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Stephanie Hickner

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Bethel Stu­dents La­bor for Their Neigh­bors

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MISHAWAKA–La­bor For Your Neigh­bor is an event hosted by the Ser­vice Learn­ing De­part­ment that in­vites stu­dents to vol­un­teer their time and as­sis­tance to the neigh­bor­hoods sur­round­ing cam­pus. On Sat­ur­day, April 17, stu­dents will rake leaves, paint and as­sist res... More »

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For­mer Bea­con Ed­i­tor Passes Away at 93

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BLUE IS­LAND, Ill.–Grad­u­at­ing from Bethel Col­lege in 1951, Bar­bara Bickel spent her time on cam­pus study­ing Eng­lish, was the ed­i­tor in chief of the Bethel Bea­con, and was a part of the Am­bas­sadors Club, Ra­dio Club, Eng­lish Club, and the Al­pha Lit­er­ary.   Bickel... More »

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Fac­ulty Pro­file: Vicki De­Bolt

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MISHAWAKA–Vicki De­Bolt, D.O., a grad­u­ate of Bethel, has made the most of her skills and abil­i­ties to serve peo­ple around the world by teach­ing them about health. She has been teach­ing at the uni­ver­sity since 2011, and cur­rently, she is the pro­fes­sor of Anatomy... More »


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Stu­dents Host First 12-Hour Mu­sic Com­pe­ti­tion

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MISHAWAKA—A mu­si­cal event was held this year that is slated to be­come an an­nual tra­di­tion. On Sat­ur­day, Feb. 13, nine stu­dents par­tic­i­pated in 12 hours of prac­tic­ing and com­pos­ing mu­sic. These stu­dents, sep­a­rated into three groups, cre­ated, prac­ticed and perfo... More »

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Alumni Wel­comed Back for I Heart BU Week

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Note to read­ers: the orig­i­nal ver­sion of this story, pub­lished in print form and dis­trib­uted on Feb. 19, con­tained in­cor­rect num­bers for alumni at­ten­dance and do­na­tion amounts. Those num­bers are cor­rected here.  MISHAWAKA—For the sec­ond year in a row, Bethel h... More »

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Po­etry: “Hi­ber­na­tion”

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When snow and ice hit your win­dow  and you’re wrapped in a nest of blan­kets,  All you can do is sleep.  The out­side air, it hurts your body,  your lungs refuse it.  You long for na­ture.  Won­der­ing how lit­tle birds don’t fly south sooner.   Even with the dawn, ... More »


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The Art De­part­ment Moves Un­der­ground

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MISHAWAKA–When the fall se­mes­ter ended, the Fine Arts De­part­ment be­gan their re­lo­ca­tion into the base­ment of Ever­est-Rhorer. This was a sig­nif­i­cant move that re­quired col­lab­o­ra­tion with the mu­sic and the­atre de­part­ments.   The large art room is now lo­cated in ... More »

UP­DATE: Civil Rights Her­itage Trip Post­poned

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The Civil Her­itage Trip sched­uled for the 2021 spring break has been post­poned to the fall se­mes­ter due to the threat of COVID-19.   Stu­dents were re­quired to ap­ply in or­der to be ac­cepted for the op­por­tu­nity, but fi­nal se­lec­tion of the ap­pli­cants has been del... More »