Campus News

May Term Con­tin­ues, Moves On­line

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MISHAWAKA- With many changes hap­pen­ing around Bethel’s Cam­pus, May term and sum­mer classes have been added to the pile.  

Ac­cord­ing to Jeanne Fox with the reg­is­trar, May term is a 3-week ses­sion dur­ing the month of May where a stu­dent can take one course.  

“The courses meet every day, Mon­day through Fri­day, for three weeks,” Fox said. “A three-credit course nor­mally meets 9:00 AM – 11:50 AM each day.” 

With stu­dents be­ing sent home in March and de­ci­sions be­ing made by the state of In­di­ana, May term was can­celled to keep Bethel em­ploy­ees and stu­dents safe.  

“Un­for­tu­nately, this year, due to the COVID-19 pan­demic, May term has been can­celled,” Fox said. “Not know­ing the length of the shel­ter-in-place or­ders from the state of In­di­ana and for the safety of our stu­dents and Bethel em­ploy­ees, it was nec­es­sary to can­cel face to face courses in May.”  

How­ever, many have been hard at work to ac­com­mo­date the change for stu­dents with four-year plans. Ad­di­tional on­line courses were added to the sched­ule and were set up for 7-week ses­sions.  

“Dr. Barb Belle­feuille worked with the aca­d­e­mic deans to open up ad­di­tional on­line classes in the sum­mer to meet our stu­dents’ needs,” Fox said. “Many gen­eral ed­u­ca­tion course op­tions are avail­able for our stu­dents to meet re­quire­ments in the Bethel core.  Bethel is blessed to have fac­ulty who are will­ing to take on ex­tra courses in the sum­mer to ben­e­fit our stu­dents in this un­prece­dented time.” 

The stu­dents who had been pre­vi­ously reg­is­tered for May term were no­ti­fied of the change and have ei­ther dropped their class or have reg­is­tered for one of the listed on­line courses.