Promo photo from Hesston College production of Little Women

Little Women to allow audience to reconsider the definition of success

Hesston College Theatre will present three showings of the musical Little Women March 27 to 29 at Hesston Mennonite Church. The show will be at 7 p.m., March 27 and 28, and 3 p.m., March 29. Based on Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, Little Women is the well-known tale of the four imaginative March sisters […]

Hesston College phonathon promotional image

Phonathon blitz underway

…Just not for a Hesston College Football Team. The 2014 Hesston College Phonathon blitz is underway as the college reaches out to alumni and friends with a goal of raising $100,000 that will help fund student scholarships. Each year, Hesston College conducts a Phonathon to invite alumni and friends to support students in this way. This year, the […]

Hesston College freshman Brooke Hammond (Long Island, Kan.) serves ice cream to Schowalter Villa residents.

A spirit of service

Hesston College students participated in 20 service projects during Service Week Sept. 9 to 15. Projects included several with neighboring Schowalter Villa, participating in recreational art and activities at Youthville (Newton, Kan.), picking up trash along the highway, constructing a prayer labyrinth on campus and serving meals at The Lord’s Diner (Wichita).

Women’s basketball adds Thompson

Hesston College women’s basketball coach Dan Harrison announces Jermani Thompson, a 5’5” shooting guard from East St. John High School, Reserve, La., as the latest addition to the Larks program. A second-team all-district player, Thompson helped East St. John High to a district championship her senior year. She will study nursing at Hesston. “Jermani is […]

Reagan McClellan

Women’s basketball inks McClellan for 2014-15 season

Hesston College women’s basketball coach Dan Harrison announces Reagan McClellan, a 5’6” point guard from Northern Heights High School, Allen, Kan., as the latest addition to the Larks program. A freshman last year at Allen Community College, Iola, Kan., McClellan adds experience and depth to the Hesston backcourt. An all-league honorable mention player in 2012-13, […]

College announces Spring 2014 Dean’s List, Honor Roll

Hesston College announced the names of full-time students whose spring 2014 semester grades earned them a place on the Dean’s List (3.90 to 4.00) and Honor Roll (3.50 to 3.89). Dean’s List freshmen Rachelle Adrian – Mountain Lake, Minn. Kailey Aiello – Salem, Ore. Megan Baumgartner – Hesston, Kan. Victoria Becker – Halstead, Kan. Eric […]

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 […]

JazzReach's Metta Quintet

First concert of HBPA season to feature globally influenced jazz

by Melanie Zuercher, Bethel College   An organization committed to fostering appreciation for America’s original art form, jazz, bring its acclaimed quintet to south-central Kansas for the kickoff of the 2013-14 Hesston Bethel Performing Arts Series. Metta Quintet, the resident ensemble for JazzReach, performs in Bethel College’s Krehbiel Auditorium Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. General […]

2013-14 Hesston College Bel Canto Singers

Bel Canto Singers to tour west central Florida

The Hesston College Bel Canto Singers will present the program “Dwelling in Thresholds” in west central Florida, under the direction of Bradley Kauffman, during a Fall Break tour Oct. 12 to 14. The “Dwelling in Thresholds” program is inspired by the college’s campus-wide focus on refugee resettlement during the 2013-14 year led by the common-read […]

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 […]

Dmitry Bucklin, a 2010 Hesston College graduate, enjoyed a simple and seamless transfer process to Mennonite Church USA sister school Bethel College.

The truth about transferring

An increasing number of college students are not only learning that a transfer process is nothing to be feared, they are recognizing the benefits of starting one place and going another. Some college students fear transfer horror stories and worst-case scenarios like losing course credits, having to re-take classes and needing extra semesters to finish […]

Late three gives Larks big win

The Hesston College women’s basketball team came away with a dramatic 70-69 win over Tabor College JV, Hillsboro, Kan., on Wednesday, Feb 6, to improve its season mark to 10-13. Freshman Kelli Christenson (Dayton, Ore.) nailed a late three-pointer that lifted Hesston to the win. Destavia Davis (Nacogdoches, Texas) poured in 19 points to lead […]

Ballet Folklorico "Quetzalli" de Veracruz

Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts to present a cultural treasure of Mexican traditional music and dance

What the “Kansas City Star” called “a heady rush of tapping heels, dazzling costumes and insistent rhythms” comes to Bethel College’s Memorial Hall stage Feb. 23. The fourth event in the Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts series for 2012-13 brings the Ballet Folklorico “Quetzalli” de Veracruz to south central Kansas to share indigenous and other traditional Mexican […]