Bethel will host the second spring faculty colloquium lecture series called “Does War Work? Thinking About Conflict in the 21st Century” on Thursday, April 4 at 3:30 p.m. in the Academic Center, Room 342. John H. Haas, Ph.D., associate faculty in history, will discuss the nation's recent wars, whether they have achieved what Americans hoped from them, why or why not, and what they may have to teach us about war in the future.

Students from Jefferson Intermediate School will experience “college for a day” at Bethel College. Half the 7th grade class will visit on Wednesday, March 20, and the rest will visit on March 21. “College for a day” is a unique experience sponsored by Ivy Tech, the University of Notre Dame, Indiana University South Bend and Bethel College where middle school students can see firsthand the opportunities that college has to offer.

Bethel College will be hosting the final stop on the iShineLIVE! Tour, a unique faith-based concert tour designed specifically for kids under the age of 14 and their families on March 17 at 6 p.m. in the Everest Rohrer Auditorium; doors open at 5 p.m.

Bethel College will award an honorary doctorate to religious and political activist in Rwandan politics, Frank Habineza, on March. 15. The event will take place during chapel inside the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center — Auditorium at 10 a.m.

Bethel College will be hosting a free family program given by noted children’s book editor Chris Soentpiet on Tuesday, March 26 from 6-8 p.m. in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center – Auditorium.

The Bethel College Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo and Faculty Jazz Trio will perform its 15th annual Jazz Coffeehouse Concert on Friday, Mar. 22, at 8 p.m. in the Bethel College Dining Commons. This event is free and open to the public.

Bethel College President Steven R. Cramer (’75) was recently named “Business Person of the Year” during the Mishawaka Business Association’s (MBA) annual meeting and awards dinner last month.

Bethel College will be partnering with Twenty-First Century Scholars, Twenty-First Century Community Learning Center, Indiana University South Bend, and JAG Indiana to host the Michiana Spring College Fair on Tuesday, March 12 from 9-10:30 a.m. in the Student Activities Center at Indiana University South Bend.

Middle and high school students will become “CEO” for the day in a friendly competition known as the TCU/JA Titan Challenge on Friday, March 8 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bethel College in Goodman Gymnasium, located inside the Wiekamp Athletic Center.

Bethel College will host a career fair for 100 to 150 11th graders from Penn-Harris-Madison School (PHM) and other area schools on March 7, from 9 – 11:30 a.m. in the Middleton Hall of Science Building.