Life Enrichment

The Life Enrichment series is planned especially for adults age 60 and over and is made possible by funding from Bethel College and the generosity of speakers who share their talent and expertise without compensation. The series is held in conjunction with Bethel’s academic year.

Cost: $20 per semester or $2 per week; first-time attendees get a free day
Time: 9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (lunch following)
Location: Krehbiel Auditorium in the Fine Arts Center on the Bethel campus, unless otherwise noted

Coffee break time is usually 10:15-10:35 a.m. (donations needed to help cover cost). Lunch is served in the Schultz Student Center dining hall. Tickets for lunch should be purchased by 10:35 a.m. Cost: $5.50 for full meal; $3.50 for soup/salad/dessert.

Spring 2013 Life Enrichment schedule:

February  6^th:  

            9:30 ­­­­­Reflections on Student Life, Aaron Austin, VP of Student Life, Bethel College

            10:35 Classical Piano Duo, Amanda Rempel, Newton; Faith Wenger, Hesston

            11:30 One Room School, Kelly DeGraffenreid, Sedgwick

February 13^th:

9:30 Serengeti Eco Systems, Jim and Cindy Griggs, photographers, McPherson

            10:35  Think. Local. First. Why shop locally?Patty Meier, entrepreneur, Newton

11:30  Inter-termReports,BethelCollegestudents

February 20^th:

            9:30 The Joy of Creativity, Virgil Penner, community organizer, artist, N. Newton

            10:35 Barns in Kansas, John Ward, Prof. Emeritus at the University of Nebraska

11:30 "Songs of a Wayfarer:  inspired by Sonia Nazario's Enrique's Journey." Hesston College Bel Canto Singers, Bradley Kauffman, Conductor 

February 27^th:

            9:30Visual Devices for the Creative Photographer,  Michael Yoder, photographer & journalist, Lawrence

            10:35 Role of the Labyrinth in Personal Development, Gerry Epp, retired counselor, Hesston

            11:30 Hope in the Valley-Horse Rescue Farm, Andi Miller, Valley Center

March 6th:

            9:30 HarveyCounty Safe House, Jan Jones, Director, Newton

10:35 Changed perspective leads to wisdom:where were you when the morning starssang together?  Dr. Sara Wenger Shenk, President, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart IN

March 13th:

            9:30 Boys Achievement Gap – Gender and Education, Doug Siemens, Asst. Prof. of Education, Bethel College

            10:35 Victor Frankl and Logotherapy, James Yoder, professor/counselor/author, Hesston

            11:30  The Big Well, Stacy Barnes, Director of Tourism, Greensburg

March 27^th:

            9:30 Process Communication Model for Seniors, Nate Regier, founding director of  Next Element, Newton

            10:35 Flint Hills Discovery Center, Lisa Stork, Education coordinator, Manhattan

            11:30  Forensics, Bethel College students, John McCabe-Juhnke, professor of Communication Arts

April 3^rd:

            9:30 Tibet: Land of Sun, Solitude, Snow Leopards, Jim Goering, N. Newton

            10:30 Kansas Flour Sacks: History on a Piece of Cloth, NancyJo Leachman, Kansas Explorer, Salina

            11:40 Changes in the Nursing Department, Phyllis Miller, Nursing Department chair, Bethel College

April 10^th:

            9:30 My Life at Bethel College, Caleb Lazaro, resident director of Warkentin Court, multi-cultural student advisor

            10:35 Writing as Confession and Witness, Gordon Houser, Associate Editor of The Mennonite, Newton

            11:30 C. Henry Smith Peace Orations, semi-finals, KIPCOR, Emma Bradley, student assistant

April 17^th:

            9:30 The Flying Flowers of Kansas:  Butterflies, Jim Mason, Great Plains Nature Center, naturalist, Wichita

            10:30 The Sternberg Family: Pioneers of modern Paleontology, Michael J. Everhart, adjunct curator of paleontology at Sternberg Museum of Natural History

            11:35   Music: Vocal and Instrumental, Bethel College Students, James Pisano, associate prof. of Music

April 24^th:

            9:30 Is death fact or fantasy? Wendell Wiens, retired M. D. and caretaker

            10:35 Music: Vocal and Piano, Jonathan Schrag, vocalist, Donna Stucky, pianist

            11:30 Arsenic and Old Lace: the Bethel Connection, John Sheriff, prof. emeritus of English, Keith Sprunger, prof. emeritus of History, Bethel College

May 1^st:

            9:30 Intro. to Masterworks Concert: Creation by Haydn, William Eash, conductor, Professor of Music, Bethel College

            10:35 Drip Irrigation: How does it work and save water?. Lee Wheeler, international development and conservation, Hesston

            11:30 "Stay Calm, Stay Upright, and Older Adults & Pets," Richard Hanley, Director, Harvey County Department of Aging