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 […]
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 […]
Ron Moyo, North Newton, Kan., a freshman in the Hesston College Pastoral Ministries program won first place in the college’s annual C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on April 12. Moyo was one of three Hesston College students who spoke on a variety of peace and justice issues during the competition. In his speech, “Peace,” […]
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 […]
Three Part Invention, an instrumental ensemble of violin, piano and cello will present the fifth and final concert in the 2010-11 Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts Series at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 17, at Hesston Mennonite Church on the Hesston College campus. The trio, described as “three of the most talented instrumentalists ever to mutate from the […]
Bible and Religion professor Marion Bontrager taught the first Biblical Literature class at Hesston College in 1986. As Bontrager’s brainchild, the class was meant to ensure that students would receive biblical teaching from an Anabaptist perspective as part of their core curriculum. The impact the class would have on the students who spread its reach […]
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 […]
The Hesston College Music Department will host sister school Bluffton (Ohio) University music faculty members Dr. Crystal Sellers and Dr. Lucia Unrau for a voice and piano recital at 7 p.m. April 11 in the Hesston Mennonite Church. The recital is free and open to the public. Dr. Sellers earned a Bachelor of music in […]
Members of the Student Committee for Hesston College’s Erb Hall Renovation Project have organized a labor auction that will raise funds for the renovation of the 42-year-old dormitory. The silent auction will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 11, in Bontrager Student Center on the Hesston College campus. The event is free, and […]
Campus pastors Todd Lehman (Hesston College), Joanne Gallardo (Eastern Mennonite University), Ed Janzen (Conrad Grebel University College) and Stephen “Tig” Intagliata (Bluffton University) enjoy conversation over lunch on the Hesston College campus March 29. The campus pastors from the Mennonite colleges and universities meet annually to network and fellowship with one another. Other campus pastors […]
by Rachel Schlegel Two Hesston College Aviation alumni were the featured speakers for the department’s annual Aviation as Mission event March 25. The evening was an opportunity for Hesston College aviation students, alumni, prospective students and faculty and staff to connect. Mark Miller and Tyson Teeter, both of Hesston, shared their stories and insights on […]
David Myers, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, visited Hesston College March 18 to 20 to discuss partnerships between the government and faith-based and other non-profit organizations with the Hesston College campus and wider local community. Kevin King, executive director of Mennonite Disaster Service, joined Myers in several […]
by Rachel Schlegel Mrs. Butler had fallen sick and was spending time in a nursing home the week that a group of college students from Hesston College showed up to do maintenance on her home in New Iberia, La. Many homes in the area suffered damage from Hurricane Rita in 2005 and again from Hurricane […]
The Hesston College music department will present a concert with performances by Bel Canto Singers, Chorale and the Concert Band at 7:30 p.m. March 29 in the Hesston Mennonite Church sanctuary. The program, entitled “A Jocular Journey: Music on the Lighter Side,” will feature classical works from the year’s repertoire, as well as more modern […]
The 19 students who comprise the Hesston College Bel Canto Singers will have a unique experience March 26 as they perform in the chorus of the Wichita (Kan.) Grand Opera’s Tenth Anniversary Gala Concert. The event, titled “There’s No Place Like Home,” will be at 6 p.m. in the Century II Performing Arts Center Concert […]
