“Stories and Songs of Peace and Hope,” a concert featuring internationally acclaimed baritone Tony Brown will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20 at Tabor Mennonite Church. Tabor Mennonite will co-host the event along with Hesston College as Brown shares stories from his travels as a peacemaker through music. The concert is free and open […]
About 180 junior high students and sponsors from Mennonite churches across Kansas and as far away as Milford, Neb., descended on the Hesston College campus Jan. 29 and 30 for the biennial Know Jesus event. The event, organized by the Western District Conference of Mennonite Church USA and hosted by Hesston College, is a weekend-long […]
Hesston College announced the names of full-time students whose fall semester grades earned them a place on the Dean’s List (3.90 to 4.00) and Honor Roll (3.50 to 3.89). Hesston College – Academic Honors – Fall Semester 2010 (Full-time students completing 12 hours or more) Dean’s List 3.90 – 4.00 Freshmen Zachary Baumgartner – Hesston, […]
Hesston College Pastoral Ministries student CJ Chukwukelu (right) and his wife Ude perform at an on-campus coffeehouse Jan. 21. The coffeehouse was one of several events at Hesston College Jan. 17 to 21 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Week. Other events included conversations with nationally-recognized human rights and environmental activist Rosina Philipe from […]
Brothers Bob and Paul Mullet remember well the station wagon that brought their family to Hesston in 1958. Their parents, Roy and Bess Mullet, were moving the family from a farm in Montana to Kansas so their five sons wouldn’t have to commute 25 miles to attend high school in the dead cold of an […]
For Hesston College freshman, Saralyn Mast of Ephrata, Pa., the decision to cut Christmas break at home short by one week for a service opportunity was an easy one. While most of her classmates were still enjoying the comforts of home, Saralyn traveled to Haiti with Life Connection Mission where she, four teammates and a […]
North Newton, Kan. – A popular vocal ensemble – which also happens to be known as “the world’s reigning male chorus” (The New Yorker) – makes its fifth appearance in the Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts Series. Chanticleer comes to the Memorial Hall stage on the Bethel College campus Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m. “Hesston-Bethel Performing […]
Elam J. Peachey, Development Officer and Planned Giving Advisor at Hesston College, born April 4, 1940, passed away suddenly Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 at the age of 70. Elam was hired as a Development Officer at Hesston College in September 1990. He was named Director of Development in January 1995 after the previous director stepped […]
The life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be honored with a week of events at Hesston College Jan. 17 to 21. The week’s events, entitled “United We Stand? Lament and Celebration” will focus on social diversity especially related to Native Americans and African Americans along with social inequality and environmental issues. […]
The Hesston College campus community was shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Elam J. Peachey from a heart attack Thursday morning, Jan. 6. Elam worked at Hesston College in various roles in Development since September 1990, including Development Officer, Director of Development and Executive Vice President for Advancement. At the time of his […]
by Rachel Schlegel Kirsti Graffenberger almost didn’t come to Hesston College. It’s not that she didn’t like the campus and people when she visited. It’s just that Oregon is a really long way from Kansas. Now, having finished her third semester at Hesston College with only one more to go before graduating in May and […]
The nursing program at Hesston College was formally granted re-approval by the Kansas State Board of Nursing (KSBN) at a Dec. 13 and 14 meeting in Topeka. The Board’s recommendation came from a two day visit to the Hesston campus in late September. After visiting with nursing faculty and assessing the program’s facilities, curriculum and […]
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 […]
photo by Larry Bartel Kevin Wilder, Hesston College psychology and youth ministry instructor, and Saralyn Mast, a freshman from Ephrata, Pa., show off Wilder’s new hairstyle “The Mr. T.” Wilder, who is also Mast’s academic advisor, donated his hairstyle as a fundraiser for a service trip to Haiti during Christmas break where she will spend […]
$10,000 grant will support Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts’ presentation of Chanticleer Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts announced today that Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts has been approved for a grant of $10,000 to support a performance and residency by male a capella chorus Chanticleer Feb. 8, 2011. Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts is one of […]
