Hesston College students in the spring 2012 Introduction to Education class receive an introduction to Tulsa (Okla.) Central Junior High and High School from English teacher Sadie Stockdale.

An exceptional place to start

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 […]

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 […]

Celtic Crossroads

Spectacle of Celtic music and dance comes to Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts stage

by Melanie Zuercher (Bethel College) The fourth event in the 2011-12 Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts series brings to Bethel College’s (North Newton, Kan.) Memorial Hall stage a wildly popular Irish music spectacle. Celtic Crossroads will be at Bethel College Thursday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m. South Central Kansas residents may know Celtic Crossroads from its specials […]

Igudesman & Joo

Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts presents musical comedy sensation

The third Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts event of the 2011-12 season will feature the unique collaborative duo of Igudesman & Joo with their groundbreaking show “A Little Nightmare Music.” The concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31 in the Hesston Mennonite Church sanctuary on the Hesston College campus. The duo, made up of Aleksey […]

Great Wall of China - photo by Craig Gingerich

Hesston College offering China trip

International relationships are a vital part of the Hesston College culture both on and off campus. During the 2012 May term, beginning May 7, the college will expand its international learning opportunities with a three week trip to China led by sociology faculty and artist-in-residence Tony Brown and Chunrong Li, a Chinese citizen living in […]

Third Annual National Golf Benefit, March 10, 2012

Join alumni and friends of Hesston College at the National Golf Benefit for Hesston College at The Legend at Arrowhead in Glendale, Ariz. The four-person scramble combines food, fellowship and fun on a premiere golf course designed by golf legend Arnold Palmer – and it’s all to support student scholarships at Hesston College! The Legend […]