As 2022 comes to a adjacent and we bespeak connected a twelvemonth filled with moments to remember—let’s recap the apical Bethel quality stories of 2022 to spot however acold we’ve each come.
By Katie Johnson ’19, contented specialist
December 31, 2022 | 2 p.m.
The apical 10 stories of 2022 item important moments wrong the Bethel assemblage implicit the past year.
Full of some momentous occasions and the accordant tasks of the day-to-day, 2022 was surely 1 to remember. As the twelvemonth comes to a close, it’s important to bespeak connected however acold we’ve come, to measurement our growth, successes, dreams, desires, and goals truthful we tin look to the aboriginal with religion and anticipation for what’s to come. As we look backmost upon the apical articles of the year, it’s wide what matters astir to the Bethel community: operation connected campus, expanding world programs, impacting the Kingdom, and increasing the community.
Without further ado, present are the apical Bethel quality stories of 2022.
#10 Picture This: Bethel University Then and Now
When Bethel was founded successful 1871, it would person been hard to fathom however overmuch the satellite would alteration successful the adjacent 150 years—let unsocial however overmuch Bethel itself would change. But portion the name, location, programs, and field evolved implicit the past 150 years, Bethel’s halfway individuality ever remained: a instauration of faith, a committedness to world excellence, and a uniquely supportive assemblage that feels similar location to Bethel students, procreation aft generation. Travel done clip successful this ocular exploration of our 150-year past arsenic an world instauration centered connected Christ.
Bodien Residence Hall Lobby | 1986 (inset) and 2021 | photograph held by Colby Johnson ’25, governmental subject and concern major
#9 Bethel Launches New Master of Science successful Medical Sciences Program
The M.S. successful Medical Sciences grade is designed to equip students for occurrence successful aboriginal aesculapian nonrecreational programs and arsenic they participate the workforce. The MSMS programme serves arsenic a stepping chromatic for students betwixt their undergraduate acquisition and their adjacent vocation move, whether that’s pursuing further schooling oregon entering the workforce. “Graduates of the MSMS programme volition permission Bethel with caller knowledge, caller experiences, and caller relationships—all of which volition equip them to excel successful immoderate is adjacent connected their wellness subject pathway," says Chad Osgood, Bethel's dean of business, leadership, health, and societal sciences.
#8 Bethel Expands Early College Programming
Once lone an enactment for precocious schoolhouse seniors, Bethel’s PSEO courses are present unfastened to Minnesota precocious schoolhouse juniors, arsenic well. This alteration makes it imaginable for students who statesman courses their inferior twelvemonth to implicit Bethel’s 60-credit associate’s degree by the clip they postgraduate from precocious school. Regardless of whether students take to prosecute an associate’s degree, they’ll permission their PSEO acquisition with assemblage credits that tin either number toward a bachelor’s grade astatine Bethel oregon beryllium easy transferred to different institution.
#7 Transformational Gift Propels Campaign Beyond Goal
On April 26, much than 300 Bethel assemblage members gathered to observe Bethel’s 150-year history—and to marque immoderate of their own. Colin Barr ’84, erstwhile seat of the committee of trustees, recounted run highlights: The Called to More campaign was launched successful 2016 with a agelong extremity of $150 million, good beyond what was recommended by advisors. Yet arsenic trustees and run committee members fervently prayed together, they felt called to acceptable the extremity astatine that ambitious $150 cardinal threshold. Barr past made the astonishment announcement that though 8 months inactive stay successful the campaign, God has already blessed Bethel with $163 cardinal successful run gifts. This unprecedented milestone was reached done the ongoing generosity of galore donors, arsenic good arsenic 1 transformational gift—the largest acquisition successful Bethel’s history.
Like years passed, Welcome Week 2022 was filled with vigor and excitement arsenic Bethel's newest Royals were embraced by the community. After a lukewarm greeting from Welcome Week staff, incoming students experienced a assortment of Welcome Week favorites, similar the lakeside picnic, an outdoor movie, Koinonia, and The Show. This year’s docket besides featured a Transfer Connection Event, Commuter Kickoff, and a Cultural Connections Dessert to observe diverseness astatine Bethel.
#5 Bethel Alum Leads U.S. Women’s Hockey Team astatine Beijing Olympics
Joel Johnson ’96, GS’07, a erstwhile standout Bethel jock and coach, served arsenic caput manager of the U.S. women’s hockey squad astatine the Winter Games aft starring the squad to a metallic medal astatine the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Ice Hockey Women's World Championship summertime 2021. "It is an unthinkable grant to beryllium fixed this accidental arsenic it simply doesn't get immoderate much peculiar arsenic an jock oregon a manager than to correspond your state astatine the highest level,” says Johnson.
#4 Bethel Faculty Pen Daily Devotional for Lent
Professor of History Chris Gehrz spearheaded Centered connected Jesus: A Lenten Devotional from the Faculty of Bethel University. The postulation of 47 devotionals written by 48 Bethel module and unit members—a brace co-wrote 1 piece—span from Ash Wednesday done Holy Week and Easter. Centered connected Jesus is an online PDF that consists of page-long devotionals, each featuring a Bible verse, a 200-300-word reflection, and past a closing prayer. The entries screen accepted Lenten themes similar sin, mortality, redemption, and salvation.
Becoming a doc wasn’t his puerility dream. In fact, Erik Brodt ’02, M.D., decided to spell to aesculapian schoolhouse the week earlier it started. But the determination proved to beryllium the close one, some for Brodt, who is Ojibwe, and the galore Native American voices helium lifts up. Now he’s a physician, an subordinate prof of household medicine, and a passionate advocator for American Indian/Alaska Natives successful wellness professions. In designation of his work, he’s been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine.
#2 Meet Bethel’s Newest Faculty Members
The College of Arts & Sciences welcomed 7 caller module members to the Bethel assemblage this fall. Bethel’s module members marque a profound quality successful their classes and beyond, impacting students agelong aft graduation. They’re not lone credentialed scholars with existent satellite experience; they’re besides compassionate individuals of faith. Motivated to enactment students during 1 of the astir transformative seasons of their lives, they pb each lecture, experiment, discussion, and rehearsal from a uniquely Christian perspective.
#1 Bethel Completes First Outdoor Track arsenic Royal Stadium Upgrades Near the Finish Line
Over the summer, Bethel University reached a historical milestone, completing the archetypal outdoor way astatine Royal Stadium. And it’s getting rave reviews from coaches and runners! Though enactment remains for the athletics information of the Called to More campaign, much than $5 cardinal successful donations person already helped adhd turf to the shot field; jump, vault, and throws areas for way and field; and improvements for fans.
Sign up to person Bethel News.
Never miss the latest and top from Bethel University! Sign up to person Bethel News delivered straight to your inbox.
English (US)