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Hesston College has announced that Becky Bartell, M.S.N., R.N., C.N.E., has been named Director of Nursing Education and the successor to longtime director, Bonnie Sowers, who has served in the role for 37 years and will step down on June 30. Bartell will assume the role July 1 while Sowers will transition to a teaching […]
The Hesston College community was struck by the unexpected news of the death of Director of Aviation Dan Miller, from a heart attack on Sunday, April 23. Miller, a 1978 Hesston College graduate, was 63. He had served as the program’s director since 1999. Miller was recognized by his students and colleagues as a patient, […]
This spring, Hesston College will debut a play writing festival entitled “From Pen to Paper to Performance,” that features seven original plays by local writers. It’s the first of what Hesston College Theatre Director Rachel Jantzi hopes will become an annual tradition. “I was pleased with the number of submissions we received for this first-time […]
After 37 years as director of the Hesston College Nursing program, Bonnie Sowers announced that she will step down from the role on June 30. In addition to her years as director, Sowers has served in other roles within the nursing program for a total of about 45 years of the program’s 50-year history. “It […]
January 19, 2015, is a day that will forever live in the mind of Jordan Stoltzfus, a sophomore aviation student at Hesston College. On that day, Stoltzfus survived total engine failure of an airplane, followed by an emergency landing, and lived to tell about it–an experience that not many pilots, seasoned veterans or otherwise, would […]
An accomplished leader in higher education and nursing, and a ’79 Hesston College graduate, Dr. Marie S. Morris, will deliver both the nursing pinning and commencement address during Commencement Weekend, May 13 and 14. Nursing pinning will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 13, at Hesston Mennonite Church on the Hesston College campus. The 2017 […]
NORTH NEWTON, KAN. – Crossing genres and continents, Montréal Guitare Trio will bring their musical excellence and winning stage presence to Bethel College for the next Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts series event. Montréal Guitare Trio, or MG3, will perform March 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Krehbiel Auditorium in Luyken Fine Arts Center on the Bethel campus. […]
“The unthinkable does happen to us and to our families and to those around us.” These were some of the opening words of Hesston College’s interim president, Ben Sprunger, at the kick off session for the annual Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series (AVDS) conference hosted on the Hesston College campus January 17 to 19. About […]
Hesston College Theatre will present six performances of the whimsical Broadway hit “A Year with Frog and Toad” as the spring musical March 1 to 5, in the Keim Center Helmuth Studio Theatre on the Hesston College campus. Showtimes are 7 p.m., March 1 to 4 and 2 p.m. matinee performances on March 4 and […]
This spring, Hesston College Theatre, led by Rachel Jantzi, is hosting a script writing contest called Pen to Paper to Performance that encourages creativity – both on-campus and in the wider community. Submissions are due By Wednesday, Feb. 22. Eight selected submissions will be chosen to be produced in the final showcase event on April […]
The Hesston College community joins a far-flung network of friends and family of Russ Neufeld in celebrating his life and mourning his death. Russ served as director of Information Technology and was well loved on campus. He died Saturday evening, January 21, after a long battle with cancer. “We join Russ’s extensive community of friends […]
Aside from the start of spring semester classes for all students, Wednesday, January 11, 2017, marked a historic day at Hesston College as 27 students gathered in Lemons Center 1 as the first group of nurses in the college’s new RN to BSN program. “We as faculty and staff are very excited about officially launching […]
A Hesston College conference will tackle the difficult and painful reality of dealing with trauma in its many forms in church and community settings. The annual Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series (AVDS) conference will be Feb. 17 to 19, on the Hesston College campus. The theme, “When the Unthinkable Happens,” will address a congregational and […]
Hesston College announced that its Sexual Misconduct and Interpersonal Safety Task Force has been assembled and will have its first meeting and begin its work in December. The task force, which is independent of board and administrative control or oversight, is being led by facilitator Dr. Jeanette Harder, a social work professor at the University […]
Dr. Joseph and Wanda Manickam. Hesston College photo by Larry Bartel Dr. Joseph Manickam has been appointed as the ninth president of Hesston College following a unanimous vote from the Hesston College Board of Directors and the Mennonite Education Agency (MEA) board. He will assume office on July 1, 2017. Dr. Manickam, currently director of […]
