Hesston College Class of 2019 graduates were sent into their go everywhere journeys with charges to show love and compassion and make a difference in the world during commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 18. President Manickam conferred 39 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) degrees and 105 associate degrees.
Bonnie (Kauffman) Ac65, ’67 Sowers, emeritus faculty member and former director of the nursing program, addressed B.S.N. graduates with a message titled “Now I Know for Sure,” based on scripture from I Corinthians 13:1-3 and encouraging graduates to perform their work with knowledge and heart.
Samantha Rossin (Castle Rock, Colo.) receives a Disaster Management Program certificate of completion from Vice President of Academics Brent Yoder ’97.
Essence Tolson (Yuma, Colo.) marks the occasion with her family.
Faith Manickam (Hesston, Kan.) prepares to receive her diploma and a hug from her father, President Joseph A. Manickam.
Stanley W. Green, executive director for Mennonite Mission Network, presented the associate degree ceremony address, “Seeing What’s New – Perceiving What Matters,” based on the college’s theme verse for 2018-19, Isaiah 43:19.
Graduates Will Gaby (Goshen, Ind.) and Cassidy King (Cochranville, Pa.) were nominated by faculty and staff and voted by their classmates as the graduate speakers to reflect on their Hesston Experience.
Graduates of the men’s basketball team celebrate together. From left: Grant Harding (Louisburg, Kan.), Kendall Pelton (Cheyenne Wells, Colo.), C.R. Curless (Haysville, Kan.), Braden Handcock (Brighton, Colo.) and Cal Hartley (Benton, Kan.).
Darren Cornejo (Wichita, Kan.) receives his nursing pin from program director Becky Bartell.
