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June 22nd, 2020
Bethel athletics and members of the campus community are mourning the loss of Floyd Sowers, former head coach of Thresher women's basketball. Sowers died June 19 in Overland Park, Kan., with his family at his side. He was 72. According to his obituary, Sowers was born in 1947 in Elkhart, Ind., and was the first person in his family to graduate… Read More
June 19th, 2020
Julián Gonzalez-Salamanca, director of the ODEI, has released a public statement marking the June 19 holiday. Bethel President Jon C. Gering, Ph.D., earlier this week announced that Gonzalez-Salamanca, who had been serving in a two-year interim position with the new Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), has been given a permanent appointment,… Read More
June 19th, 2020
Bethel football legend Ed Smith, Orlando, Fla., has been nominated for induction into the National Football Foundation (NFF) and College Football Hall of Fame for 2021. Smith, a 1987 Bethel graduate originally from De Leon Springs, Fla., is considered one of the greatest student-athletes ever to put on the helmet and shoulder pads as a Thresher… Read More
June 16th, 2020
Students whose semester grade point average is 3.7 or higher are named to the Dean’s List, while those with a GPA of 3.50-3.699 are listed as members of the Honor Roll. DEAN’S LIST Jennifer Andres, Newton Jesse Balzer, Freeman, S.D. * Sarah Balzer, Inman, Kan. Landon Barnes, Ashland City, Tenn. Emma Beachy, Kalona, Iowa Alex Bearup,… Read More
June 16th, 2020
Bethel softball celebrated an infrastructure milestone with the June 4 groundbreaking for a new building. Representatives from the college and Vogts Construction were on hand at Wedel Field on the Bethel campus with hard hats and shovels to kick off construction of a combination locker room and clubhouse. “Two years ago, a parent of a current… Read More
June 8th, 2020
After a recent announcement that the 2020 fall semester will begin with in-person classes, President Jon Gering has now shared more information about the college’s plans. “Our academic calendar originally identified Aug. 19 as the start date for classes,” he said. “We have examined other calendar options with earlier start dates. “In the final… Read More