Sweet Honey In The Rock

Sweet Honey brings vocal prowess, rich harmonies to songs for a better world

The internationally renowned women’s a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey In The Rock comes to Bethel College’s Memorial Hall stage as the third concert in the 2012-13 Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts series. The group performs Saturday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are currently on sale weekdays at both Bethel and Hesston Colleges. Since Bernice Johnson Reagon […]

Choirs to present collaborative concert in historic prairie cathedral

For a singer, few things compare to hearing the reverberation of a choir ring through vaulted cathedral ceilings. But in Kansas, cathedrals are hard to come by. The Hesston College Bel Canto Singers and the Goessel High School Elbiata Singers managed to find one of the few scattered on the Kansas prairie – St. Fidelis […]

Hesston College announces fall 2012 academic honors

Hesston College announced the names of full-time students whose fall semester grades earned them a place on the Dean’s List (3.90-4.00) and Honor Roll (3.50-3.89). Hesston College – Academic Honors – Fall Semester 2012 (Full-time students completing 12 hours or more) Dean’s List 3.90-4.00 Freshmen Alyssa Becker – North Newton, Kan. Denver Coblentz – Hartville, […]

Hesston College Aviation program director Dan Miller (right) and flight instructor Travis Pickerill (center) get maintenance tips about the college’s new Redbird MCX C182 G1000 GFC700 flight simulator.

Hesston College Aviation receives full-motion simulator

Hesston College Aviation and Air Traffic Control students will fly high while planted firmly on the ground when they return from Christmas break in January. As part of the college’s Delivering the Promise capital campaign, Hesston College received a generous anonymous gift which helped to fund a Redbird MCX C182 G1000 GFC700 flight simulator. The […]

Hesston College and Goessel High School to present collaborative concert

The Hesston College Bel Canto Singers and the Goessel High School Elbiata Singers will collaborate to present a concert at St. Fidelis Church: The Cathedral of the Plains in Victoria, Kan., at 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27. The concert is free and open to the public, though a free-will offering will be collected to cover […]

Student soloists perform during the masterworks concert Thanksgiving evening.

A weekend to be thankful

More than 300 people, including about 40 prospective students, were guests at Hesston College during the 45th annual Thanksgiving Weekend Nov. 22 to 24. Guests traveled from 22 states for the weekend activities, which included Hesston College traditions of the Thanksgiving evening buffet, choral masterworks concert, talent show, Howard Hustle Two-Mile Run/Walk, music department concert […]

World renowned baritone to make Hesston appearance

David Adam Moore, one of the world’s most sought-after operatic baritones, will perform a multi-media seasonal concert of Franz Schubert’s song cycle “Die Winterreise” (“A Winter Journey”) with pianist Earl Buys at Hesston College as part of the 2012-13 Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts Series at 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2, at Hesston Mennonite Church on the […]

Hesston College Bible and Ministry instructor Michele Hershberger teaches Biblical Literature.

Hesston College to offer Bible course to community

Community members interested in ministry, church leaders and anyone with a general interest in the Bible are invited to join the Hesston College Bible Department for a three-weekend course, Prophets and Revelation, during the spring 2013 semester. The class, taught by Bible and Ministry faculty member Michele Hershberger, focuses on prophetic and apocalyptic genre and […]

Hesston College students in the spring 2012 Introduction to Education class receive an introduction to Tulsa (Okla.) Central Junior High and High School from English teacher Sadie Stockdale.

An exceptional place to start

Hesston College’s results from the 2012 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) are among the highest in the country and reinforce the college’s claim that Hesston is a great place for students to start their college career. The survey measures student perceptions of their engagement in their academic work in five key benchmark areas […]

Dwight Roth and Sharon Cranford

Former instructors write unexpected family history

It is not uncommon for people to discover new relatives at Hesston College. With ties to the Mennonite faith tradition and many of the students, faculty and staff coming from the same faith background, the branches of many family trees run all across campus. Sharon Cranford, however, did not expect to find any cousins at […]

Participants in the 2011 Howard Hustle Two-Mile Run/Walk start the race during the Thanksgiving Weekend tradition at Hesston College.

A tradition continues with Thanksgiving Weekend

Hesston College will host its 45th annual Thanksgiving Weekend: A Family Celebration Nov. 22 to 24. The public is invited to attend several events that have become an annual Hesston College tradition. The weekend lineup includes activities for all ages, including a traditional Thanksgiving meal, music concerts, a talent show, men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, […]

Hesston College students have success at vocal competition

Four Hesston College voice students advanced to at the least the semifinal round of competition at the National Association of Teachers of Singing Regional Vocal Competition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nov. 2 to 3. Nine students represented Hesston College during the weekend competition. Sophomore Cameron Ponce of Elkhart, Ind., placed fifth in the Sophomore […]