Artist Mika Holtzinger defines what it means to be a “steward to nature” through her show “Coalesce” featured in Hesston College’s Regier Friesen Gallery through February 19. A closing reception, demonstration and chance to meet the artist will be from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 19, in the gallery. “I aim to discover how […]
Comedian Ted Swartz (Harrisonburg, Va.) will present the show “Didn’t You Get My Letter? Musings from the Apostle Paul” at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 22, at Hesston Mennonite Church on the Hesston College campus. In the hour-long one-man show, Swartz presents the Apostle Paul as a man often misunderstood. Through Paul’s encounter with Jesus on […]
Pianist Avguste Antonov will present a concert of American music at 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 9, in the Hesston Mennonite Church Sanctuary on the Hesston College campus. The concert will feature the music of American composers Carter Pann, Gregory Hutter, Matthew Saunders and Robert Rollin. Antonov leads an active career as soloist and teacher. He […]
Hesston College observed Martin Luther King, Jr., Day with a week of events Jan. 20 to 24. The theme for the week was “A Voice of Conscience: Echoing the Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.,” and featured special chapel presentations with Hesston College history instructor John Sharp and local college educators and community leaders Evies […]
The Hesston College Bel Canto Singers will perform the program “Meditations and Illuminations” at several locations in Nebraska during a weekend tour. All performances are free and open to the public though a free-will offering will be collected to assist with expenses. The “Meditations and Illuminations” program, under the direction of Bradley Kauffman, depicts ways […]
Hesston College and Bluestem Communities, the local retirement community, will partner to offer a special Valentine’s Day treat for the local community. The neighboring organizations will present “Music of Four Loves: Agape, Storge, Eros and Philia,” a dinner and concert, Thursday, Feb. 13 in the Community Center at Hesston Mennonite Church on the Hesston College […]
Participants in Hesston College’s annual Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series (AVDS) conference Feb. 21 to 23 will have the opportunity to discover the relevancy of the Bible and making it come alive in today’s world through the weekend’s theme, “Reading the Bible in an Instagram World.” Select weekend events are open to the public as […]
This was not the path Hesston College Baseball’s Dustin King envisioned for himself following his graduation from Clearwater (Kan.) High School. Having left home and enrolled at a four-year Kansas private school, the ambitious right-handed pitcher envisioned immediate success as a student athlete. Early in the spring semester of his freshman year, however, King was […]
by Melanie Zuercher, Bethel College A hometown girl, whose home is now New York City, will take the stage at Bethel College for the third event in the Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts series for 2013-14. Rachel Kasper Fitzsimons, whose professional name is Rachel de Benedet, will play Emma in Tell Me on a Sunday, with music […]
Hesston College announced the names of full-time students whose fall 2013 semester grades earned them a place on the Dean’s List (3.90 to 4.00) and Honor Roll (3.50 to 3.89). Dean’s List FreshmenRachelle Adrian – Mountain Lake, Minn.Kailey Aiello – Salem, Ore.Megan Baumgartner – Hesston, Kan.Victoria Becker – Halstead, Kan.Oliver Denlinger – Denver, Pa.Maria Diener […]
Hesston College’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Week Jan. 20 to 24 will focus on the power of words with the theme “A Voice of Conscience: Echoing the Words of Martin Luther King Jr.” The week’s events at Hesston College will focus on King’s words and explore the significance of the language for the time […]
by Andrew Sharp ’99 When asked to describe her schedule at Hesston College, sophomore guard Makayla Ladwig, Wichita, Kan., describes a full plate, one teeming with relationships, challenges, opportunities and faith formation that intertwine with her commitments as a student athlete. Ask anyone who knows Ladwig and they will tell you that she goes about […]
A local mainstay and the region’s premiere choral ensemble, Wichita (Kan.) Chamber Chorale, will perform its annual Christmas program as part of the Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts season lineup at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 5, on the Hesston College campus in the Hesston Mennonite Church Sanctuary. The professionally trained adult vocal ensemble, now in its 36th […]
It may be the one thing every child hopes for – to have the tables turn and give direction to their parent. Hesston College sophomore JD Hershberger (Hesston, Kan.) is getting the opportunity with his first theatre directing gig in the one-act play “Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You,” in which his mother, […]
The Hesston College Bible Department is offering a two-weekend course to area pastors and community members on Psalms and Epistles during the spring 2014 semester. Church leaders, those with an interest in ministry and any other interested people are invited to participate. The class, taught by Hesston College Bible and Ministry faculty member Michele Hershberger, […]
