Aviation has had a home at Hesston College for 41 years, and during the college’s annual homecoming celebration Sept. 23 to 25, a panel of former employees told the story. Former President Laban Peachey of Harrisonburg, Va., (1960 to 1980) recounted the story along with former program directors Dave Forrer (Independence, Mo.), Jacob Friesen (Sun […]
Official Hesston College enrollment numbers released by the registrar’s office reflect positive growth from one year ago. The college reports a total enrollment of 468 students compared to 448 last fall, including 249 new students. The number of students living on campus has also increased from 329 a year ago to 344 for the current […]
Hesston College received official notification that accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools has been continued. The next comprehensive evaluation is scheduled for the 2020-21 academic year. The recommendation for reaccreditation was made following a comprehensive three-day site visit by a team from the Higher Learning Commission […]
A year ago, the Hesston College community partnered with Numana, Inc., for the organization’s first State-Wide Packaging Event (SWIPE), to work toward alleviating world hunger. The event was a success for Numana and for Hesston College. Numana is an international hunger relief organization based in El Dorado, Kan., that facilitates volunteer food-packaging events throughout the […]
College business students may not realize it, but they are learning valuable lessons and skills that can have global implications for alleviating poverty around the world. Helen Loftin, Mennonite Economic Development Associate’s (MEDA) director of women’s economic development, is visiting three south-central Kansas college campuses to share an MBA’s perspective on international development. MEDA is […]
In 1983 Ron Moyo’s community was torn apart. A civil war following independence from Great Britain in 1979 left many people in Moyo’s home country of Zimbabwe fleeing for safer environments. Moyo, who was a teenager, was left to live alone, wondering daily if he would live to see the next day. “One day I […]
Kenny Graber, Stryker, Ohio, and Jacob Landis, Sterling, Ill., are two of the top men’s cross country runners at Hesston College. A generation ago, their fathers also ran on the Hesston campus. Collectively, their competitiveness, ties to family and faith and support of a small liberal arts college in the heart of Kansas has lead […]
Photos by Curtis Denlinger. Professional bluegrass musicians Tim May, Gretchen Priest May and Dave Firestine performed live music for a contra dance at Hesston College Sept. 9. May is a flatpick guitar player and was Grammy nominated for his solo work on Charlie Daniel’s song “I’ll Fly Away.” He is a former member of the […]
Three speakers who do not come from an Anabaptist tradition but who have chosen that faith and theology will be featured at Hesston College’s annual Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series conference Oct. 28 to 30. Anton Flores-Maisonet, Hal Shrader and Joanna Shenk will address the conference’s theme “Getting Beyond Them and Us – to We.” […]
Lauded as “the world’s most famous brass group,” Canadian Brass will present the kick-off concert for the 2011-12 season of Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts Series at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Yost Center on the Hesston College campus. “Since I have been involved with HBPA, we’ve received more patron requests for Canadian Brass than any […]
Aviation professionals will present at a symposium about their careers and the latest updates in aviation business, safety, airlines, mission and air traffic control during A Hesston College Homecoming: A View from Everywhere Sept. 23 to 25. The public is invited to the symposium on the Hesston College campus from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, […]
The Hesston College community will participate in the first State Wide Packaging Event (SWIPE) for hunger with Numana by packaging meals and raising money to fund the project Oct. 1. Numana is an international hunger relief organization based in El Dorado, Kan., that facilitates volunteer food-packaging events throughout the country and sends the meals world-wide […]
Faculty members in the Hesston College art department are exhibiting pieces of their personal works in the Friesen Center for the Visual Arts gallery on the Hesston College campus through Sept. 9. Hanna Eastin and Paul Friesen have clay pieces displayed while Lois Misegadis is presenting sculptures made largely from limestone. A reception […]
Hesston College announces the following faculty and staff appointments for the 2010-11 school year. New faculty appointments include: Jason Barrett-Fox, English and writing. He earned a bachelor’s in English from Bethel College (North Newton, Kan.), a master’s in American studies, a graduate certificate for women, gender and sexuality studies and is pursuing a Ph.D. in […]
The recent activity on the Hesston College campus after three months, is indication that the college is gearing up for Opening Weekend Aug. 18 to 21 and the start of the new academic year Aug. 22. Soon the parking lots will be full of cars sporting license plates from 30 states, and students will find […]
