With the close of the 2015-16 academic year, the Hesston College community bid farewell to two beloved nursing faculty members. With a combined 66 years of service to Hesston College, numerous student lives touched and careers inspired, Ruby (Chupp) ’73 Graber and Joyce Huber entered retirement. Ruby Graber – 25 years “Retirement brings such mixed […]
Larkfest: Serve, Celebrate, Showcase Hesston College took a day off from classes April 14, to focus on college values of service and academic and leadership excellence during the annual LarkFest celebration. To start the day, all on-campus students participated in 35 service projects in local communities. During the LarkFest awards ceremony, students, faculty and staff […]
Spring sports find post-season success For the second year in a row, the men’s tennis team qualified for the NJCAA Division I National Tournament in Plano, Texas, May 16 to 20. The Larks finished 17th of 24 teams. Singles players and doubles teams competed well, with the doubles team of Riley Kingsley ’17 (North Newton, […]
I understand this issue has a good deal of space devoted to the time I have served as president. There is much to celebrate and I am grateful for the good progress that has been made. Over the past several years, I have considered when would be a good time to conclude my tenure and […]
President Howard and Tami (Birky) ’72 Keim in the newly renovated Northlawn Center for Performing Arts Education. Howard notes that much of Tami’s work as president’s wife was behind the scenes—hosting guests in their home, attending events, occasionally traveling with Howard and always being his biggest supporter. Tami has been director of Hesston’s Early Childhood […]
Students who serve with Hesston Fire and EMS are Beth Schurz ’17 (Phillipsburg, Kan.), Clay Axness ’17 (Glendale, Ariz.), Jared Wedel ’16 (Peabody, Kan.), Lane Schrock ’16 (Parnell, Iowa), Isaiah Crosby ’16 (Ponca City, Okla.), Jonathan Gonzalez ’16 (Goshen, Ind.) and Zach Stauffer ’17 (Belleville, Pa.). by Abby Musser ’16 For many students, the Hesston […]
“Oh, wow, you play football?” the young woman asked Katie Sowers ’06, who was waiting to have her photo taken for this story in the locker room also being used by the girls high school basketball team that was warming up for upcoming tipoff. “I would love to play football!” “You can!” Sowers encouraged. “How […]
Major: Disaster Management Career: Volunteer placement coordinator for Mennonite Disaster Service One of the first I was part of the first class to graduate from Hesston College’s Disaster Management Program (DMP), and I was the first woman to graduate from the program. Before choosing Hesston, I didn’t know what I wanted to do after high […]
PARENT: Jean Matts MAJOR: Bible and Ministry Isaiah’s story I was raised mainly by my mom and grandmother. At a very early age I began to feel a call on my life to do something meaningful, something that could help people and possibly change the world. However, I wasn’t quite sure what that meant or […]
from the presidents of Mennonite Church USA colleges, universities and seminaries Dear friends and brothers and sisters in Christ, As presidents of the schools to whom many of you have entrusted the formation of future leaders for our church’s witness in the world we want to say with full hearts, that we hear you: We […]
Failure Most of my childhood and part of my adult life I didn’t take any risks. I was afraid of failure, of being ridiculed and of what others might say about me. Three years ago, sitting at church, I heard the song, “Lord you have come to the seashore, searching neither rich nor wise, desiring […]
Integrating thought, life and faith for service in the church and the world is part of our mission statement and important to all we do at Hesston College. One of our college outcomes is “Persons who understand Faith through an Anabaptist-Mennonite perspective.” There are many activities and practices in this Christ-centered community that contribute to […]
The Hesston College Presidential Search Committee: Addie Banks (Bronx, N.Y.), Marie (Schuessler) ’79 Morris, Board of Directors (Anderson, Ind.), Ramiro Hernandez (Washington, Iowa), Carlos Romero (Goshen, Ind.), Carlota Ponds, staff (Hesston), Barth Hague ’76 (Newton, Kan.), Ken G Kabira ’81, Board of Directors (Naperville, Ill.), Kendra Burkey ’00, faculty (North Newton, Kan.), Luke Roth-Mullet ’99, […]
by Emily Kauffman ’16 What does it look like to live out our faith? That was the question explored by more than 300 registrants from 17 states at the Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series (AVDS) weekend Feb. 19 to 21. The weekend’s theme, “Not Just on a Sunday,” featured Shane Claiborne, an ordinary radical, founder […]
Caroline Riggenbach tutors a student in the tutoring program she started. by Emily Kauffman ’16 As part of a sophomore education practicum requiring an on-site experience in a school or organization, a group of Hesston College students are gaining practical experience working with younger students as part of a free tutoring program they established at […]
