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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. to 12:15 p.m.
Location: Krehbiel Auditorium in Fine Arts Center, Bethel College, unless otherwise noted
Coffee break time is usually 10:15-10:35 a.m. (donations needed to help cover cost). Lunch is served in Schultz Student Center Dining Hall. Tickets for lunch should be purchased by 10:35 a.m. Cost: $5 for full meal; $3 for soup/salad/dessert.
| February 2012 | |
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| February 8 | |
| 9:30 | A Roadmap for Bethel College Dr. Perry D. White, president |
| 10:35 | A Baby Boomer's Take on Aging Becky Funke, editor/publisher of Active Aging |
| 11:30 | Space Disasters Tom Holcomb, director of education, Kansas Cosmosphere |
| February 15 | |
| 9:30 | Service Outreach agencyrepresentative for Harvey County Community Partnership |
| 10:35 | Alice Lex-East German Artist Rachel Epp Buller, Bethel College adjunct professor of art |
| 11:30 | Poetry and Photography Sammie Simmons, poet, and Duane Graham, photographer |
| February 22 | |
| 9:30 | Peppernuts at Prairie Harvest? Becky Nickel and Carrie Van Sickle, Prairie Harvest co-owners |
| 10:35 | East Africa Safari Ray Penner, president, First Bank of Newton |
| 11:30 | Sabbatical Experiences in Lithuania Michele and Del Hershberger, Hesston College bible and ministry faculty; Mennonite Mission Network administrator |
| February 29 | |
| 9:30 | War Toys for Children?: An Illustrated History of Resistance Rachel Waltner Goossen, professor of history, Washburn University |
| 10:35 | Symphony in the Flint Hills Emily Hunter, executive director |
| 11:30 | The Tender Land spring opera, excerpts, Bethel College students |
| March 2012 | |
| March 7 | |
| 9:30 | The Role of Labor Unions in our Society Ken Walsh, retired machinist and union leader |
| 10:35 | Challenges to Meet the Deadline Suzanne Perez Tobias, columnist/reporter, Wichita Eagle |
| 11:30 | Wings and Wetlands Jim Smith, superintendent, Dillon Nature Center, Hutchinson |
| March 14 - note time change | |
| 9:30 | Reading and Thinking about Race in America Omar and Zona Galle, professor emeritus University of Texas, and HeadStart retired social worker |
| 10:30 | Twisters: Living in Tornado Alley Jay Antle, assistant professor of history, Johnson County Community College, and storm chaser |
| 11:35 | Forensics John McCabe-Juhnke, Bethel College professor of communication arts |
| March 21 | |
| Spring Break | |
| March 28 | |
| 9:30 | Images of an Empty Landscape Phil Epp, artist and former teacher, Newton Public Schools |
| 10:35 | Dancing with Skunks Abby Wisdom-Williams, state certified wildlife rehabilitator, Cheney |
| 11:30 | J. Harold Moyer's Music Sunflower Trio, Matthew Schloneger, Rebecca Schloneger and Ken Rodgers |
| April 2012 | |
| April 4 | |
| 9:30 | One with Courage Diana Schunn, executive-director, Child Advocacy Center, Wichita |
| 10:35 | A Bible Commentary in the Anabaptist Tradition Douglas B. Miller, writer, editor and professor of biblical and religious studies, Tabor College |
| 11:30 | The Seagoing Cowboys, post-WWII Victor Goering and others |
| April 11 | |
| 9:30 | My Journey into the World of the Blind Carol Thieszen-Culp, disability advocate, Denver |
| 10:35 | Double session Common Threads: Anabaptist and Enslaved African Songs and Stories of Suffering and Hope John Sharp, history faculty/storyteller, Tony Brown, sociology faculty/baritone, and Ken Rodgers, music faculty/ accompanist, Hesston College |
| April 18 | |
| 9:30 | Sneak Preview-Summer 2012 Wayne Bryan, producing director, Music Theatre of Wichita |
| 10:35 | Three Weeks in Europe for the Price of Souvenirs Carol Duerksen, ERDT/Share! state coordinator |
| 11:30 | C. Henry Smith Peace Orations c/o Natalie Butkus, KIPCOR |
| April 25 | |
| 9:30 | Writing a New History of Bethel College Keith Sprunger, Bethel College professor emeritus of history |
| 10:35 | Music: Flute and Piano Kenna Graber, flutist and Donna Stucky, pianist |
| 11:30 | The Prairie Grass at Kauffman Museum Derrick Law, Bethel College student |
| May 2012 | |
| May 2 | |
| 9:30 | Annual Spring Masterworks:Introduction music faculty,Bethel College |
| 10:35 | Sand Creek Signage Chuck Regier, curator of exhibits, Kauffman Museum |
| 11:30 | A Farmer's Journey to an Ecological Awareness Jason Schmidt, farmer/environmentalist |