has announced the hiring of Joel Kauffman, a 1980 Hesston graduate, to replace Art Mullet – who will retire this spring – as athletic director. Kauffman currently serves as Vice President for Admissions and Financial Aid at Hesston, a role he will continue […]
Hesston College basketball fans can be excited about the upcoming season for a new reason, as the college is proud to bring online steaming to the Hesston website. Fans can now watch a live feed, accompanied by audio play-by-play, of all home games during the 2010-11 season. Simply log on to www.hesston.edu/larks and access the […]
by Andrew Sharp Adjusting to life in college can be difficult. Most new students are experiencing a new environment, a rigorous academic workload, as well as being away from home for the first time. Add to that the challenge of college athletics, the adjustment of coming from a major metropolitan area to a small Kansas […]
Hesston College basketball fans can be excited about the upcoming season for a new reason, as the college is proud to bring online steaming to the Hesston website. Fans can now watch a live feed, accompanied by audio play-by-play, of all home games during the 2010-11 season. Simply log on to www.hesston.edu/larks and access the […]
At 8 p.m. Sunday night, Oct. 31, a campus-wide pep rally will be held in Yost Center on the Hesston College campus. Previously dubbed “Midnight Madness,” “Hoopla” is in its second year with a goal of being more accessible to the community. The event is open to the public and free of charge. A dunk […]
Hesston Women – 5K Date: 9-25-10 Location: Tabor College Place Runner Team Total Time 37 Krista Rittenhouse Hesston 24:05.04 55 Claudia Baca Hesston 25:29.57 64 Mara Short Miller Hesston 25:56.87 78 Thalia Nieto-Montoya Hesston 27:13.06 92 Kaedi LeFevre Hesston 28:40.29 96 Lauren Weaver Hesston 32:35.88 10th place finish (out of 14 teams) for Hesston Total […]
Plan on fun for the entire family when Hesston College hosts its annual Alumni and Community Basketball Games at the college’s Yost Center Saturday afternoon, February 20. The Larks will host Highland (Kan.) Community College. The women’s game tips off at 2 p.m., and the men’s game to follow at 4 p.m. The public is […]
