Clay Stauffer leads Lifetime Fitness and Wellness class

Exercise Science to be offered starting fall 2014

Hesston College will introduce exercise science as a new program of study beginning with the 2014-15 academic year.  “Exercise science is one of the fastest growing fields right now because students recognize the job opportunities in the field,” said faculty member Clay Stauffer.  Degrees in exercise science open students to a broad range of career […]

Hesston College sophomore Makayla Ladwig

Relationships, faith key to basketball star’s success

by Andrew Sharp ’99 When asked to describe her schedule at Hesston College, sophomore guard Makayla Ladwig, Wichita, Kan., describes a full plate, one teeming with relationships, challenges, opportunities and faith formation that intertwine with her commitments as a student athlete. Ask anyone who knows Ladwig and they will tell you that she goes about […]

The 2013 Hesston College Howard Hustle

2013 Howard Hustle results

All finishers 2 Mile FEMALE OVERALL WINNERS Place Bib Name Age Town St Time 1 333 KRISTEN SHRAG 25 14:00 2 100 HOLLY PETERS 18 HC KS 14:01 3 192 KATIE SAWYER 30 MCPHERSON KS 14:13 2 Mile MALE OVERALL WINNERS Place Bib Name Age Town St Time 1 7 JACOB LANDIS 21 STERLING IL […]

Collage of photos from Hesston College's booth at Phoenix 13

A great time at #phoenix13

Here’s a quick summary of some of the highlights from the week: Sunday evening, Admissions staff connected with 250 youth at Trinity Mennonite (Glendale) and Michele Hershberger was the keynote speaker for the event Hesston College gave away about 1,000 T-shirts to youth as they arrived and checked into their youth hotel lobbies as people […]

This piece by Phillip Hilty, Peoria, Ariz., won Best-in-Show for the 2013 Hesston College Student Art Show.

Art students’ work on display

Hesston College student artwork is on display in three locations from now until May 3. The student work features a variety of art media from both fall and spring semesters of the 2012-13 academic year. All exhibits are free and open to the public. The college’s annual juried student art show is on display in […]

Tony Brown performs in “I Go On Singing,” his tribute to Paul Robeson

Brown to perform “I Go On Singing” in Harrisonburg, Va.

Tony Brown will perform the original musical autobiography “I Go On Singing” at 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 9 at Lehman Auditorium on the Eastern Mennonite University campus, Harrisonburg, Va.. “I Go On Singing” is Brown’s original tribute to Paul Robeson, all-American athlete, scholar, champion orator, international recording artist and star of the stage and screen […]

Sue (Eicher) ’73 Roth and Priscilla (Wyse) ’72 Clemens greet each other at the tailgate barbecue picnic and family festival Friday.

Homecoming 2012

More than 500 Hesston College alumni and friends came together Sept. 28 to 30 for Homecoming Weekend 2012. Nearly 300 alumni reconnected with classmates at 13 class reunions. The weekend celebrated the performing arts and included a Performing Arts Showcase with performances, presentations and concerts by alumni professionals, students and faculty. A highlight of the […]

Earth Day Celebration: Living the Green Life

Thursday, April 19, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Booths will be set up for participants to come and go as they explore ways to be sustainable. Energy Electric bicycle project and bicycle charging station – Physics II class Solar cooking – Science Department Solar music powered by a photovoltaic energy power station – students Electric […]

Community of musicians to perform “Each Other’s Light,” concert for the Peacing It Together Foundation

First Mennonite Church will hold fundraiser on Sunday, March 18 at 4 p.m. by Andrew Flack Denver, Colo.—It was while touring Bosnia in 2002 that baritone Anthony Brown came face to face with the extraordinary healing power of music. He was singing to an audience of Croats and Serbs, Muslims, Christians and Jews, and as […]