Amy Birdsell (right) talks with (from left) Dr. Sandra Zerger, vice president of Academics; Sandy Toews, Aviation staff; and former President Laban Peachey during Homecoming 2011.

Sophomore Krista Rittenhouse (Mt. Pleasant, Pa.) leads a pack of runners. The women’s cross country team was ranked 19th and 22nd in the Hill ’n Dale national NJCAA rankings during the first two weeks of the season. Photo by Curtis Denlinger

Volunteers package meals during the collegesponsored food-packaging event with Numana. Photo by Curtis Denlinger

Freshmen roommates David Rudy (Manheim, Pa.) and Michel Anderson (Wichita, Kan.) pose for Rudy’s mother, Carolyn, as they moved in to Kauffman Court at the beginning of the year.

Students prepare the Hesston Community Garden for spring planting during No Impact Week Sept. 25 to Oct. 2. The week was a campus-wide lesson in sustainability and creation care.

Freshman Jacob Landis (left) and sophomore Kenny Graber (right) are following in their fathers’ footsteps as runners at Hesston. Photo by Curtis Denlinger

Greg Bontrager hit a hole-in-one immediately following his competition’s hole-in-one in June.

Cris Rodriguez and his wife, Cynthia, are members of Hesston College’s Partner Program. Pictured with them is their daughter, Alana. Courtesy photo.

A career path wasn’t the only thing Dorine started at Hesston. It is also where she met her husband, Hudson Fahnestock ’90. Dorine and Hudson have a son, Cael, who is 10, and a daughter, Cilja, who is 7. Courtesy photo.

Jason Miller ’92 had aspirations of being a pilot from a young age. He is pictured at age 6 (left) with his younger brother, Reggie.

A group of alumni receive a tour of the newly renovated Erb Hall central and west dorms from Vice President of Student Life Lamar Roth. The renovations, which include a new roof and windows, heating and cooling units, furniture, paint, carpet and remodeled bathrooms, were an ongoing project over the last several years to make the dorms more energy efficient and up to date. The college is now raising money to install an elevator.

Bible and Ministry faculty Michele (Schrock) ’81 Hershberger presents a skit entitled “Menno Airlines” during the Alumni Banquet Saturday evening. Her classmates Ken Kabira ’81 and Luanne (Yoder) ’81 Southern served as Hershberger’s “flight attendants.”