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august 2009

• take note
• cover story

  Dearest friends

  Bethel alumnae’s round-robin letter has endured for more than 60 years.

  by Melanie Zuercher

• around the green
• excerpt

  Name games

  by Bradley McKellip

• class notes

  Class notes

• president's column

  What endures

  by Barry C. Bartel ’84

• perspective

  Steps and stumbles on the journey

  by Josh Chittum

• interior

  Paws for love

  Paula Harms and her therapy dog Gretta bring a hint of ‘normal’ to gravely ill children.

  by Melanie Zuercher

• encore

  Honoring 28 Years

• zoom

  baccalaureate/bethel college mennonite church/05.24.09/11:41 a.m.

  Jordon Regehr, Halstead, and Sunita Pudasaini, Wichita, take their turn lighting candles in the ritual that has become a treasured feature of the seniors', baccalaureate worship service, held at Bethel College Mennonite Church the morning before commencement.

  Photograph by Vada Snider