Join alumni and friends of Hesston College at the National Golf Benefit for Hesston College at The Legend at Arrowhead in Glendale, Ariz. The four-person scramble combines food, fellowship and fun on a premiere golf course designed by golf legend Arnold Palmer – and it’s all to support student scholarships at Hesston College! The Legend […]
Hesston College exists as a place of learning for students – academically, spiritually and socially. It’s why the college’s founders dreamt it into existence 102 years ago. At Hesston, professors sometimes double as ones who not only teach, but also learn from students. Business instructor, David LeVan, now in his third year at Hesston, fully […]
Hesston College observed its first No Impact Week Sept. 25 to Oct. 2. The start of the fall semester kicked off an ongoing theme of sustainability spearheaded by the First Year Experience class and the campus-wide common read “No Impact Man” (Picador, 2010) by Colin Beavan. The week’s events were an opportunity for the campus […]
Aviation has had a home at Hesston College for 41 years, and during the college’s annual homecoming celebration Sept. 23 to 25, a panel of former employees told the story. Former President Laban Peachey of Harrisonburg, Va., (1960 to 1980) recounted the story along with former program directors Dave Forrer (Independence, Mo.), Jacob Friesen (Sun […]
Hesston College received official notification that accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools has been continued. The next comprehensive evaluation is scheduled for the 2020-21 academic year. The recommendation for reaccreditation was made following a comprehensive three-day site visit by a team from the Higher Learning Commission […]
College business students may not realize it, but they are learning valuable lessons and skills that can have global implications for alleviating poverty around the world. Helen Loftin, Mennonite Economic Development Associate’s (MEDA) director of women’s economic development, is visiting three south-central Kansas college campuses to share an MBA’s perspective on international development. MEDA is […]
In 1983 Ron Moyo’s community was torn apart. A civil war following independence from Great Britain in 1979 left many people in Moyo’s home country of Zimbabwe fleeing for safer environments. Moyo, who was a teenager, was left to live alone, wondering daily if he would live to see the next day. “One day I […]
Join the Hesston College community for a fun and challenging one week carbon cleanse experiment, and discover how lowering your impact can benefit not only the planet, but your own quality of life! Each day will focus on a different theme, from consumption to eating locally, and we’ve got a great lineup of activities and […]
Photos by Curtis Denlinger. Professional bluegrass musicians Tim May, Gretchen Priest May and Dave Firestine performed live music for a contra dance at Hesston College Sept. 9. May is a flatpick guitar player and was Grammy nominated for his solo work on Charlie Daniel’s song “I’ll Fly Away.” He is a former member of the […]
The Hesston College community will participate in the first State Wide Packaging Event (SWIPE) for hunger with Numana by packaging meals and raising money to fund the project Oct. 1. Numana is an international hunger relief organization based in El Dorado, Kan., that facilitates volunteer food-packaging events throughout the country and sends the meals world-wide […]
Faculty members in the Hesston College art department are exhibiting pieces of their personal works in the Friesen Center for the Visual Arts gallery on the Hesston College campus through Sept. 9. Hanna Eastin and Paul Friesen have clay pieces displayed while Lois Misegadis is presenting sculptures made largely from limestone. A reception […]
photo by Larry Bartel Kevin Wilder, Hesston College psychology and youth ministry instructor, and Saralyn Mast, a freshman from Ephrata, Pa., show off Wilder’s new hairstyle “The Mr. T.” Wilder, who is also Mast’s academic advisor, donated his hairstyle as a fundraiser for a service trip to Haiti during Christmas break where she will spend […]
Chatham Baroque, a renowned Pennsylvania trio that performs music from the Baroque on authentic instruments of the period, will appear on the Hesston Mennonite Church stage as part of the Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts Series. The concert begins at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 18. Prices for single tickets for the Chatham Baroque’s appearance at Hesston Mennonite […]
Hesston College students return from Haiti by Jackie Nelson, Hesston Record This past week, thousands of college students returned home from exotic resorts, relaxed, tanned and possibly sporting a new tattoo. However, six Hesston College students returned home tired, appreciative and perhaps even a little thinner. The students spent spring break on a missions trip […]
The “World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra,” one of the most popular and sought-after big bands in the world for concert and swing dance engagements, will appear on the Memorial Hall stage as part of the Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts Series. The band performs Thursday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. Alton Glenn Miller was born in 1904 […]
