Hesston College sophomore Bonita Garber (Bainbridge, Pa.), third from right, shares during a panel discussion about her experiences and views with gender roles Jan. 16. The panel discussion made up of students and faculty was part of the college’s week-long celebration Jan. 14 to 18 of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, […]
As college students return to schools this spring, there is renewed interest in ensuring their health and wellness. This includes managing risky behaviors like drug use and excessive drinking, which are the most common health issues on college campuses. This semester, students at Hesston College will have extra resources to make sure they stay healthy. […]
The internationally renowned women’s a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey In The Rock comes to Bethel College’s Memorial Hall stage as the third concert in the 2012-13 Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts series. The group performs Saturday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are currently on sale weekdays at both Bethel and Hesston Colleges. Since Bernice Johnson Reagon […]
For a singer, few things compare to hearing the reverberation of a choir ring through vaulted cathedral ceilings. But in Kansas, cathedrals are hard to come by. The Hesston College Bel Canto Singers and the Goessel High School Elbiata Singers managed to find one of the few scattered on the Kansas prairie – St. Fidelis […]
Artist Kurt Wolf of Salina, Kan., is the featured artist with his assemblage wall art and sculptures made from scavenged items in the Hesston College Regier Friesen Gallery in the Friesen Center for Visual Arts through Feb. 17. Wolf’s exhibit, “Up From the Scrap Heap to the Art We Keep: Recycled and Repurposed Sculptural Assemblages,” […]
Hesston College’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Week Jan. 14 to 18 will explore gender issues with the theme “Engendering Diversity: Gender Around the World and on the Hesston College campus.” Dr. Akiiki Daisy Kabagarama, author and local college professor, will be featured for a keynote presentation Jan. 14. All events are free and open […]
Hesston College announced the names of full-time students whose fall semester grades earned them a place on the Dean’s List (3.90-4.00) and Honor Roll (3.50-3.89). Hesston College – Academic Honors – Fall Semester 2012 (Full-time students completing 12 hours or more) Dean’s List 3.90-4.00 Freshmen Alyssa Becker – North Newton, Kan. Denver Coblentz – Hartville, […]
Hesston College Aviation and Air Traffic Control students will fly high while planted firmly on the ground when they return from Christmas break in January. As part of the college’s Delivering the Promise capital campaign, Hesston College received a generous anonymous gift which helped to fund a Redbird MCX C182 G1000 GFC700 flight simulator. The […]
The Hesston College Bel Canto Singers and the Goessel High School Elbiata Singers will collaborate to present a concert at St. Fidelis Church: The Cathedral of the Plains in Victoria, Kan., at 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27. The concert is free and open to the public, though a free-will offering will be collected to cover […]
More than 300 people, including about 40 prospective students, were guests at Hesston College during the 45th annual Thanksgiving Weekend Nov. 22 to 24. Guests traveled from 22 states for the weekend activities, which included Hesston College traditions of the Thanksgiving evening buffet, choral masterworks concert, talent show, Howard Hustle Two-Mile Run/Walk, music department concert […]
David Adam Moore, one of the world’s most sought-after operatic baritones, will perform a multi-media seasonal concert of Franz Schubert’s song cycle “Die Winterreise” (“A Winter Journey”) with pianist Earl Buys at Hesston College as part of the 2012-13 Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts Series at 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2, at Hesston Mennonite Church on the […]
Bob Regier and Paul Friesen, the namesakes for the newly named Hesston College Regier Friesen Art Gallery in the Friesen Center for the Visual Arts, are two of the six featured artists in the gallery through Dec. 13. Other featured artists include faculty members Hannah Eastin and Lois Misegadis, 2007 graduate Mark Horst and 1967 […]
Community members interested in ministry, church leaders and anyone with a general interest in the Bible are invited to join the Hesston College Bible Department for a three-weekend course, Prophets and Revelation, during the spring 2013 semester. The class, taught by Bible and Ministry faculty member Michele Hershberger, focuses on prophetic and apocalyptic genre and […]
Hesston College’s results from the 2012 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) are among the highest in the country and reinforce the college’s claim that Hesston is a great place for students to start their college career. The survey measures student perceptions of their engagement in their academic work in five key benchmark areas […]
It is not uncommon for people to discover new relatives at Hesston College. With ties to the Mennonite faith tradition and many of the students, faculty and staff coming from the same faith background, the branches of many family trees run all across campus. Sharon Cranford, however, did not expect to find any cousins at […]
