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• Instructor presents at Japanese conference Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:38:35

  André Swartley, English as a Second Language program director at Hesston College, presented at the After JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) conference in Chiba, Japan, Feb. 9 and 10. JET is a one-and-a-half-year teaching fellowship through the Japanese government where native speakers of other languages, especially English, teach in Japanese public schools. The After JET […]

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• Golfers invited to Arizona for sixth annual National Golf Benefit for Student Scholarships Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:03:16

  

  Golfers from around the country can enjoy a break from the winter cold during Hesston College’s sixth annual National Golf Benefit for student scholarships in Glendale, Ariz., Saturday, March 28. The four-person scramble, hosted by Hesston College and local organizer Steve Yoder, will be at 12:30 p.m., at The 500 Club, an 18-hole, par-72 championship […]

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• AVDS conference motivates nonviolent action Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:27:37

  

  How do followers of Jesus Christ pursue nonviolence in a world full of violence? That was the question explored by the 170 participants at Hesston College’s Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series weekend Feb. 13 to 15. The weekend’s theme, “Overcoming Evil: Ordinary People Making a Difference,” featured Father John Dear, a peace activist and 2008 […]

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• Friendship leads to collaborative concert Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:11:45

  Three college choirs – Hesston College Bel Canto Singers, Doane College Choir (Crete, Neb.) and McPherson (Kan.) College Choir will present a collaborative concert at 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 21 at Whitestone Mennonite Church in Hesston. The concert is free and open to the public. The special concert is part of Doane’s annual tour, and […]

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• Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts receives National Endowment for the Arts grant to support presentation of the King’s Singers Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:52:59

  National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Jane Chu announced today that Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts (HBPA) is one of only 163 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Challenge America grant. HBPA is recommended for a $10,000 grant to support a presentation of male a-cappella vocal ensemble The King’s Singers. The renowned vocal sextet will […]

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• AVDS conference to explore becoming people of nonviolence Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:55:32

  

  Hesston College’s Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series conference, Feb. 13 to 15, will focus on the theme “Overcoming Evil: Ordinary People Making a Difference.” Participants will explore ways to overcome evil with good in the face of the contemporary violence and conflicts in places such as Ferguson, Mo., or the Middle East. The event will […]

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• Fall 2014 academic honors Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:58:18

  Hesston College announced the names of full-time students whose fall 2013 semester grades earned them a place on the Dean’s List (3.90 to 4.00) and Honor Roll (3.50 to 3.89).                         Molly Bruner – Wauseon, Ohio Johanna Burkholder – Warden, Wash. Erika Byler – […]

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• Chance meeting unites worlds Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:17:43

  

  Levi Zook stopped in his tracks when Tony Brown greeted him in Pennsylvania Dutch on a train bound for Albuquerque. Zook, an Amish man from New Holland, Pa., likely never expected to hear the language spoken predominately in Amish communities so far from home and from a black man. Brown, an African-American Mennonite from Hesston, […]

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• Anabaptist history comes to life at Know Jesus Tue, 03 Feb 2015 16:58:23

  

  Hesston College history instructor John Sharp illustrates a story of early Anabaptist martyrs with help from middle school participants during the Know Jesus event Jan. 31 to Feb. 1. About 200 middle school students from 16 South Central and Western District conference congregations in Kansas participated in the weekend held on the Hesston College campus. […]

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• Ted & Co. satirical drama to address peace and conflict resolution at AVDS conference Fri, 30 Jan 2015 20:37:00

  Audience members will be entertained while also being challenged with difficult truths when well-known actor Ted Swartz and partner Tim Ruebke of Ted & Company TheatreWorks (Harrisonburg, Va.) present the satirical drama I’d Like to Buy an Enemy at 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 14, at Hesston Mennonite Church on the Hesston College campus. The performance […]

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