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.
Spring 2020 Convocation Schedule
| Friday 1/31 | (Re)Introduction to Convocation and Student Government Association Convocation Coordinators, SGA |
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| Monday 2/3 | Research as Social Justice Work Dr. Bernadette Barton, Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, Morehead State University |
| Friday 2/7 | Student Life Presents: Emergency Protocols and General Campus Safety Tips that Build Community Sam Haynes, VP for Student Life, and Chywonna Gonzalez, Residence Life Coordinator |
| Sunday 2/9 | Special Afternoon Session: KIPCOR Film Series, "The Great White Hoax: A film about the politics of race and class in America" Krehbiel Auditorium, 3:00pm |
| Monday 2/10 | Intuitive Eating & Radical Acceptance: Making Peace with Food & Body Paula Miller, Sunrise Nutrition Consulting |
| Friday 2/14 | The Immigrants Who Built Newton: One Spike at a Time Jenny Masias, Instructor of Spanish |
| Monday 2/17 | Memories, Text, & Music Bethel College Concert Choir |
| Friday 2/21 | A Campus Discussion on Sexual Assault President Jon Gering |
| Monday 2/24 | Kansas Weather: Understanding the Science Ross Janssen, Chief Meteorologist, KWCH |
| Friday 2/28 | Interterm Travel Reports and International Students’ Club Bethel Students |
| Monday 3/2 | My Research Experiences in Ecology and Natural History President Jon Gering |
| Friday 3/6 | What She Said: Voices of Women Students at Bethel College Student panel with Michelle Armster, Executive Director, MCC Central States |
| Monday 3/9 | Reflections on service, work, and student experiences in Washington, D.C. and Chiapas, Mexico Nursing and internship students |
| Tuesday 3/10 | Special evening session: “Miniature Painting: The Art of Beauty” Ayesha Durrani, artist Chapel, 7pm |
| Friday 3/13 | The Third Twenty Randy Regier, Artist |
| Monday 3/16 | Langston Hughes: Born on a Troubled Road Dr. Carmaletta Williams, former Professor of English and African American Studies, Johnson County Community College |
| Friday 3/20 | Paranormal 101 Sherrie Curry, Wichita Paranormal Research Society |
| Monday 3/23 | No Convocation - Spring Break |
| Friday 3/27 | No Convocation - Spring Break |
| Monday 3/30 | Knowing the Ten Signs of Alzheimer’s Jonnie Norton and Sharon Erwin, Alzheimer’s Association, Central and Western Kansas Chapter |
| Thursday 4/2 | KIPCOR Peace Lecture Sarah Smarsh |
| Friday 4/3 | Following Your Own Path Steven Spooner, Professor of Piano, University of Kansas School of Music |
| Monday 4/6 | “Who’s Asking?”: A Poetry Reading Keith Ratzlaff, Poet |
| Tuesday 4/7 | Special Session: Career and Graduate School Fair Memorial Hall, 9am-12pm |
| Friday 4/10 | No Convocation - Good Friday |
| Monday 4/13 | Challenging “Best Practice”: Managing Without Easy Answers Dr. George Lehman, Professor of Business, Bluffton University |
| Friday 4/17 | IDS 220: Seminar on Diversity Course Reflections Bethel College Students |
| Sunday 4/19 | Special Afternoon Session: KIPCOR Film Series, “Cooked: Survival by Zip Code” Krehbiel Auditorium, 2:00pm |
| Monday 4/20 | Promoting Sexual Purity in a Call-Out Culture Era: Sexual Purity Leaders Respond to Critiques of the #MeToo/#ChurchToo Movements Dr. Christine E. Crouse-Dick, Associate Professor of Communication Arts |
| Friday 4/24 | Undergraduate Research, Internships, and Creative Activity (URICA) Symposium Bethel College students |
| Friday 4/24 | Special Afternoon Session: Title TBD Matthew Cooperman & Aby Kaupang, Writers |
| Monday 4/27 | Cultural and Biological Diversity at the Lacandona Tropical Rainforest, Mexico Sergio Lopez, Professor of Evolutionary Ecology, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas (UNICACH) |
| Friday 5/1 | C. Henry Smith Oratorical Finals Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Student Finalists |
| Monday 5/4 | 2019-20 Bethel College Awards, Part I |
| Friday 5/8 | 2019-20 Bethel College Awards, Part II |