In the ultra-connected community that is Hesston College, it’s quite normal for graduates to send their children off to the place they attended years earlier. Moms and dads, sons and daughters – it’s sort of a family thing. In the early and mid-1980s three young men from three different communities came to Kansas to study […]
Hesston College and The Orpheum Theatre will partner to present “I Go On Singing” an original tribute to Paul Robeson at The Orpheum Theatre (Wichita, Kan.) at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 21 and a free program for schools at 10 a.m., Feb. 22. Internationally acclaimed baritone and Hesston College faculty member and artist-in-residence Anthony Brown’s tribute […]
Hesston College announced the names of full-time students whose fall semester grades earned them a place on the Dean’s List (3.90 to 4.00) and Honor Roll (3.50 to 3.89). Hesston College – Academic Honors – Fall Semester 2011(Full-time students completing 12 hours or more) Dean’s List 3.90-4.00FreshmenLauren Adams – Wichita, Kan.Asbel Assefa – Addis Ababa, […]
Kids from Newton’s United Methodist Youthville campus, are the featured artists in the Hesston College Friesen Center gallery. The works of art are from “The Monster In Me” project through Youthville’s Expressive Arts Center, directed by Micala Gingrich-Gaylord, and will be displayed through Feb. 18. “The Monster In Me” project gave kids at Newton’s Youthville […]
Ashley Finley, Senior Director of Assessment and Research for the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the leading national association concerned with the quality of undergraduate liberal education, was on the Hesston College campus Jan. 9 for a faculty in-service. The faculty spent the day discussing how to evaluate student learning on the newly revised […]
The life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be honored with a week of events at Hesston College Jan. 15 to 20. The week’s events will highlight Dr. King’s emphasis on service to all people. All events are free and open to the public. “It is good to focus on the memory […]
The third Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts event of the 2011-12 season will feature the unique collaborative duo of Igudesman & Joo with their groundbreaking show “A Little Nightmare Music.” The concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31 in the Hesston Mennonite Church sanctuary on the Hesston College campus. The duo, made up of Aleksey […]
Hesston College is one of six Mennonite and Mennonite Brethren organizations, including four higher education institutions, to receive a generous estate gift from Gunther Henry Schmitt, a doctor from San Bernadino, Calif., who passed away August 2. Dr. Schmitt’s estate was left to Mennonite Brethren Foundation to be divided equally among the institutions and organizations. […]
“Start Here, Go Everywhere” is more than just a tagline for Hesston College. It is a prediction, a promise and a reality for the students who make Hesston their starting place. Students scatter across the globe after two years at Hesston. Some accept service assignments while others begin careers with their associate degree in nursing, […]
The Hesston College Bible Department is offering a three-weekend course on Psalms and Epistles during the spring 2012 semester. Church leaders, those with an interest in ministry and any other interested people are invited to participate. The class, taught by Bible and Ministry faculty member Michele Hershberger, focuses on the books of Psalms and 1 […]
The Hesston College Concert Band and Bel Canto Singers will present separate Iowa performances Sunday, Jan. 15. Bel Canto will present a program of sacred choral music during the 9:30 a.m. service at First Mennonite Church of Iowa City. The Concert Band will perform with the Iowa Mennonite School (Kalona) Symphonic Band at 2 p.m. […]
Mike King’s (1982 graduate) experience at Hesston College was a little different than most students’. He lived in Kauffman Court, went to classes in the basement of Mary Miller Library, ate his meals in the Hess Hall dining hall and visited friends in Green Gables. But for Mike, getting to his classes, the dining hall […]
International relationships are a vital part of the Hesston College culture both on and off campus. During the 2012 May term, beginning May 7, the college will expand its international learning opportunities with a three week trip to China led by sociology faculty and artist-in-residence Tony Brown and Chunrong Li, a Chinese citizen living in […]
Hesston College will host its annual Alumni/Community event on Saturday, Dec. 10, with women’s and men’s basketball games versus Region VI rival Johnson County Community College (Overland Park, Kan.) at 2 and 4 p.m. Following the conclusion of the women’s game, Lyle and Erma Yost’s gift of Yost Center to the campus community will be […]
More than 300 people, including 93 prospective students, descended on Hesston College for the 44th annual Thanksgiving Weekend Nov. 24 to 26. Activities for the weekend included a traditional Thanksgiving meal, music concerts, a talent show, men’s and women’s basketball tournaments and a two-mile run walk.
