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Bethel College is offering the following new programs: majors in athletic training and management information systems; business concentrations in general administration, marketing and finance; and certificates in health sciences and youth ministry.

Don Lemons, professor of physics, received the David H. Richert Distinguished Scholar Award this year in recognition of the books he authored—Perfect Form, Variational Principles, Methods and Applications in Elementary Physics (Princeton University Press, 1997) and An Introduction to Stochastic Processes in Physics (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002) —and articles he published in journals such as Plasma Science, Physics of Plasmas and the American Journal of Physics.

Dennis Heide ’87, football, and Lorene (Dick) Goering ,’62, basketball, and the 1955-56 KCAC Champion men’s basketball team were inducted into the Bethel College Athletic Booster Club Hall of Fame at the Fall Festival football game. Heide was First Team All-KCAC two years in a row and the second-leading rusher in the NAIA in 1986. He set five school records playing football at Bethel. Goering was a member of the first intercollegiate women’s basketball team at Bethel. She averaged over 20 points per game and was the team’s leading scorer each year she played.

Sarah Rempel, who graduated last May, won the 2002 John Horsch Mennonite History Essay Contest for undergraduate students. Her paper, “Unification Unveiled: A Tale of Two Churches and the Intricacies of Identity Conflict,” studied the impact of German unification on the Berlin Mennonite Church in West Berlin and the Mennonite Church of East Germany. The
historical committee of Mennonite Church USA sponsored the contest.

More than $90,000 raised at Country Supper and Auctions was used for Krehbiel Auditorium renovations. The makeover included new, wine-colored seats and a matching curtain for the stage.

Bruce Bradshaw, assistant professor of business administration, received the 2002 Julius A. and Agatha Dyck Franz Teaching Development Award. He plans to research and write a textbook for use in courses focused on areas such as economic development and social justice.

For the fifth consecutive year, Bethel was named in the Best Comprehensive Colleges–Bachelor’s (Midwest) according to U.S. News & World Report. Ranked 26th, Bethel was the only college in Kansas to be named top tier in the bachelor’s degree category. Bethel College was also listed with schools that have the most students who receive athletic scholarships (33%).

Bethel College has created the Dwight Platt Prairie Reconstruction Endowment to promote development of Kauffman Museum’s 1.5-acre tallgrass prairie reconstruction. The endowment honors Dwight Platt, professor emeritus of biology and Kauffman Museum prairie consultant. He initiated the prairie reconstruction, which has more than 100 species of wildflowers and 16 species of grasses, in 1984. Kauffman Museum also has been recognized as an official Backyard Wildlife Habitat by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.