Bethel's Martin Luther King Jr. celebration will feature spoken word artist M'Vyonne Payne and national speaker Chris Singleton, on Jan. 18.

Each year, the college remembers the day in 1960 when Dr. King spoke in a packed Memorial Hall on “The Future of Integration.”

This year’s celebration takes place Jan. 18, with in-person and virtual options in line with public health guidelines surrounding COVID-19.

Bethel will celebrate the 50th Fall Festival Oct. 3 and, as with many events this year, it will look a little different.

The most visible change will be no booths, vendors or entertainment on the Green.

Instead, planners are organizing several smaller in-person and virtual events, "still committed to being a community of Threshers," said Brad Schmidt, director of alumni engagement.

On campus, there will be the Fall Fest football game vs. Southwestern College at 6 p.m. in Thresher Stadium.

Dr. Thea Groth, bassoon, and Dr. Derek Shapiro will join Bethel instrumental groups for their concert Fri., March 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall.

The Bethel College Chamber Orchestra and the Bethel College Wind Ensemble welcome this special guest, the second visitor to come to campus this semester thanks to the Bethel College Women’s Association’s Carolyn Schultz Lectureship Endowment.

Thea Groth, D.M.A., is a bassoonist and adjunct professor of music at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

An endowment set up by the Bethel College Women's Association is helping bring three special guests to interact with students and community this semester.

BCWA has been a loyal college supporter for 80 years, in money raised and more.

Bernadette Barton, Ph.D., professor of sociology and gender studies at Morehead (Ky.) State University, presented in convocation Feb. 3 on how her research on marginalized groups (for example, LGBTQ people in the Bible Belt) has translated into work for social justice.