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july 2011

• take note
• cover story

  Expanding horizons and shrinking the world

  Curiosity about and openness to other cultures lead to a friendship that spans 40 years.

  by Melanie Zuercher

• excerpt

  Seek, serve, grow

  by four members of the Class of 2011

• interior

  A window on the future

  Alumni who love chemistry and Pittcon give students the chance to experience it, too.

  by Melanie Zuercher

• around the green
• inquiry

  Both sides of the desk

  Bethel’s 2011 graduates include nine faculty and staff children.

  by Jennifer Scott

• class notes

  Class notes

• forum

  Locavores on the prairie

  Brad Guhr organizes a symposium bringing together practitioners and supporters of “local food.”

  by Melanie Zuercher

• president’s column

  Counting blessings

  by Perry D. White

• encore

  Freeman Prairie Arboretum

• zoom

  Mudslam volleyball/04.17.11/4:09 p.m.

  Here’s mud in your eye. And in your teeth. And your ears… Even cold, wet mud couldn’t dampen the spirits of students like Joe Kondziola, sophomore from North Newton, at Bethel’s annual mud volleyball tournament.

  Photograph by Audra Miller