Mennonite speed dating
Bible teachers from nine Mennonite high schools visited Hesston (Kan.) College and Bethel College (North Newton, Kan.) April 12 and 13. Hesston College Bible instructor Michele Hershberger devised an interesting [...]
Student pilots mark achievements
The Hesston College Aviation Department announced the latest achievements of student pilots. Spencer Hill of Goshen, Ind., earned his private pilot license on March 10. Hill is a 2011 graduate [...]
Hesston College reflects on year during Kansas Private College Week
Hesston College will recognize April 16 to 22 as Kansas Private College Week based on a proclamation issued by Governor Sam Brownback. Hesston College is one of 18 independent colleges [...]
Hesston College sophomore to perform recital
Hesston College music student Robert Howell will perform a sophomore voice recital at 7 p.m. April 26 in the Hesston Mennonite Church sanctuary on the Hesston College campus. The public [...]
Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts to host The Rose Ensemble for concert and residency
The culminating event of the 2011-12 Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts series will feature The Rose Ensemble, one of America’s premiere choral groups, for a three-day residency and program entitled “Land of [...]
Hesston College to “go green” with Earth Day celebration
Hesston College academic departments, campus facilities and local businesses will partner to host an Earth Day celebration at Hesston College from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 19 on the [...]
Hesston College European Chorale to perform kick-off concerts
The Hesston College European Chorale will kick off its European tour with several local concerts. The 37-voice choir will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Schowalter Villa [...]
Multi-award winning author to speak at Hesston College
Award-winning author Marty Essen will present his high-energy, multi-media show “Around the World in 90 Minutes” at 7 p.m. April 22 in the Hesston Mennonite Church sanctuary on the Hesston [...]
A parade of nations
Hesston College’s annual International Festival is an opportunity for international students to share their cultures with the rest of the Hesston College campus. Guests enjoy food from the students’ countries [...]
Hesston College students help send books to Ethiopia
Asbel Assefa’s school in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, wasn’t so different from the schools her American classmates attended. The education Asbel received at Bethel Mekane Eyesus School prepared her to further [...]
The business of conservation
by Kyle Albrecht and Rachel Schlegel Hesston College business instructor David LeVan has given the same assignment to his Entrepreneurship class each spring semester for the last three years – [...]
Grandparents explore diversity
Hesston College hosted more than 70 grandparents of 42 students during the college’s annual Grandparent Days March 29 to 30. Grandparents traveled from five states to spend time with their [...]
Nursing students experience cross-cultural clinicals
Providing medical care in a building with unpredictable electricity, observing cataract surgeries performed by the light of a flashlight and with local anesthesia, caring for patients while dealing with language [...]
Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts receives NEA grant to support concert and residency by The Rose Ensemble
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman has announced that the agency will award 863 grants to organizations and individual writers across the country. Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts [...]
Hesston College students to preach during Holy Week
Four Hesston College students – Dani Klotz (Wakarusa, Ind.), Mariah Martin (Glenwood Springs, Colo.), Leah Rittenhouse (Mount Pleasant, Pa.) and Tyler Yoder (Bay Port, Mich.) – will share preaching duties [...]