by Mackenzie Miller ’18, photos provided by featured alumni Over its long history, Hesston College has graduated individuals with hearts and minds bent to engineering. Many of those alumni are well-established or have retired, but just as many are in the thick of their careers. Still others are taking their first steps on their career […]
Softball goes deep in Division 2 tournament Under the leadership of interm head coach Andrew Sharp ’99, the Hesston Larks softball team made a run deep into the KJCCC Division 2 Tournament in Topeka, Kan., May 14 to 16. The Larks faced elimination from the tournament after losing to top-seeded Highland Community College in the […]
Hesston College’s 112th Commencement Held in person for the first time in two years On May 14, this year’s graduation activities were held fully in person for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Hesston College’s 112th commencement featured an address titled “It Takes All of Us,” delivered by […]
The School of Nursing Receives 10-year Accreditation Hesston College’s School of Nursing received a 10-year accreditation for the baccalaureate degree from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). This accreditation extends until June 30, 2032. CCNE’s accreditation was granted without recommendations for improvement or identified deficiencies. Accreditation is granted after a rigorous process including both […]
Naomi (Kauffman) Ac50 Lederach – July 24, 2021 It was not just her joyous spirit and her overflowing compassion, but also through faith and with grace Naomi Lederach touched the lives of so many. She began her journey in South Texas as a child of missionaries and followed a path into nursing, leadership, social activism […]
Friends, Greetings to you on the cusp of a tenuous but seemingly brighter future. While we are by no means clear of the COVID-19 pandemic, our communities have come through tremendously difficult circumstances and are better positioned to move into the future now than they were last winter, in the very heart of the pandemic. […]
Quelling repeated calls for a bachelor’s degree program at Hesston College, incoming President Tilman Smith announced in his inaugural speech in October 1959 that Hesston College would become the “strongest possible junior college.” There would be no more talk of a four-year college curriculum. Why this talk of a four-year program? Because the college had […]
You don’t need a business degree to be a successful business leader, but it sure can help. It’s a lesson that five Hesston College graduates, who arrived on campus years ago with varying skills and areas of interest, learned during their short time in Kansas. Perhaps it was the affirmation of the late business instructor […]
For Debbie McAlister, director of Hesston College’s new School of Management, her time on campus has been a journey from building a program like most other institutions had, to creating something no other school offers. McAlister was hired to craft a program that delivered a bachelor’s degree in business management, the third such bachelor’s program […]
Celebrating faculty moving on to new opportunities Becky Bartell I started learning from Becky the day I walked into my first nursing class. Without a doubt, I knew walking into class every day that she wanted every single student to thrive. She was passionate about sharing her knowledge and helping us create a solid foundation […]
Institutional scholarships are vital to the 99 percent of Hesston College students who receive institutional aid. These scholarships are awarded to students who have particular interest, qualifications or financial need. The following scholarships have been added to the list of endowed scholarships since fall of 2018. Chris J. Miller Aviation Scholarship Chris J. Miller was […]
Music After more than a year of virtual and on-campus concerts, Hesston College’s Bel Canto Singers hit the road after commencement to perform a program entitled “Lift Every Voice” at locations in Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota and South Dakota. The choir used the Hesston College campus and Swan Lake Christian Camp in South Dakota as their […]
Hesston College’s 111th Commencement features in-person and online ceremonies Hesston College graduates received their diplomas and took pictures with President Dr. Joseph A. Manickam on the steps of Alliman Administration Center on the afternoon of May 1. The outdoor “walking ceremony” was the centerpiece event of an uncommon commencement weekend which featured a blend of […]
The Business of Healthcare In the U.S., healthcare is a business, and public health is the business of the government. We act like those two things don’t interact. Of course, they interact incredibly! Healthcare delivery only makes up 10 to 15% of what makes somebody well, but takes up over 85% of the dollars that […]
Hometown: Denver, Colo. Major: Business Management Activities: Women’s Basketball, Words Alive! Sharing My Culture I come from the Oglala Lakota, Cheyenne, Taos Pueblo, Meskwaki and Ojibwe tribes across the country. I am from Denver, Colo., I’m majoring in Business Management and I’m on the women’s basketball team here at Hesston College. I am thankful to […]
