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around the green – faculty and staff
– Appeared– Appointed
– Attended
– Awarded
– Contributed
– Facilitated
– Hosted
– Performed
– Presented
– Published
– Responded
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Appeared
Suzanna Mathews ’94, instructor of communication arts, recently filmed a training program for Koch/Invista on dealing with sexual harassment and unprofessional behavior in the workplace, to be shown to new employees as part of their orientation.
Appointed
Megan Abrahams ’08, admissions counselor. She graduated May 25 with a B.A. in music and most recently served as a personal support professional at Bethany House LLC.
Stanley Eitzen ’56, John N. Stern Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Colorado State University, to teach Principles of Sociology in fall 2008
Karey French ’06, admissions counselor. She has a B.A. in global peace and justice studies and most recently worked at St. Francis Community Services in family support.
Krista Graber ’02, web editor. She has a B.A. in English education and most recently worked as an English teacher at Newton High School.
Phyllis J. Miller, interim director of nursing. She has an A.A. degree from Hesston College and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Eastern Mennonite University. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Maryland.
Timothy M. Shade, director of instrumental music. He earned a Master of Music degree from the University of Miami, Fla., with emphases on performance (euphonium) and conducting.
Doug Siemens ’84, director of elementary education. He has a B.A. in English with a minor in history, with certification in English 7-12 and social studies 7-9. He earned his master’s degree in special education from the University of New Mexico and holds pre-K-12 certification in adaptive special education. He most recently taught in Newton USD 373.
Laurie Tietjen, vice president for business affairs. She has a B.S. in education from the University of Missouri and is a Certified Public Accountant, currently working on her master’s degree in business administration from Columbia (Mo.) College. She was most recently tax and compliance director and assistant controller for the College of the Ozarks in Branson, Mo.
Garret Whorton ’07, admissions counselor. He has a B.S. in health management and most recently was on the sales staff at Midway Motors, McPherson.
Kirsten Zerger ’73, KIPCOR director of education and training, to chair of the Department of Social Sciences
Attended
Chuck Regier ’81, Kauffman Museum curator of exhibits, and Rachel Pannabecker ’80, assistant professor of social science and Kauffman Museum director, attended the annual meeting of the American Association of Museums in Denver April 27-30.
Amy Barker, campus pastor and assistant professor of youth ministry, attended the annual Mennonite campus pastors gathering in Elkhart and Goshen, Ind., May 8-9.
Awarded
Gary Flory, KIPCOR director, received the 2008 Acorn Award from the Heartland Mediators’ Association (HMA) “for planting the seeds of professionalism, networking and education that have grown into the HMA.” He has also been appointed to serve on the Kansas Supreme Court’s Advisory Council on Dispute Resolution.
Jon Piper, professor of biology, was informed that Bethel’s on-campus prairie and woodland restoration project has been funded for a third year by the Kingsbury Family Foundation. Since 2006, Piper’s proposals for the project have resulted in a total of $46,802 in Kingsbury grants.
Contributed
Robert Yutzy, KIPCOR coordinator of congregational ministries, contributed a feature article to the summer 2008 issue of Mennonite Church USA’s Leader magazine, entitled “Filtering the Sexual Noise.”
John Thiesen ’82, co-director of libraries, transcribed a large set of old German letters for Keith Pickus, professor of history and associate provost at Wichita State University. The letters were written by a Jewish family in Berlin and Prague to relatives in the United States. Pickus’ book based on those letters has now been published.
Facilitated
Larry Friesen ’67, professor of social work, facilitated a discussion of ethical concerns for the Ethics Committee at Presbyterian Manor, Newton, April 15. He also introduced the program and facilitated audience discussion for Hospice of America Teleconference on Grief in Children and Adolescents, held on the Bethel campus April 16.
Hosted
Barry C. Bartel ’84, president, William Eash, professor of music, Dave Linscheid ’75, director of alumni relations, and Dale Schrag ’69, director of church relations, joined Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) president Gerald Gerbrandt ’68 and his wife, Esther, in hosting a gathering for alumni and friends after the Bethel College Concert Choir’s performance at CMU March 31 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Schrag hosted a meal for the choir, alumni and friends before the April 3 concert in Mountain Lake, Minn. On April 5, Barry and Brenda ’84 Bartel and Linscheid hosted a reception for alumni and friends after the choir’s concert in Beatrice, Neb.
Performed
Nathan Bartel ’02, assistant professor of English, collaborated, as a poet, with musician Paul Rudy ’84 and filmmaker Caitlin Horsman to create “In Lake’ech,” performed at the Kansas City Art Institute Feb. 12.
Karen Bauman Schlabaugh, professor of music, performed a recital of pieces for clarinet and piano with clarinetist Suzanne Tirk of Wichita State University at the 8th Clarinet Festival held at Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, April 26. The two previewed the recital at Bethel College April 21.
Presented
Larry Friesen ’67, professor of social work, spoke on immigration and Bethel’s Mexico interterm for Bethel College Sunday at Grace Hill Mennonite Church, rural Newton, April 27.
Gary Histand, professor of chemistry, presented “Biodiesel for the chemistry lab” at the Kansas College Chemistry Teachers Conference in Manhattan April 25. The presentation extended work done by Ricky Snyder ’07 as part of his senior thesis project.
Published
Dan Quinlin, professor of languages, published “Wulfila’s (Mis)Translation of Philippians 2:6” in Indogermanische Forschungen 112 (2007).
Responded
Duane Friesen ’62, Edmund G. Kaufman professor emeritus of Bible and religion, and Kirsten Zerger ’73, KIPCOR director of education and training, were respondents to a workshop on “Spiral Dynamics,” presented by Don Beck at Prairie View Mental Health Center, Newton, April 5.