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Bethel Col­lege cel­e­brates new grad­u­at­ing class

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The sun shone brightly on Sat­ur­day af­ter­noon as the grad­u­ates of Bethel Col­lege’s class of 2014 made their way to Gates Gym­na­sium in the Weikamp Ath­letic Cen­ter for the an­nual com­mence­ment cer­e­mony. The class of 2014 in­cluded 530 stu­dents, with 245 hon­ored in ... More »

Dr. Bob Lau­rent an­nounces re­tire­ment

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One of the most re­spected and beloved pro­fes­sors at Bethel Col­lege is re­tir­ing. Dr. Bob Lau­rent is call­ing it quits af­ter 17 years at the school. Lau­rent is a pro­fes­sor of re­li­gion and Bible and the vice pres­i­dent for col­lege re­la­tions. Some stu­dents ex­pressed... More »

Re­flec­tions on a long and cold win­ter

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It’s al­most the be­gin­ning of April and, as I’m walk­ing to class, I al­most slip and fall. On what, you might ask? Well, not a ba­nana peel or wet grass, but snow and ice. Yes, plenty of snow and ice in the spring. This win­ter has not been a pleas­ant one. The fru... More »


Fac­ulty Pro­file: Dr. Den­nis En­g­brecht

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Dr. Den­nis En­g­brecht is deeply pas­sion­ate for Bethel Col­lege and for the Bethel Col­lege com­mu­nity. En­g­brecht at­tended Bethel Col­lege from 1967-1970 as an un­der­grad­u­ate stu­dent, then trans­ferred to McPher­son Col­lege in cen­tral Kansas, where he earned his bachel... More »

Learn­ing Com­mons im­ple­ments new Loaner Art Pro­gram

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The Kather­ine J. Grib­bin Learn­ing Com­mons will be in­sti­tut­ing a new Loaner Art Pro­gram to pro­vide stu­dents with an op­por­tu­nity to show­case their art­work. Learn­ing Com­mons Di­rec­tor Tim Williams made the an­nounce­ment about the new pro­gram dur­ing a staff meet­ing ... More »


‘The Sound of Mu­sic’ hits the stage

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The cur­tain opened Thurs­day morn­ing, Feb. 13, on the Bethel Col­lege The­atre De­part­men­t’s pro­duc­tion of “The Sound of Mu­sic.” As of Thurs­day af­ter­noon, 4,009 tick­ets had been sold for all five shows, and three of the five shows had sold out. The show, which was... More »

Karaoke and a movie night…at the Cam­pus Store?

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You may have no­ticed more than just heaps of snow clob­ber­ing Bethel Col­lege upon your re­turn from Christ­mas Break. The Cam­pus Store has a brand new face thanks to  new store man­ager, Teresa Goll­nick. Goll­nick and her em­ploy­ees are work­ing dou­ble time to bring ... More »

The story be­hind ‘The Sound of Mu­sic’

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Seven chil­dren singing per­fect har­monies and win­ning the af­fec­tions of their stern, naval cap­tain fa­ther – what could be more en­dear­ing? “The Sound of Mu­sic,” Rodgers and Ham­mer­stein’s mu­si­cal mas­ter­piece, has been cap­tur­ing the hearts of au­di­ences for gen­erat... More »