by Howard Keim This issue highlights legacy families – families with two or more generations of students who attended Hesston College. We are intentional about providing an overall experience that connects with our alumni students and first generation students in ways that encourage them to send their children here as well. This is not necessarily […]
Attending Hesston College has been a family tradition for six generations by Rachel Schlegel When David B. and Anna (Musser) Weaver moved their family of nine children from Lancaster, Pa., to Harvey County, Kansas, in 1880, there was little on the expansive prairie except for a few wheat fields and a handful of homesteads and […]
1910 – 1920 Harry Weaver Ac18 Ruth (Grove) Ac19 Weaver Albert Weaver Ac20 1921-30 Edwin Weaver Ac26, ’28 Leo Hostetler Ac27 Joseph Weaver Ac27, ’29 Goldie (Hawkey) Ac28 Weaver Blanche (Smith) Ac28 Weaver Earl Weaver Ac30 1931-40 Ernest Weaver Ac31, ’33 Myrtle (Weaver) Ac32 Hostetler Willis “LaVern” Miller Ac33, ’35 Reuben Yoder Ac34, ’39 Tillman […]
Not all students experience Hesston College in the same way. Though many students come to Hesston fresh out of high school, on their own for the first time and still exploring career options, some students come later in life – looking for a career change or with a very specific goal in mind. That was […]
Why did you decide to study nursing at Hesston College? Nursing is something I always wanted to do. I don’t remember much from my mom’s time at Hesston, but growing up I always knew that she really liked the college and the nursing program. When I began thinking about college, Hesston was the obvious choice. […]
by Rachel Schlegel The Milo and Clara Kauffman family name is a fixture at Hesston College. Milo Ac22, ’26 was the college’s second president. He served with humility for 19 years, guiding Hesston through the Great Depression and dangerously low enrollment, making his legacy memorable and lasting. The end of Milo’s tenure as president in […]
by Rachel Schlegel For Quiet Ncube ’83, Hesston College was a place of transition into a new culture and inspiration for a career. In two years, the college and community became so much a part of him that his experience would inspire six more students to find their start at Hesston. Quiet’s story speaks to […]
Generations of Giving by Belle (Stoltzfus) Ac52 Boyts With 15 members of the Boyts family being Hesston College alumni, the college is special to our family. The family history with the college began with Jim Ac51, ’53 (deceased) and me as students. Hesston is where we dated and then married in 1952. I grew up […]
by Andrew Sharp In the ultra-connected community that is Hesston College, it’s normal for alumni to send their children off to the place they attended years earlier. Moms and dads, sons and daughters – it’s sort of a family thing. In the early and mid-1980s, three young men from three different communities came to Kansas […]
by Rachel Schlegel Hesston College Vice President of Advancement Yvonne Sieber announced that the college reached its nearly $3 million goal for renovations to the central and west wings of Erb Hall dormitory. The college will complete the renovations by adding an elevator and lounges connecting the separate wings of the building. Work on lounges […]
Three Hesston College voice students earned special recognition at the National Association of Teachers of Singing Regional Vocal Competition at Fort Hays (Kan.) State University in November. Freshman Emerencia Dudas (Toledo, Ohio) earned second place in the Freshman-Sophomore Women’s Musical Theatre division, which was the highest finish for a Hesston College student since 2004. Sophomore […]
102 alumni families sent 107 students to Hesston this year. Erin Albrecht – Barry ’85 and Cheryl (Litwiller) ’85 Albrecht, Sebewaing, Mich. Hannah Bachman – Beth ’75 Gerig and Dean Bachman, Tiskilwa, Ill. Jesse Baer – Sheila Yoder Baer ’84 and Jonathan Baer, Villa Ridge, Mo. Erin Banman – Teri (Mullet) ’92 and Jeff Banman, […]
Alumni and friends of the college are invited to join students on a three-week trip to China during the May 2012 term beginning May 7. Sociology professor and artist-in-residence Anthony Brown will lead the trip and Chunrong Li, a Chinese citizen living in Philadelphia, will serve as the group’s tour guide. Three hours of social […]
All nine members of our family squeezed into a Kaiser-Frazer sedan for the move to Hesston from Indiana in the summer of 1952. by Dave Osborne Ac64, ’66, director of International Admissions, international student advisor Hesston College was the sole reason we came here. My father, Chester ’54, who had pastored churches in Michigan and […]
