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Faculty and Staff Achievements

June 2007

Attended

Amy Barker, campus pastor and assistant professor of youth ministry, attended the Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada Youth Ministry Council gathering, May 14-17 at Hesston College, and hosted the group for lunch at KIPCOR on May 16. During that lunch, Dale Schrag, director of Church Relations, presented a brief history of General Conference Mennonites in Kansas and the formation of Bethel College, and he led a campus tour afterward. Barker will serve as a volunteer in the Youth Convention office during the Mennonite Church USA Convention in San Jose in July, and serves as an advisor to the planners of the Young Adult Convention.

Brad Born, vice president for academic affairs, Rodney Frey, registrar, Ami Regier, professor of English, Ada Schmidt-Tieszen, professor of social work, and Patty Shelly, professor of Bible and religion, attended the Higher Learning Commission Annual Meeting, April 21-23 in Chicago. Born, Schmidt-Tieszen and Shelly presented the session Restoring Trust While Revising General Education: Recommendations for Shared Governance.

Participated

Penny Moon, associate professor of history, participated in Eastern Mennonite University’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute in May. She took the course Analysis: Understanding Conflict.

Presented

Barry C. Bartel, Bethel College president, frequently presents speeches and sermons at churches, alumni gatherings and college-related and community functions. View a list of Bartel’s past and upcoming speaking engagements.

Published

Howard Snider, professor emeritus of sociology, published Jesus or Christ? (Infinity Publishing 2007). Snider’s book addresses the role Paul played in creating Christianity. It is available at amazon.com and in the Bethel College Bookstore.

Jon Piper, professor of biology, and former students published two articles on prairie restoration. One article, "Does the number of species in a seed mix affect the establishment of four tallgrass prairie species? A seven-year study in Kansas," was published in Ecological Restoration, Volume 25, pages 118-122. The second article, "Effects of species richness on resident and target species components in a prairie restoration," was coauthored with Emily Schmidt (’05, Biology and Elementary Education) and Angela Janzen (’02, German and Music). This article appeared in Restoration Ecology, Volume 15, pages 189-198.

Served

Rodney Frey, registrar, serves on the KACRAO (Kansas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers) Strategic Planning Task Force, which met May 3 at Sterling College.