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HESSTON COLLEGE ALUMNI MAGAZINE SUMMER 2013 todaymagazine ACADEMIC DATA DRIVES SUCCESS BECOMING #2 PLUS page 4 EXCELLENCE page 7 Hesston College ranks among the top in national college surveys IN THIS ISSUE todaymagazine Hesston College Today is the official publication of Hesston College, published three times yearly at Hesston, Kan., for alumni and friends of Hesston College. Address correspondence to Hesston College Today, Box 3000, Hesston, KS 67062, or email rachels@hesston. edu. COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE EDITOR Rachel (Schlegel) ’05 McMaster GRAPHIC DESIGN Julie Miller-Steiner PHOTOGRAPHY Larry Bartel Several years ago, we made a commitment to measure and PRINTING Mennonite Press improve the quality of the student experience at Hesston V.P. OF ADVANCEMENT Yvonne (Yoder) ’71 Sieber DIR. OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Marathana Prothro College. We moved from in-house course evaluations and ALUMNI DIRECTOR Dallas Stutzman ’76 student satisfaction surveys and adopted nationally normed surveys that allow us to compare ourselves with other HESSTON COLLEGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS colleges. We found that we were good – in some cases better Kelvin Friesen ’73, Archbold, Ohio, Chair Steve Ropp ’80, Iowa City, Iowa, Vice Chair than we expected. But we were not satisfied with good, and Annette (Steider) ’83 Brown, Frisco, Texas, Secretary went to work to improve. Dale Beachey ’66, Sarasota, Fla., Treasurer Ginny (Davidhizar) ’68 Birky, Newberg, Ore. We have improved since the first round of surveys, with Wilbur Bontrager ’73, Middlebury, Ind. Anna Gomez, Los Fresnos, Texas our most recent results coming in as some of the highest in Virgo Handojo, Pasadena, Calif. the country. These results would not be possible without Luke Roth-Mullet ’99, Hesston, Kan.
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