Freshman Quinn Kathrineberg performs as part of Hesston College’s string ensemble.

Concert Band to become Chamber Orchestra

Hesston College freshman Quinn Kathrineberg (Salina, Kan.) spends a significant amount of time each week with her viola. Between String Ensemble practices and performances, private lessons and her own practice time, she has many opportunities to satisfy her love of music. Starting with the 2014-15 year, the music program will shift from a concert band […]

Eight Hesston College students spent time observing in Puerto Rican schools and interacting with teachers and students during spring break

Spring break a time for continued learning

Hesston College sophomore Olivia Miller (Newton, Kan.) arrived in India for spring break 2014 not knowing what to expect from cultural differences and learning experiences tied to her nursing major. Miller, along with 10 other nursing students and two sponsors, spent the week experiencing first-hand just how different India is from the U.S. in everything […]

Parkinson’s Disease fundraiser to feature Hesston College faculty member

“Each Other’s Light,” a Parkinson’s Disease fundraiser reception and show featuring acclaimed baritone Tony Brown and retired master ballet dancer and teacher Alexander Tressor will be at 6:30 p.m., Friday, April 11 at the Reflection Ridge Retirement Community, 2300 Tyler, Wichita, Kan. Dwight Roth, former Hesston College social science instructor, is organizing the event along […]

Pastoral Ministries students study together in this photo from 2013.

College to take sabbatical from Pastoral Ministries program for discernment process

A review process of the Hesston College Pastoral Ministries program by a specially appointed planning committee has recommended that the college take a one-year sabbatical from the program to assess how the college can best meet the changing leadership needs of Mennonite Church USA and the broader church. The Hesston College Board of Directors accepted […]

A group of Hesston College students discusses concepts in their Positive Psychology class.

Discovering the secrets to happiness

A lot of research has been done on what makes people sick, but few psychologists understand what makes people well. A new Hesston College course is doing what few other college and university psychology departments are doing – embracing the relatively new branch of positive psychology and exploring why people thrive. Positive psychology, which was […]

The Soweto Gospel Choir

Final HBPA event to feature world-renowned South African choir

by Melanie Zuercher, Bethel College You’ve been hearing them this month on KMUW-FM’s “Global Village,” and now the Soweto Gospel Choir is coming to Bethel College. The final event in this year’s Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts Series is also the kickoff for the first-ever “Spring into the Arts” Festival, sponsored by the Newton Area Arts Council.The […]

Hesston College Bible and Ministry faculty member Michele Hershberger leads participants in the college’s Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series conference through the Heilsgeschichte.

AVDS conference reveals Bible’s eternal truths

by Quinn Katherineberg and Rachel McMaster In the age of social media like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, how does the Bible – an ancient book, thousands of years old – continue to be relevant to common experiences of the contemporary age? That was the question explored by the 190 participants at Hesston College’s Anabaptist Vision […]

Hesston College students Sho Ishihara, Ayaka Senoo, Narumi Hayano, Danika Saucedo Salas, Shikou Morishita, Misaki Hirayama and Kento Ueda merge their cultures during the college’s annual Cultures Fair Feb. 20. International students shared their customs, culture, music and food with the campus community during the celebration.

International celebration

Hesston College students Sho Ishihara (Gunma-ken, Japan), Ayaka Senoo (Kanagawa-ken, Japan), Narumi Hayano (Kiyosu-shi, Japan), Danika Saucedo Salas (Santa Cruz, Bolivia), Shikou Morishita (Tokyo, Japan), Misaki Hirayama (Chiba, Japan) and Kento Ueda (Miyahi-ken, Japan) merge their cultures during the college’s annual Cultures Fair Feb. 20. International students shared their customs, culture, music and food with […]

This artist's rendering (The Troyer Group, Mishawaka, Ind.) gives a glimpse of changes coming to Hesston College's north campus entry.

Hesston College receives grant for renovation project

Hesston College has been selected as a recipient of a $500,000 grant from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation in Tulsa, Okla., for the impending construction of a new campus entrance and renovation of the Northlawn performing arts building. The total cost of the project is $3.8 million. Large lead gift commitments totaling $1.52 million […]

Promotional photos for Hesston College production of Moliere's Tartuffe

Hesston College Theatre weaves famous comedy into a circus

by Quinn Kathrineberg Hesston College Theatre will present five performances of Molière’s seventeenth century comedy, “Tartuffe,” directed by Laura Kraybill, Feb. 26, 28, March 1 and 2 in the Northlawn Studio Theatre on the Hesston College campus. The play, first performed in 1664, follows the story of a wealthy household who gets tricked by an […]