Bethel Cel­e­brates His­panic Her­itage Month

MISHAWAKA- It’s time for cel­e­bra­tions of His­panic Her­itage Month on the cam­pus of Bethel Uni­ver­sity. This month of cel­e­brat­ing her­itage in­cludes a movie night, salsa night and a cel­e­bra­tion chapel.  

Fri­day, Sept. 23 the movie West Side Story was shown in Sailor Hall. Stu­dents were in­vited to watch the movie, hang out and eat pop­corn. Later that week­end on Sun­day, Sept. 25 there was a night of salsa danc­ing in Suf­fi­cient Grounds. Sev­eral stu­dents showed up to hear the mu­sic and learn how to salsa dance with their friends. The night of salsa danc­ing was put on by the Di­ver­sity, Eq­uity and In­clu­sion team, in con­junc­tion with the Latino Stu­dent Fel­low­ship and Cam­pus Ac­tiv­i­ties.  

Ac­cord­ing to Col­letta Rhoads, Bethel’s di­ver­sity and in­ter­cul­tural spe­cial­ist, these events are meant to help stu­dents with His­panic her­itage to feel at home on Bethel’s cam­pus. She also hopes to pro­vide new cul­tural ex­pe­ri­ences for the other stu­dents on cam­pus.   

“Part of our heart is that Bethel feels like home,” said Col­leta Rhoads. 

There will be a chapel on Oct. 10 to wrap up the cel­e­bra­tions of His­panic Her­itage month.