A widely recognized bluegrass band and Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival favorite, The Steel Wheels, will perform on the Hesston College campus at 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 29, as part of the college and community’s homecoming celebration. Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for students ages five through high school. All seating is general admission. […]
Hesston College will join thousands of others around the world in celebration of the International Day of Peace, or “Peace Day,” on Sept. 21. Celebrating Peace Day is fitting for Hesston College as a campus community that is home to students from 23 countries, including more than 55 international students. Likewise, as an institution established […]
Observing an annual homecoming event has become a big celebration in Hesston. For the third straight year, different institutions and players in the community are teaming up to offer Home Sweet Hesston Sept. 26-30 – several days of events for the whole family at locations that showcase the many amenities offered in town and build […]
A new face in Hesston College’s Music Department will bring new opportunities and ideas to the college and an already thriving performing arts department, as well as to the wider community. Mei Li, D.M.A., joined the Hesston College community just a few weeks ago at the start of the school year as an adjunct piano […]
“In the early months of my final semester at Hesston College, I sat down to lunch with President Joe Manickam, or Joe as we all call him. And in a noisy cafeteria over loaded baked potatoes he said this: ‘God loves you, Mackenzie, and Joe has a plan for your life.’” 2018 graduate Mackenzie Miller […]
Hesston College’s annual homecoming celebration Sept. 27 to 30 will include a special focus on 60 years of intercollegiate Lark athletics. Along with the traditional homecoming activities, the weekend lineup includes recognitions of distinguished alumni athletes and coaches, events for the campus and wider Hesston communities and musical entertainment by bluegrass band, The Steel Wheels. […]
Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts (HBPA) will bring music and performance of a wide variety from around the world to south central Kansas for its 36th season. Opening the year’s series on October 23, will be The Cashore Marionettes: Life in Motion. For more than 30 years, Joseph Cashore has designed and performed with his marionettes. The […]
Just days before the official kick-off of the 2018-19 year, Hesston College unveiled a new campus feature. The Global Pathway – lightpole banners based on the flags of the 23 countries that make up this year’s student body – line the campus’ center walkway and emphasizes a collective mind toward global engagement. A global focus […]
Area singers are invited to join a mass choir for Hesston College’s Masterworks concert Saturday, Sept. 22. The concert, entitled “Grant Us Peace,” will be a performance of Vaughan William’s “Dona Nobis Pacem” in celebration of the International Day of Peace. Community singers will join students and professional orchestra members for four weeks of rehearsal […]
Hesston College will host its annual two-mile run/walk, The Manickam Mosey, at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 29, during a weekend of community-wide homecoming events. The 2018 event will feature an Alumni/Community vs. Students Challenge, with the group producing the largest number of race participants laying claim to the first Manickam Mosey Challenge Trophy Cup. The […]
Hesston College announces the hiring of Chris Nachtigall as the Larks’ new athletic director. A 2001 graduate of Hesston College, Nachtigall holds a bachelor’s degree in sports management from Iowa Wesleyan College (Mount Pleasant, Iowa) and a master’s in coaching and athletic administration from Concordia University (Irvine, Calif.). While at Hesston, Nachtigall played baseball and […]
Hesston College announces the following new faculty and staff appointments for the 2018-19 year: Mike Baker, director of Aviation, is a 1993 Hesston College graduate and holds a master’s in business administration from Tabor College – Wichita (Kan.) and a bachelor’s of science – professional pilot from Utah Valley State College (Orem). Travis Bunk, nursing […]
The Hesston College athletic department announces that 42 student-athletes have been named National Junior College Athletic Association Academic All-Americans. To be an All-American a student needs to complete a minimum of 24 credits over the two semester school year. The 42 student-athletes represents 24% of Hesston’s total athletes on campus. Congratulations to the following students: […]
On August 1 and 2, 50 Newton (Kan.) High School (NHS) student-athletes and coaches took a break from their summer break to learn how to be good leaders among their peers by participating in the Hesston College Leadership Academy. Drawing on leadership competencies outlined by the Kansas Leadership Center (Wichita) as well as the expertise […]
A new institutional scholarship that honors the legacy of longtime Hesston College supporters Arnold and Wilmetta Dietzel has been added to the college’s more than 100 available endowed scholarships. The scholarship was established with estate funds the Dietzels designated for Hesston College. After graduating from Hesston Academy in 1940, Wilmetta studied for one year at […]
