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June 23, 2025
Nursing director receives teaching award during commencement
Bethel College honored Becky Bartell, assistant professor of nursing and director of the Department of Nursing, for teaching excellence at the 132nd commencement on May […]
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June 23, 2025
Museum traveling exhibit wins Award of Excellence
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) announced June 9 that Kauffman Museum has received an Award of Excellence for the traveling exhibit […]
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June 23, 2025
Bethel’s Scott is KCAC FAR of the Year
The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) has named Lisa Janzen Scott as the 2024-25 Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) of the Year. This recognition, announced June […]
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June 2, 2025
132nd Bethel commencement emphasizes community
When the Class of 2025 chose him as their commencement speaker, Dr. Trent Voth didn’t want to waste any of their “most cherished minutes.” Commencement […]
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June 2, 2025
Thresher Awards given for forensics, art, music and Bible and religion
Three graduating seniors received Thresher Awards at Bethel College’s annual end-of-year Awards Convocation. Awards were given in art, forensics, and Bible and religion/music. The Thresher […]
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June 2, 2025
Bethel and UNICACH reaffirm academic and friendship ties
Bethel College and Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas (University of Sciences and Arts of Chiapas, UNICACH) recently renewed their collaboration agreement. On May […]
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May 29, 2025
Students receive ‘excellence’ scholarships from KICF
The Kansas Independent College Foundation (KICF) recently named its 2025 Maud Wyatt Recognition Scholarship recipients, including Bethel student Patricia Huerta of McPherson. Last year’s Bethel […]
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May 29, 2025
Public invited to ‘Walk Sand Creek Trail’ on June 7
Each year, the caretakers of Sand Creek Trail on the Bethel campus celebrate being a National Recreation Trail with Walk Sand Creek Trail Day. The […]
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May 27, 2025
Film tells story of Mennonite immigration to Manitoba in 1874
Bethel is the venue for the U.S. premiere of a documentary about Mennonite immigration from Russia to North America. Kauffman Museum is sponsoring the screening […]
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May 9, 2025
Board extends president’s contract to 2030
The Bethel College Board of Directors announced April 29 that Jon C. Gering, who has served as president since January 2018, has been given a […]
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May 6, 2025
Grads will hear from Bible professor at commencement
The Bethel College graduating class of 2025 has chosen Dr. Trent Voth, assistant professor of Bible and religion, as their commencement speaker. One hundred and […]
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May 6, 2025
Artists use myriad media to concentrate on storytelling
The annual Senior Art Show at Bethel College features the work of three seniors working in photography, sculpture, fabric, drawing, graphic design, linocut and etching. […]
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