Broaden your horizons and explore basic value issues during twice-weekly convocations.
Renowned guest speakers, performing groups and presentations will expose you to politics, society, religion and the arts and sciences – and you’ll be able to ask your burning questions, too.
Gain a broader perspective on current issues and historical events.
Build community through deeper understanding and respect for differing vantage points.
Determine where you stand on issues in the nation and the world from a more well-rounded view.
Fall 2019 Convocation Schedule
| Wednesday 8/21 | Formal opening of school |
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| Friday 8/23 | No convo |
| Monday 8/26 | No convo |
| Thursday 8/29 | Special evening session: Student Opportunities Fair Memorial Hall, 5-7 pm |
| Friday 8/30 | Introduction to Convocation: Why We Gather, and Community Expectations Meredith Lehman and Doug Siemens, convocation coordinators |
| Monday 9/2 | No convo - Labor Day |
| Friday 9/6 | Title IX and Safehope Bethany Charlsen, Title IX coordinator, and Safehope staff |
| Sunday 9/8 | Special afternoon session: KIPCOR Film Series: Lost Angels: Skid Row is My Home Krehbiel Auditorium, 3 pm |
| Monday 9/9 | ALICE and “Stop the Bleed” Safety Skills Demonstration Sam Haynes, vice president for Student Life, and Wesley Medical Center staff |
| Friday 9/13 | Us vs. the World: An Exploration of Sport, Identity and Inclusion Leland Brown III, NCAA diversity and inclusion intern and graduate assistant |
| Monday 9/16 | 2018-19 Study Abroad Panel: Students Engaging Global Scholarship Bethel College students and Dan Quinlin, Ph.D. |
| Monday 9/16 | Special evening session: KIPCOR Poverty Simulation Memorial Hall, 6:30-8:30 pm |
| Wednesday 9/18 | Special afternoon session: RAWtools, Inc. (KIPCOR Nonviolence Week) The Green and Memorial Hall, 2 pm |
| Friday 9/20 | Title TBA Matt Kleinmann, doctoral student in architecture: community development and public health, University of Kansas |
| Monday 9/23 | A Four-Decade Journey through Art: Would I Do It Again? Michael Aurbach, artist |
| Friday 9/27 | The Consequence of Gun Violence: A Personal Reflection Cyneatha Millsaps, executive director, Mennonite Women USA |
| Monday 9/30 |
Why We Exist KIPCOR and Bethel College Anti-Racism Coalition (BCARC) |
| Friday 10/4 | Devotion through Difference: What Poetry and a College Friendship from the 1930s Might Teach Us about Living in a Polarized Time (Bethel College Honors Convocation) Siobhan Scarry, Ph.D., associate professor of English, Ralph P. Schrag Distinguished Teaching Award recipient |
| Monday 10/7 | The Fall of the Wall: Oct. 9 and Nov. 9, 1989 Mark Jantzen, Ph.D., professor of history |
| Friday 10/11 | Making Us Better at Disasters: A Human-driven Approach Aimee Voth Siebert, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment |
| Monday 10/14 | Reclaiming History: Indigenous Peoples’ Day Erica Littlewolf and Karin Kaufman Wall, Mennonite Central Committee-Central States |
| Monday 10/14 | Special evening session: “The Loss of Turtle Island” simulation Memorial Hall, 7 pm |
| Friday 10/18 | Stay on Track Pastor Spencer Lindsay, executive director, WMOC Ministry, Inc. |
| Monday 10/21 | No convo - Fall Break |
| Friday 10/25 | URICA Student Presentations URICA Summer Grant recipients |
| Monday 10/28 | Listening and Waiting: MCC and Shifting Understandings of Christian Service (Menno Simons Lecture Series) Alain Epp Weaver, Mennonite Central Committee |
| Friday 11/1 | FYS plenary: The Hate U Give Krehbiel Auditorium, 10 am-noon |
| Monday 11/4 | Wise Fools: Welcoming the Poet, the Prophet and the Provocateur Eric Massanari, M.Div., chaplain, Kidron Bethel Village retirement community |
| Friday 11/8 |
Title TBA Jasmyn Story, deputy director, Office of Social Justice and Racial Equity, City of Birmingham (Ala.) mayor's office |
| Monday 11/11 | Reading the Book of Revelation (Bible Lecture Series) Melissa Archer, associate professor of biblical studies, Southeastern University, Lakeland, Fla. |
| Friday 11/15 | Bethel College Young Alumnus Award winner Chad Unrau, Class of 2004 |
| Sunday 11/17 | Special afternoon session: KIPCOR Film Series: Dawnland Krehbiel Auditorium, 3 pm |
| Monday 11/18 | Designing and Building Oncolytic Viruses Autumn J. Schulze, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular medicine, Mayo Clinic |
| Thursday 11/21 | Special evening session: BRAID/WORK by Sarah Beth Woods and Cleo Sugg Krehbiel Auditorium, 7 pm |
| Friday 11/22 | Worship and the Arts Symposium: Voices of Worship Urban Doxology and Pastor David Bailey |
| Monday 11/25 | No convo - regular classes in session |
| Friday 11/29 | No convo - Thanksgiving Break |
| Monday 12/2 | No convo - regular classes in session |
| Friday 12/6 | No convo - regular classes in session |
| Monday 12/9 | No convo - Reading Day |
| Tuesday 12/9 | *Required* Convocation Assessment Survey due by 5 pm Central Time |