Photo release: Hesston College International Festival

Hesston College’s international students hosted a meal and program for the campus community Thursday, April 8. The college’s 18th annual International Festival focused on the theme “Celebrating the world of nature. ” The meal featured salads from Colombia and Indonesia, a soup from the Democratic Republic of Congo, a stew from Ethiopia, meats from Korea […]

Music Department to present spring concert

The Hesston College Music Department will present a spring concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 23 at Hesston Mennonite Church. The concert will feature Bel Canto Singers, Hesston College Chorale and Wind Ensemble. The concert is presented in conjunction with the college’s Alumni Office, and Hesston College alumni and friends are especially invited to attend. […]

Kempf to perform, lead workshop at Hesston College

Singer/songwriter/worship leader Jeremy Kempf will lead a workshop and present a concert at Hesston College Saturday, March 27. A 2000 graduate of Hesston College, Kempf and fellow Hesston students founded Thirstborne, a band that traveled the country for five years, challenging youth to strengthen their relationship with Jesus. Kempf also led youth worship bands for […]

Sophomore Jessica Coffman chases a loose ball in action earlier this season.

Hesston College hosts Alumni/Community Basketball Games Saturday, February 20

Plan on fun for the entire family when Hesston College hosts its annual Alumni and Community Basketball Games at the college’s Yost Center Saturday afternoon, February 20. The Larks will host Highland (Kan.) Community College. The women’s game tips off at 2 p.m., and the men’s game to follow at 4 p.m. The public is […]

Nursing program to host site review team

The Division of Nursing at Hesston College is scheduled for an on-site continuing accreditation visit by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) on March 2-4, 2010. Program evaluators will meet with college and program personnel and students, visit classrooms and affiliated clinical agencies, and review curriculum materials to validate that the program continues […]

All In The Timing promotional photo

PHOTO RELEASE – Hesston College Theatre department to present All in the Timing

Hesston College students stage several scenes from All in the Timing , six one-act comedies by David Ives, as they produce a video that is part of Hesston College’s production of the Ives script. Time magazine called All in the Timing “Theatre that aerobicizes the brain and tickles the heart.” Hesston College Theatre Director Megan […]

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ladysmith Black Mambazo to make rare Kansas appearance for Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts

Almost 25 years after Paul Simon’s groundbreaking album Graceland brought this South African men’s a cappella group to world prominence, Ladysmith Black Mambazo will appear at Bethel College as part of the Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts Series. Ladysmith Black Mambazo will perform on the Memorial Hall stage Thursday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m., as their only […]

David Coleman and (left to right) Brenda Papin, Wichita, Kan. (Hesston College class of 1975), freshman Sonsharae Graham, Philadelphia, Pa., Sociology Professor Dwight Roth, and sophomore Rickey Vick, Edmond, Okla., shared reflections on King’s life and legacy at a campus forum Friday, Jan. 22.

PHOTO RELEASE – Hesston College celebrates Martin Luther King Day

“I am concerned about the breakdown of relationships in society, especially as seen in the family,” commented Hesston College alumnus David Coleman, Newton, Kan. (third from left). “This breakdown extends across all parts of society-racial, ethnic, religious, and economic differences. People seem to be much more focused on themselves today. Martin Luther King was trying […]

Prothro begins role as Hesston College director of marketing and communications

Marathana Prothro joined the staff of Hesston College in mid December as director of marketing and communications. Prothro works closely with the Advancement, Admissions and Alumni teams as well as departments across campus as she leads the college’s marketing and communication efforts and she directs the Communications office staff. Yvonne Sieber, vice president of advancement […]

Centennial celebration will include a cookbook

Hesston College alumni and friends are invited to send their favorite recipes for a centennial cookbook that will be published and available for purchase during Homecoming 2009 scheduled for September 25-27, 2009. “Hesston College traditions include food and fellowship,” said DaLonna Schroeder, cookbook coordinator and an administrative assistant at the college. “This collection of recipes […]

Ten Thousand Villages Public Relations Director Doug Dirks speaks to Hesston College students in David LeVan's Exploring Business class.

Doug Dirks of Ten Thousand Villages tells Hesston students about Fair Trade, alumna Edna Byler’s legacy

by Susan Miller Balzer Students can make the world a better place for everyone by choosing to purchase gifts and coffee that are fairly traded and by pursuing careers that will open and expand work opportunities for people around the world. This was the message that Doug Dirks, Akron, Pa., public relations director for Ten […]

Hesston College celebrates alumna Edna Ruth Byler, Ten Thousand Villages, and fair trade Nov. 22-28

As part of its centennial celebration this semester, Hesston College is celebrating Ten Thousand Villages and its founder Edna Byler, a 1923 Hesston Academy graduate who attended Hesston College from 1925 through 1929. Her husband, Joseph N. Byler, taught at Hesston from 1926 to 1941. Starting in 1941 the Bylers spent the rest of their […]

Hesston College Thanksgiving celebration features concerts, games, and performances

Hesston College’s Centennial Thanksgiving Family Celebration starts with Thanksgiving dinner Thursday evening-a full dinner with turkey, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, pasta salad, cottage cheese, cranberry gelatin, seven layer salad, green beans, corn, rice, pumpkin pie, and pecan pie, served by the college’s Food Service. The dinner is a decades old Hesston College tradition and a […]