Pastors, students, church leaders and members and other interested people gathered for the 12th annual Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series (AVDS) at Hesston College October 28 to 30. The theme for 2011 was “Getting Beyond Them and Us – to We.” Speaker presentations and breakout sessions with topics chosen by participants were used to discuss […]
Hesston College exists as a place of learning for students – academically, spiritually and socially. It’s why the college’s founders dreamt it into existence 102 years ago. At Hesston, professors sometimes double as ones who not only teach, but also learn from students. Business instructor, David LeVan, now in his third year at Hesston, fully […]
Hoopla, a campus-wide pep rally to celebrate the start of the Hesston College men’s and women’s basketball seasons, will begin at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30 in Yost Center on the Hesston campus. Hoopla is open to the public and free of charge. Fans not able to attend can watch Hoopla live by clicking on […]
Anton Flores-Maisonet, the co-founder of Alterna, a missional community of U.S. citizens and Latin American immigrants in LaGrange, Ga., will serve Hesston College as church leader in residence Oct. 30 to Nov. 2. Flores-Maisonet left his tenure-track social work faculty position at a United Methodist college in 2006 to follow a call to live in […]
Hesston College observed its first No Impact Week Sept. 25 to Oct. 2. The start of the fall semester kicked off an ongoing theme of sustainability spearheaded by the First Year Experience class and the campus-wide common read “No Impact Man” (Picador, 2010) by Colin Beavan. The week’s events were an opportunity for the campus […]
Local artists Sasha Chapek of Wichita and Ethan Patrick Harris of Newton are displaying their distinctive and unusual styles in the Hesston College Friesen Center gallery through Oct. 28. A reception and chance for the public to meet the artists will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 13 in the gallery. Chapek received her […]
The Hesston College Bel Canto Singers will present a program of sacred choral music during their Fall Break tour to Ohio and Indiana. All concerts are free and open to the public, though a free-will offering will be collected to cover program costs. Hesston College alumni and friends are particularly invited to attend. The program […]
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 […]
