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August 10th, 2022
New faculty and staff for the 2022-23 school year (the list includes those who began employment Jan. 1, 2022, or later) were introduced on the annual Prologue Day Aug. 8. Faculty Ruthann Farley, assistant professor of nursing. She has an M.S. in nursing (education track) from Fort Hays State University. Melissa Siemens,… Read More
July 26th, 2022
Like four students previously, Capri Bisom spent some sunny summer days on scaffolding on the north side of Haury Hall. Bisom was creating the Class of 2022’s contribution to the mural born in 2019 from an idea of Lil Padro, a 2019 graduate from Miami. “I felt that a mural is something that could last and be a symbol of the senior class,” Padro… Read More
July 18th, 2022
The annual issue of Bethel’s journal Mennonite Life is now live for 2022 with articles remembering Keith Sprunger and Lawrence Hart, reflections on museum collecting, craft, and more. The current issue of the online-only journal can be viewed at ml.bethelks.edu “Heritage” is part of the theme of this year’s issue, with remembrances of Keith… Read More
June 21st, 2022
Bethel’s Prison Theater Project returned as a summer term course, with two students and John McCabe-Juhnke, professor emeritus of communication arts, collaborating with seven inmates. The men are at Hutchinson Correctional Facility’s medium-security East Unit, where the performance, titled Inside Story, took place June 30 and July 1. Over the… Read More
June 7th, 2022
Shanti Kauffman, Hesston, a rising senior majoring in social work, will receive one of the academic scholarships that MHS of Goshen, Ind., gives each year. MHS (Mennonite Health Services) is a not-for-profit organization that supports Mennonite and other Anabaptist faith-grounded health and human service providers in their leadership and… Read More
June 3rd, 2022
Three Bethel students, covering a variety of topics, presented their speeches in the C. Henry Smith Peace Oration contest April 18, with Josué Coy Dick finishing first. Coy Dick, first-year student from North Newton, presented “Moses the Two-World Peacebuilder.” Coy Dick’s speech will now be entered along with the first-place speeches from other… Read More