Hesston College announces new baseball coach

Hesston College athletic director Art Mullet has announced the hiring of Rob Ramseyer as baseball coach. He will succeed Mullet, who is retiring after 30 years as athletic director and baseball coach at Hesston. Ramseyer will finish in his role as assistant baseball coach at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kan. Originally from Wichita, Kan., […]

College names Swartzendruber Miller Vice President of Admissions and Financial Aid

Hesston College President Howard Keim has announced the appointment of Rachel Swartzendruber Miller as Vice President of Admissions and Financial Aid. A 2000 Hesston graduate, Swartzendruber Miller will replace Joel Kauffman – who has been named to the Athletic Director position – on August 1. “Rachel’s love for Hesston College, academic training and experience, connections […]

Hesston College aviation students compete in a skills rally

Photo release: Larks take flight

Hesston College flight instructors and onlookers watch approaching planes during the Aviation department’s annual Larks Flight Rally April 16 at the Newton City/County Airport. Aviation students and alumni competed in a flour bag drop competition and a landing competition. The day started with a presentation by Loren Groff, a 1991 Hesston College graduate and former […]

Common Threads

Hesston College to present “Common Threads” in Colorado Springs and Denver

Hesston College will host “Common Threads: Anabaptist and African-American Songs and Stories of Suffering and Hope” at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at Beth-El Mennonite Church in Colorado Springs and at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 1, at First Mennonite Church in Denver. The events are free and open to the public, though a free-will offering […]

College to celebrate 2011 graduates May 8

Hesston College will celebrate the class of 2011 with the 101st commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. Sunday, May 8 in Yost Center. Regina Shands Stoltzfus, a professor at Goshen (Ind.) College, will address the college’s 139 graduate candidates. Stoltzfus has taught in the Peacemaking, Justice and Conflict studies and the Bible, Religion and Philosophy departments […]

Hesston College sophomores to perform recital

Hesston College music students Amy Brubaker and Sheralynn Neff will join together for their sophomore recital at 7 p.m. April 15 in the Hesston Mennonite Church sanctuary. The public is invited to attend. Brubaker, a clarinetist of Goessel, has been a member of the Concert Band and Bel Canto Singers, both under the direction of […]

Hesston College freshman Courtney Mast talks with her grandmother Mari An Nyce, both of Weatherford, Okla., at the banquet in celebration of Grandparent Days March 24.

Hesston College celebrates Grandparent Days

by Jennifer Kaberline “I remember when Grandma lived in Pennsylvania, she would let us go to the creek and catch crawdads,” says Hesston College freshman Courtney Mast of Weatherford, Okla. “After we caught a bunch, we would go back to the house and sit outside while we cleaned them, then Grandma would let us cook […]