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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 […]
Hesston College Vice President of Advancement Yvonne Sieber announced that the college reached its nearly $3 million goal for renovations to the central and west wings of Erb Hall dormitory. The college will complete the renovations by adding an elevator and lounges connecting the separate wings of the building. Work on the lounges is slated […]
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, […]
“Start Here, Go Everywhere” is more than just a tagline for Hesston College. It is a prediction, a promise and a reality for the students who make Hesston their starting place. Students scatter across the globe after two years at Hesston. Some accept service assignments while others begin careers with their associate degree in nursing, […]
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 […]
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 […]
More than 300 people, including 93 prospective students, descended on Hesston College for the 44th annual Thanksgiving Weekend Nov. 24 to 26. Activities for the weekend included a traditional Thanksgiving meal, music concerts, a talent show, men’s and women’s basketball tournaments and a two-mile run walk.
You won’t very often find elementary school students in a college class. On the same note, college students look funny sitting in chairs made for five-year-olds. Despite a divergence from the norm, Hesston College Environmental Biology students and kindergartners and third graders at Hesston Elementary School collaborated three times during the fall semester on a […]
Hesston College exists as a place of learning for students – academically, spiritually and socially. It’s why the college’s founders dreamt it into existence 102 years ago. At Hesston, professors sometimes double as ones who not only teach, but also learn from students. Business instructor, David LeVan, now in his third year at Hesston, fully […]
Hesston College observed its first No Impact Week Sept. 25 to Oct. 2. The start of the fall semester kicked off an ongoing theme of sustainability spearheaded by the First Year Experience class and the campus-wide common read “No Impact Man” (Picador, 2010) by Colin Beavan. The week’s events were an opportunity for the campus […]
Aviation has had a home at Hesston College for 41 years, and during the college’s annual homecoming celebration Sept. 23 to 25, a panel of former employees told the story. Former President Laban Peachey of Harrisonburg, Va., (1960 to 1980) recounted the story along with former program directors Dave Forrer (Independence, Mo.), Jacob Friesen (Sun […]
Official Hesston College enrollment numbers released by the registrar’s office reflect positive growth from one year ago. The college reports a total enrollment of 468 students compared to 448 last fall, including 249 new students. The number of students living on campus has also increased from 329 a year ago to 344 for the current […]
In 1983 Ron Moyo’s community was torn apart. A civil war following independence from Great Britain in 1979 left many people in Moyo’s home country of Zimbabwe fleeing for safer environments. Moyo, who was a teenager, was left to live alone, wondering daily if he would live to see the next day. “One day I […]
Photos by Curtis Denlinger. Professional bluegrass musicians Tim May, Gretchen Priest May and Dave Firestine performed live music for a contra dance at Hesston College Sept. 9. May is a flatpick guitar player and was Grammy nominated for his solo work on Charlie Daniel’s song “I’ll Fly Away.” He is a former member of the […]
Lauded as “the world’s most famous brass group,” Canadian Brass will present the kick-off concert for the 2011-12 season of Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts Series at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Yost Center on the Hesston College campus. “Since I have been involved with HBPA, we’ve received more patron requests for Canadian Brass than any […]
