Bethel College shares its story with a number of audiences through the work of the Office of Institutional Communications. They promote Bethel, its people, programs and achievements through:
2018-09-21
Weldon Schloneger will give a talk titled “My Encounters with the Photos of Rodolphe Petter” as part of an occasional series sponsored by the Friends of the MLA, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Kauffman Museum auditorium. When Schloneger walked into Bethel College’s Mennonite Library and Archives to inquire about a volunteer position, he didn’t guess… Read More
2018-09-18
Richard Southern, who just began his third season coaching Thresher tennis, resigned effective Sept. 17 to take a coaching job in Phoenix. “I want to thank Richard for his contributions to our tennis program over the past two years,” said Tony Hoops, Bethel athletic director. “He has brought great energy and passion to this position that our… Read More
2018-09-18
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” is as relevant today as it was when he wrote it 55 years ago, said Jalane Schmidt. She made the remark in Bethel College’s Sept. 17 convocation, where she talked about “Charlottesville, one year later.” (She also presented a convocation at Bethel last spring.) The biggest “stumbling block… Read More
2018-09-05
The judges for an annual peace oratorical contest, open to colleges in the United States and Canada, chose junior Sarah Balzer's speech as this year's overall winner. It would be possible to sum up her thesis as “Make peace through potlucks.” Balzer, Inman, wrote and gave the speech as part of the C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest, taking… Read More
2018-09-05
As the school year gets underway, Bethel College’s peacebuilding institute, KIPCOR, is also starting up this year’s schedule of short courses. KIPCOR, the Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, is once again offering a variety of educational opportunities, with the aim of both serving those with training in conflict mediation and… Read More
2018-09-05
The KIPCOR Film Series opens its 2018-19 season with two short films that could have come right out of today’s news. The series, sponsored by the Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Bethel College’s peacebuilding institute, starts Sept. 9 at 3 p.m. in Krehbiel Auditorium, Luyken Fine Arts Center on the Bethel campus, with To… Read More