BOB Talks High­light Bethel De­part­ments

MISH­WAKA- Every month, Best of Bethel Talks (BOB Talks) high­light and honor var­i­ous de­part­ments around Bethel’s cam­pus; friends of Bethel, com­mu­nity part­ners, pro­fes­sors, stu­dents that rep­re­sent that spe­cific de­part­ment, and even po­ten­tial stu­dents are all in­vited to at­tend. 

BOB Talks was launched by Vice Pres­i­dent of In­sti­tu­tional Ad­vance­ment Matt Lentsch in the fall se­mes­ter of 2019, when Clarence Gilyard guest-di­rected a play, thereby high­light­ing the the­atre de­part­ment.  

“It is to high­light seg­ments of Bethel in small por­tions, so it’s in­ti­mate and pur­pose­ful,” Jenny Werten­berger said. “It’s a great way to bring com­mu­nity onto cam­pus to see what we are do­ing... they are very im­pact­ful.” 

Werten­berger is a busi­ness de­vel­op­ment rep­re­sen­ta­tive in the Of­fice of In­sti­tu­tional Ad­vance­ment and is in­volved in the plan­ning of each BOB Talk. The Of­fice of In­sti­tu­tional Ad­vance­ment plans to even­tu­ally high­light every de­part­ment. Ac­cord­ing to Werten­berger, the BOB Talks this se­mes­ter will be lun­cheons in Feb­ru­ary and March high­light­ing the nurs­ing de­part­ment and ed­u­ca­tion de­part­ment; there will be a break in April for the an­nual Give Back Gala.