NORTH NEWTON, KAN. – Hesston Bethel Performing Arts (HBPA) will welcome the power and pageantry of Afro-Brazilian dance, costumes and live music to Bethel College’s Memorial Hall stage Nov. 5 with Viver Brasil, which the Los Angeles Times has called “irrepressible” and “Brazilian to the core.” Linda Yudin and Luiz Badaró, co-artistic directors, founded Los […]
At 8 p.m. Sunday night, Oct. 31, a campus-wide pep rally will be held in Yost Center on the Hesston College campus. Previously dubbed “Midnight Madness,” “Hoopla” is in its second year with a goal of being more accessible to the community. The event is open to the public and free of charge. A dunk […]
Hesston College welcomed new English faculty members to start the second eight weeks of the semester, while saying goodbye to a departing colleague. The English faculty position was vacated by an instructor leaving for a new opportunity at Wichita State University. Dr. Merle Schlabaugh of Newton, Kan., will teach Introduction to Film this fall and […]
by Rachel Schlegel Laura Kraybill may be new to Kansas and new to Hesston College, but she is no stranger to the complexities of the stage. Kraybill arrived in Hesston from Boston in mid-August to be the new theatre director as well as teach speech communication courses. Kraybill has always loved acting and has been […]
The acoustic folk-rock trio The Wailin’ Jennys returns to Bethel College’s Memorial Hall and the Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts (HBPA) series for the only Kansas appearance in their current tour. Perhaps best known to south central Kansas residents from their appearances on public radio’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” the Jennys first played Bethel in March 2008, […]
Hesston College recognized eight faculty members in August for outstanding instruction in spring 2010 classes based on the Individual Development and Educational Assessment (IDEA) survey. The survey shows student ratings regarding instruction and student learning that are based upon the professor’s teaching styles and classroom performance. John Sharp of Hesston had the highest ranking class […]
by Rachel Schlegel Meghan L. Good, lead pastor at Albany (Ore.) Mennonite Church, will spend a week at Hesston College Oct. 25 to 31 as pastor-in-residence and as a featured speaker for the annual Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series conference. Good received her B.A. in philosophy and biblical studies from Gordon College (Wenham, Mass.) and […]
by Rachel Schlegel The Hesston College Bel Canto Singers will present a program of sacred choral music at 7 p.m Tuesday, Oct. 12, at Hesston Mennonite Church. The concert is 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 […]
Official numbers from the twentieth day of classes at Hesston College show an increased enrollment of 448 compared to 439 one year ago. New students number 264, the largest incoming class since 2005 according to vice president of Admissions Joel Kauffman. The number of students living on campus has also increased from 319 a year […]
by Rachel Schlegel The highly acclaimed Dead Man Walking will be performed by the Hesston College Theatre Department as the first production of the year at 7:30 p.m. in Northlawn room 109 Oct. 1 to 2 and 7 to 9. The production is also the first under new theatre director Laura Kraybill. Dead Man Walking […]
by Andrew Sharp On Thursday night, Oct. 21, Hesston College and Lincoln Perk will team up to host a community fundraiser for the Hesston Public Library Fund. The event will be during the Hesston College women’s and men’s soccer games versus Allen County Community College (Iola, Kan.) beginning at 5 and 7 p.m., respectively. “We […]
by Rachel Schlegel, photo by Larry Bartel Tim May and Gretchen Priest May rehearse with the Hesston College Bel Canto Singers Sept. 10. May and Priest May are musicians from Nashville, Tenn., and Grand Ole Opry performers who spent Sept. 10 to 12 on the Hesston College campus, including a Friday chapel performance, Friday evening […]
by Rachel Schlegel Dr. Dale Kempf, a chemist responsible for developing some of the first treatment drugs for HIV/AIDS, will be one of the keynote speakers at A Hesston College Homecoming: “A View From Everywhere” September 24 to 26. Homecoming 2010 has a focus on science and math and will feature 13 alumni speakers during […]
by Rachel Schlegel Hesston College’s annual Melva Kauffman Memorial Lecture Series will feature Dr. Mark Metzler Sawin Sept. 15 to 17. Dr. Sawin is chair of the History Department at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va. He grew up in Hesston and spent most of his early days running around the Hesston College campus while […]
by Rachel Schlegel “A View from Everywhere” will be the theme for A Hesston College Homecoming 2010. The event will be Sept. 24 to 26 and include a science and math symposium featuring successful alumni experts in these areas as well as other events, such as Hesston Larks sports contests and a tailgate picnic dinner […]
