The Life Enrichment series is planned especially for adults age 60 and over.
Campus Events and Meetings
Effective Friday, March 13 at 10:00 PM, the college is canceling or postponing all non-essential large indoor gatherings and public events consisting of 50 or more people. These include regularly scheduled events such as Life Enrichment, Convocation, guest lectures, performing arts events, and other gatherings meeting the aforementioned criteria.
The series is made possible by funding from Bethel College and the generosity of speakers who share their talent and expertise without compensation. The series is held in conjunction with Bethel’s academic year.
| Cost: | $30 per semester or $3 per week; first-time attendees get a free day |
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| Time: | Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m. for two-session dates; Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. for three-session dates |
| Location: | Krehbiel Auditorium in Luyken Fine Arts Center on the Bethel campus, unless otherwise noted |
Coffee break time is usually 10:15 a.m.-10:35 a.m. (donations needed to help cover cost). Lunch is served in the Schultz Student Center cafeteria. Tickets for lunch should be purchased by 10:30 a.m. Cost: $6.50 for full meal; $4.50 for soup/salad/dessert.
Current Schedule
Feb. 5
| 9:30 a.m. | Athletic Department Transition Andy Johnson, VP for admissions, and Tony Hoops, director of athletics |
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| 10:15 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 10:35 a.m. | Don’t Give Them a Cup, Give Them a Cow Arlin Buller, retired educator, North Newton |
| 11:30 a.m. | Smoky Valley Bluegrass Band Don Alvord, rural Galva |
Feb. 12
| 9:30 a.m. | Barkman Honey and ‘Project Re-entry’ Brent Barkman, CEO, Hillsboro |
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| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 10:50 a.m. | Video: Kind, True and Necessary – Mary Lou and Ernie Goertzen Introduced by Zona Galle, relative of the Goertzens, North Newton |
Feb. 19
| 9:30 a.m. | How You Can Support Area Youth Facing Adversity Shelly Chinberg, area director, and Haley Butts, volunteer manager, Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters Harvey County, Newton |
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| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 10:50 a.m. | Kansas Climate + Health Declaration Rachel Myslivy, assistant director, Climate + Energy Project, Hutchinson |
Feb. 26
| 9:30 a.m. | Teaching at Bethel College in the 1960s: Student Protests and Student Rights Keith L. Sprunger, Bethel professor emeritus of history, North Newton |
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| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 10:50 a.m. | The Tanganyika Story Matt Fouts, assistant director, Tanganyika Wildlife Park, Wichita |
Mar. 4
| 9:30 a.m. | Songs and Stories of Peace, Hope and Justice Tony Brown, McDonald, Pa. |
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| 10:15 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 10:35 a.m. | A Journey Back to the Family Farm: The Quest to Find a Sustainable Model for a Small Farm in the 21st Century Jason Schmidt, Grazing Plains LLC, Whitewater |
| 11:30 a.m. | The Fall of the Berlin Wall: Oct. 9 and Nov. 9, 1989 Mark Jantzen, professor of history, Bethel College |
Mar. 11
| 9:30 a.m. | Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Allison Pate, residential director, EmberHope Youthville, Newton |
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| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 10:50 a.m. | It All Started with PAX – Living Between the U.S. and Congo Ron Mininger, Hesston |
Mar. 18
| 9:30 a.m. | The Moccasin Speaks: A Story of the Red River War Keith Spurgeon, assistant professor of history, Friends University, Wichita |
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| 10:15 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 10:35 a.m. | Astronomical Imaging in Research and Education at Bethel College’s Mabee Observatory Martin Ratcliffe, Valley Center, Bethel adjunct instructor of astronomy and Cohen Honors Fellow, Wichita State University |
| 11:30 a.m. | Eden Worship Band Rebecca Setser, director, Moundridge |
Mar. 25
No Life Enrichment, Spring Break
Apr. 1
| 9:30 a.m. | Little Arkansas Reservoir: The Lake that Never Was Brian D. Stucky, Goessel |
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| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 10:50 a.m. | Life of Rodolphe Petter, Swiss Missionary to America Weldon Schloneger, photographer and retired pastor, North Newton |
Apr. 8
| 9:30 a.m. | Rebuilding Lives with Strength and Resiliency Skills Following a Nepal Earthquake Debra Voth, Hesston, and Bethany Amstutz Schrag, Newton |
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| 10:15 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 10:35 a.m. | The Mute Stones Speak Joe Goering, professor of medieval history, University of Toronto |
| 11:30 a.m. | Piano Duet Favorites Karen Bauman Schlabaugh, professor emeritus of music, Bethel College, and Ben Woodward-Breckbill, associate pastor, Shalom Mennonite Church, Newton |
Apr. 15
| 9:30 a.m. | Harvey and Marion Counties True Crime Cases David Yoder, County Attorney, Newton |
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| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 10:50 a.m. | C. Henry Smith Peace Orations Bethel College students |
Apr. 22
| 9:30 a.m. | Living Life with Autism Barbara Moran, author, Topeka |
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| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 10:50 a.m. | Fresh Produce: Orchardists, Market Growers and Truck Farmers Cindy Higgins, Eudora |
Apr. 29
| 9:30 a.m. | The Genesis of the #ChurchToo Movement: Charting its Origins and its Critiques of Purity Culture Christine Crouse-Dick, Ph.D., associate professor of communication arts, Bethel College |
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| 10:15 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 10:35 a.m. | The Highs and Lows of Grandparents Raising Grandkids Cindy Miles, Parenting Again Club founder, and executive director, Nonprofi t Chamber of Services, Wichita |
| 11:30 a.m. | Introduction to the Masterworks Concert Program William Eash, D.M.A., director of choral activities, Bethel College, with music by Woven, women’s student a cappella ensemble |