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Hesston College will launch a collegiate DECA chapter known as the Hesston College Emerging Leadership Team with the well-known leadership organization as an extracurricular option for students with the start of the 2020-21 year in August. DECA is a global organization focused on preparing high school- and college-age leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, […]
During the summer, as many students enjoyed the break from classes and formal learning, Tobie Plett jumped head first into a business-focused internship with Harper (Kan.) Industries. Having just finished his first year as a business major at Hesston College, Plett passed on an opportunity to spend his summer at home in East St. Paul, […]
First it was a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Now it’s aviation. And that’s not where the growth stops. Early in 2019, Hesston College administrators began unveiling a growth plan that gives the Hesston College of the future some distinct differences from the Hesston College of the last 110 years. Namely, four-year bachelor degree programs in […]
For the Hesston College business department, hands-on experiences are at the forefront of students’ education. With the transfer process in mind, business professor Vickie Andres always has an eye out for internship opportunities for her students. And for the Hesston College business students who take advantage of those opportunities, they begin to set themselves apart […]
Hesston College will host a screening of the feature-length documentary film Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 on the campus in the Hesston Mennonite Church Sanctuary. The event is free and open to the public, though an offering will be collected to help cover expenses. Immediately following the film, […]
Four Hesston College business students have been named recipients of the Bill Mason Business Scholarship for the 2012-13 academic year. The students receiving the scholarship award are Ashley Beatty of Washington, Iowa, Keisei Ohta of Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Japan, Matt A. Weaver of Hesston, Kan., and Matt R. Weaver of Goshen, Ind. The students will receive […]
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 – create and operate a business for a few weeks during the semester as a way to gain practical business experience. In the past, the student-run […]
Bill Mason (center), longtime Hesston College employee, is congratulated by Melissa Unruh (left) and Rachel Swartzendruber Miller (right) during Mason’s retirement celebration at Hesston College Feb. 16. Mason served at Hesston for 28 of the last 41 years in roles including public relations, student services, admissions and as a business instructor. He ended his time […]
Four Hesston College business students have been named recipients of the Bill Mason Business Scholarship for the 2011-12 academic year. The students receiving the scholarship award are Hayden Goerzen, son of Bryan Goerzen of Newton, Kan. and the late Wendy Goerzen; Dani Klotz, daughter of Steve and Cherri Klotz of Wakarusa, Ind.; Joel Murray, son […]
Photo courtesy MEDA Several members of the Hesston College community, including five sophomore business students and two instructors traveled to Calgary, Alberta, Canada Nov. 4 to 7 for the 2010 Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) convention. “MEDA was such a good experience,” said student Sarah Lederman. “We were able to talk with Mennonite business professionals […]
As part of its centennial celebration this semester, Hesston College is celebrating Ten Thousand Villages and its founder Edna Byler, a 1923 Hesston Academy graduate who attended Hesston College from 1925 through 1929. Her husband, Joseph N. Byler, taught at Hesston from 1926 to 1941. Starting in 1941 the Bylers spent the rest of their […]
