The Bethel College department of visual arts will be hosting an opening reception for its Fifth Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit on Friday, Feb. 10 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The students’ artwork will be on display in the Weaver Art Gallery in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center – Auditorium. The exhibit will run Feb. 10 to March 11, Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5…

The Bethel College Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo will begin their annual Jazz Tour on Friday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. at Groveland Missionary Church in Groveland, Ill.; Saturday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant, Iowa; and Sunday, Feb. 19, at 10:15 a.m. at Trenton Missionary Church in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.

The tour is under the direction of Reginald…

The “Classifieds” art exhibit featuring the multimedia artwork of local artist Kevin Wadzinski, and sponsored by Bethel College's visual arts department, has been rescheduled due to weather. The opening reception exhibit will be Jan. 20 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Weaver Art Gallery. The display will be available for viewing Jan. 21 through Feb. 3 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., but will be closed on Sundays.

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Marilynn Ham, associate professor of music and artist-in-residence at Bethel, and Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc. recently released her newest piano arrangement book entitled “Come Unto Me: 10 Comforting Solo Piano Arrangements for Worship.”

The 10 advanced arrangements appropriately fit the quiet and meditative mood, as well as the theme of the book, Matthew 11:28-30.…

Beginning fall 2012, new Bethel College students will benefit from two changes to the Missionary Church Scholarship and the New Alumni Legacy Award. 

The Missionary Church Scholarship is currently awarded to new students who are active in the fellowship of a Missionary Church and have submitted a letter or reference from a pastor along with their application for admission.…

 Bethel College will host a second community blood drive on Dec. 6 from 10:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Goodman Gymnasium. Softball player Danielle Reilly (’13) and soccer player Jon Rogers (’12) are once again coordinating this event.

"It is cool to watch Bethel's community come together in such a big way and I couldn't be happier with everyone's willingness to take part in the…

Scripture 66, an around-the-clock public reading of the entire Bible, will start Nov. 11 at 3 p.m. and end Nov. 14 at 9 a.m. in the campus’ main gazebo. Bethel students, faculty and staff will volunteer to read in 15-minute intervals during the event.

Bethel’s spiritual life team will be sponsoring the event in hopes of expressing the importance of scriptural reading to…

The Bethel College Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo and Percussion Ensemble will present their annual fall Jazz and Percussion Night on Friday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center – Auditorium.

The program is under the direction of Professor of Music Reginald Klopfenstein, D.M., and will feature the jazz compositions of Sammy Nestico, Gordon Goodwin…

The Bethel College Concert Band, under the direction of Professor of Music Mike Kendall, will perform its free fall concert on Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center.

The concert will open with a number of chamber works for brass choir, brass quintet, saxophone quintet and clarinet trio. Some of the exciting numbers on the program will include Johann…

Bethel College has awarded the Kirk Leadership Award to five recent 2011 high school graduates, including locals LaDarius Gordon (Washington HS, South Bend) and Joshua Menbere (Elkhart Christian Academy, Elkhart). In addition, several local graduates recently received the BUILD honors scholarship, including James Bennett I (Concord HS, Elkhart), Aaron Charles (Community Baptist HS, South Bend),…