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October 11th, 2022
With Ukraine at the top of today’s news headlines, Kauffman Museum will offer a long view of the region’s conflicts in an event Sunday afternoon, Oct. 23, at 4 p.m. in Krehbiel Auditorium. The next program in the regular Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum series will will feature journalist and historian Ina Navazelskis from the United States… Read More
October 6th, 2022
William “Bill” Schmidt will receive the 2022 Distinguished Achievement Award at the annual Alumni Banquet, part of Fall Festival, Sunday, Oct. 9. This award acknowledges character and citizenship, achievement in a chosen profession or vocation, and work of benefit to humanity. You might say Schmidt works as a translator – only the “languages” he… Read More
October 6th, 2022
Jalane Schmidt will receive the 2022 Outstanding Alumnus Award at the annual Alumni Banquet held in conjunction with Fall Festival, Sunday, Oct. 9. This award is given on the basis of character and citizenship, service to church/community or college, or other outstanding achievements, honors and recognition. Schmidt is redefining what it means… Read More
October 6th, 2022
Ashley Klein will receive the 2022 Young Alumnus Award, and be the speaker, in convocation on Monday, Oct. 10, at 11 a.m. in Krehbiel Auditorium. Klein is dedicated to her community. It says so, right on her CV: “I hang out with dogs and make my community better.” The Young Alumnus Award recognizes character and citizenship, achievement or… Read More
October 4th, 2022
Brad S. Gregory, a well-known and widely honored historian and Reformation scholar, will give the 70th annual Menno Simons Lectures Oct. 16-17, looking at the Radical Reformation and religious freedom. Both lectures are at 7 p.m. in Krehbiel Auditorium in Luyken Fine Arts Center, with opportunity for audience discussion following each lecture.… Read More
October 4th, 2022
Organized to honor the Mennonite Library and Archives and other libraries, an intercollegiate symposium Nov. 4-5 will look at rare publications of Desiderius Erasmus, along with his current relevance. When Dale Schrag reached his $1 million fundraising goal for an endowment for the MLA, located at Bethel College, he was ready to celebrate with… Read More