At this point within our new year, the presidential primaries are well underway and within less than a year our nation will have a new president sitting in the White House. One of the current presidential candidates is Texas senator Ted Cruz. Accor... More »
Funeral arrangements have been confirmed for Bob Ham, a former music professor at Bethel College who passed away Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. Visitation will be Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, from 4-7 p.m at Clay Church, 52866 N. Ironwood Rd., South Bend, Ind. A memorial ... More »
“Prayer that changes things.” Sound familiar? Well, that’s not surprising, since it’s basically the rallying cry of the upcoming prayer coaching conference on campus this weekend: “Unleashed.” “Unleashed” is a 2-day conference with four sessions, two on Friday... More »
The Bethel Beacon salutes Bob Ham. This video tribute includes a section of an interview Bob did with Beacon reporter Wesley Lantz last semester. More »
Bob Ham, former chair of Bethel College’s music department and long-time director of the concert choir, passed away Friday morning, Feb. 12 after an almost 6-year battle with breast cancer. He was 61 years old. The passing of Bob Ham has many people reflecting... More »
Bethel College’s former chair of the music education department, Bob Ham, passed away Friday morning, Feb. 12 after nearly six years fighting breast cancer and melanoma. He was 61 years old. Ham was born on August 27, 1954 and grew up in Escanaba, a town situa... More »
Six members of Bethel College will be embarking on a journey to the country of Israel during the 2016 May term at Bethel College. The trip will consist of five students and will be supervised by Bethel College professor David McCabe, Ph.D. The trip will be ... More »
Students within the college realm are often stuck by the gap between what is learned and how that will apply to one’s career. However, there are often events within a college career which help one to put the two aspects together. One such event happened this y... More »
Keep an ear out Bethel students: your fellow students are about to enter the music world. Over Christmas break, Dec. 10-18, to be exact, the new worship arts program took some of its majors and minors on a little trip to the Music City itself: Nashville, Tenn.... More »
Although the music and theater programs here at Bethel are very well-known, there is one aspect of these programs that the average student may not be fully aware of: Bethel’s involvement with opera. Students have the opportunity to enroll in an opera workshop ... More »
If you’ve stepped outside your front door recently, you’ve probably felt freezing temperatures, trudged through piles of snow and sat in your frozen car awaiting the ice to thaw and normal human temperatures to return. Yes, folks, winter is sadly once again up... More »
Bethel freshman Ethan Hunt is a political science major, but Hunt has done more than just study the political system. Hunt ran in Mishawaka’s 2015 election race for the District 6 County Council seat against Democrat Ron Banicki, a 12-year, three-term incumben... More »
