Hesston College will celebrate the class of 2013 during Commencement Weekend May 3 to 5. The commencement ceremony will be at 9 a.m., Sunday, May 5, in Yost Center. Mennonite World Conference President-elect, J. Nelson Kraybill, will present the commencement address. Kraybill of Elkhart, Ind., serves as lead pastor of Prairie Street Mennonite Church (Elkhart) […]
The Hesston College Bel Canto Singers will celebrate 30 years of making music with a May tour to the east coast May 6 to 16, highlighted by a four-day New York City excursion. While in New York, the choir will participate in a Carnegie Hall performance and perform solo concerts at Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship and […]
Hesston College will host an Earth Day celebration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 18 on the Hesston College campus. The come-and-go event is free and open to the public. Coming just after the college’s week-long Sustainability Week followed by a week-long Wellness Week, the day’s theme will be “Lean, Clean and Thinking Green.” […]
A love for plants and an eye for the Kansas prairie’s beauty were the spark and vision for a treasured Hesston landmark that is left as Evie Dyck’s ongoing legacy with the Dyck Arboretum of the Plains. Evie passed away April 7, at the age of 88. The Dyck Arboretum was a wheat field on […]
Hesston (Kan.) College faculty members will present, “Common Threads: Anabaptist and African-American Songs and Stories of Suffering and Hope,” an original program that explores the way the historical events of Anabaptist religious persecution and African-American racial segregation intersected will be presented at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 20 at Madison (Wisc.) Mennonite Church, 1501 Gilbert Road. […]
Longtime Mennonite Mission Network employee and recent retiree John Powell of Elkhart, Ind., will serve as Hesston College church leader in residence April 7 to 10. He will share about his experiences working for inclusion and overcoming racial oppression in the Mennonite church and broader social systems during Hesston College chapel services at 11 a.m., […]
The Hesston College Music Department will feature several students in sophomore recitals as the academic year approaches its close. Ashley Beatty and Alisa Murray will perform a joint violin and voice recital at 4 p.m., Saturday, April 13, in the Northlawn Studio Theatre on the Hesston College campus. Vocalist Broxton Busenitz will perform his recital […]
A group of college men – the Hesston College Amen Group – and the Hesston Area Senior Center will partner to host an evening of intergenerational connections and music by local group The Jammin’ Biscuits at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 20, at the Hesston Area Senior Center. The concert is open to the public. Admission […]
The refined vocal excellence of Calmus, a German a cappella ensemble, will round out the 2012-13 Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts season with a concert entitled “Bright Side of Life” at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 14, at Hesston Mennonite Church on the Hesston College campus. Following the concert, HBPA will host a dessert reception in the Hesston […]
Hesston College sophomore Victoria Gunawan (Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia) describes the Indonesian food she and freshman Kelvin Ferbianto (Jakarta, Indonesia) share with staff members Brenda Wenger and Michael Smalley at the Cultures Fair. International students and students from non-dominant North American cultures shared their customs and culture with the rest of the campus community during […]
The changing profile of race and ethnicity within Mennonite Church USA is the inspiration for the newly established Hesston College Inclusion Scholarship in support of the college’s ongoing work with inclusion and diversity. As membership and participation within Mennonite Church USA continues to expand beyond traditional Swiss-German and Russian Mennonites, it is important for Hesston […]
Hesston College and the Hutchinson Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will sponsor an Easter Hymn Festival at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 4, at Hesston Mennonite Church on the Hesston College campus. The program is free and open to the public. The program will feature music for the Easter season by organist Ken Rodgers, […]
Hesston College President Howard Keim announced the appointment of Mark Landes as Vice President of Finance and Auxiliary Services. He will begin his new role in June. Landes’ role includes serving as the college’s chief financial officer, as well as overseeing human relations and the college’s auxiliary services, including the Business Office, Food Services, Information […]
More than 100 Hesston College students spent Wednesday night learning what it is like to live below the poverty line during a college-sponsored poverty simulation led by Harvey County Circles of Hope – Peace Connections in Newton, Kan. Circles of Hope works to develop resources, educate the community and inspire change in trying to eliminate […]
“Portraits of Change,” a traveling art exhibit by artists from a prison art class, is featured in Hesston College’s Regier-Friesen Gallery on the Hesston College campus through April 5. The inmates participate in the class through Offender Victim Ministries in Newton, Kan., taught by Youthville’s Micala Gingrich-Gaylord. “The Portraits of Change program is based on […]
