Hesston College announces Spring 2009 Academic Honors

Hesston College Registrar Jeanne Billings has announced the names of full-time students (completing 12 hours or more) whose grades for spring semester (2009) have earned them places on the Dean’s List and Honor Roll. The following freshmen are listed on the Dean’s List (3.90-4.00) : Alison, Kate-Hesston, Kan. Beck, Kent-Hesston, Kan. and Archbold, Ohio Boshart, […]

Schroeder announces signing of defensive specialist for ’09 class

Hesston College volleyball coach Vanessa Schroeder has announced the signing of 5’4″ Allison Martin, a defensive specialist from WACO High School in Wayland, Iowa. A letter-winner in volleyball, softball, and track, Martin received second team all-conference honors following her senior year. Off the court, Martin is a well-rounded student. She was named to the honor […]

Disaster Management grads called to create their own story

The six graduates this year from Hesston College’s Disaster Management program were challenged to go out and create their own stories. The six graduates are Rudy Graber, Molalla, Ore.; Alyssa Hostetler, West Liberty, Ohio; Abby Kline, Schaefferstown, Pa.; Jordan Pierce, Palmer Lake, Colo.; Abigail Roth, Wood River, Neb.’ and Hope Weaver, Nederland, Colo. Guest speaker […]

156 graduates celebrate Commencement Weekend 2009

Hesston College graduated 156 students on Sunday morning, May 3, in Yost Center, and Jim and Jim were in the gym to address them before they received their diplomas. Representing the “lofty” world of academia, 36-year veteran of the science faculty, Jim Yoder, was dressed in full regalia and spoke from the bucket of a […]

Three alumni share how aviation and mission intersect in their endeavors

by Susan Miller Balzer At the opening session of the Hesston College Aviation Department’s annual “Aviation as Mission” event Friday, April 17, two graduates, Travis Pollock and Aaron Diller, and former instructor, Don Woodward, demonstrated the “can-do” attitude that Woodward said is characteristic of Hesston’s aviation alumni. The three stepped up to the podium at […]

Explore Kansas! Trip will visit Greensburg GreenTown

The Hesston College Alumni Association invites alumni and friends to participate in the eighth annual Explore Kansas! , a venture to south central Kansas Friday, May 29. Dallas Stutzman, vice president of Alumni Relations, says the purpose of the annual Explore Kansas! is twofold. “We want to enjoy the company of alumni, friends, and faculty […]

Student recitals on tap Friday, May 1

p> Five sophomores at Hesston College will give student recitals Friday, May 1, at Hesston Mennonite Church. The recitals are free and open to the public. At 4 p.m. Friday, May 1, a voice recital will be presented by Kory Hiebert, Goessel, Kan.; Jasmine Martin, New Holland, Pa.; and Mitch Stutzman, Middlebury, Ind. Then, at […]

Tony Duplessis plays and sings in chapel

Tony Duplessis raises scholarship funds for Disaster Management program

Hurricane-survivor, accomplished pianist, and songwriter Tony Duplessis performs a selection as part of a short concert during chapel Monday, April 20, at Hesston College. The chapel presentation followed a 90-minute concert the previous evening to raise scholarship funds for Hesston students enrolled in the Disaster Management program, a joint program with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS), […]

Warkentine reflects on camping experiences and how to apply them to everyday life in winning speech

Reflecting on her camping experiences, Jennie Warkentine challenged her audience to change their eating, driving, and disposable habits. Warkentine, a sophomore from Wichita, Kan., won the annual C. Henry Smith Peace Speech Contest at Hesston College Wednesday, April 8. Her speech was titled “I Want to Pass It On.” Warkentine admitted that camp “is a […]

Bel Canto Singers to sing in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana on May tour

The Bel Canto Singers of Hesston College will present programs in Mennonite congregations and in Mennonite schools in the East and Midwest during a nearly two-week summer tour May 4-14. The concert titled Our God is Near features an eclectic repertoire spanning renaissance to modern works. Featured composers include William Byrd, Arvo Pärt, William Grant […]

President Howard Keim and other college representatives to speak in the Big Valley

Hesston College President Howard Keim is scheduled to present a weekend of messages at Maple Grove Mennonite Church, Belleville, Pa., Friday through Sunday, April 24-26. Hesston alumni and friends are invited to attend the events and connect with Hesston representatives. Sponsored by the church, President Keim will give biblical presentations on the topics of communication […]

Brown to present concert in Portland, Ore., April 19

Oregon alumni and friends of Hesston College are invited to a special event with faculty member and professional baritone Anthony Brown. Sponsored by Portland Mennonite Church, the concert containing music and stories of peace, hope, and justice will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the church, located at 1312 SE 35th Avenue. Brown will be accompanied […]