Residents have the opportunity to experience life-long learning by auditing classes at Hesston College.
Hesston College, a 2-year college, is part of our seamless campus adjoined by the “Journey of Life” walkway. Residents have the opportunity to experience life-long learning, by auditing classes at Hesston College. Not only an enjoyable and exciting opportunity for residents, but for college students as well.
Two annual events are co-hosted with Hesston College, a parade called the Journey of Life and the Festival of Creativity which involves numerous events covering several days. These activities incorporate all generations of the seamless campus, including residents, students, and children.
Residents enjoy interactions with college students in many different ways. The class curriculum involves students connecting with residents in Assisted Living and Health Care. Many enjoy one-on-one visits where they can spend time sharing and enjoying each other’s company.
Along with the activities mentioned above, Hesston College also encourages residents to attend their many cultural, educational, and recreational opportunities.
“Serving the elderly at Schowalter Villa has meant for me the daily privilege of actuality of giving a “cup of cold water” to those in need. I am inspired by the thought that we are the ‘hands of God’ in helping these residents. Each morning entering the Memory Care area where I work, I realize that I am not only the hands and feet for these needy elders, but that I lend them my mind filling in their lost words, as I cue them in functioning, orienting them to reality, and validating their tremendous feelings of loss. What a privilege to serve these the most vulnerable.”
Ruth Seibel
RN, Memory Care