Bethel College will participate in the state’s annual College GO! Week Sept. 24-28. During College GO! Week, every high school in Indiana is asked to prepare their students for college and careers through a variety of events and activities.

Bethel College will host 40 Christian colleges for the annual South Bend/Mishawaka Christian College Fair on Monday, Oct. 1 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Wiekamp Athletic Center

Bethel College will host the Taste of Home Cooking School from 4 to 9:30 p.m. in the Everest-Rohrer Chaple/Fine Arts Center on October 4.

President Steven R. Cramer, Ph.D., announced to the Bethel College board of trustees that he will retire as president of Bethel College on June 30, 2013.

Irene Eskridge, instructor of education and assistant director of education graduate programs, recently received the “Now Black Woman Award” at the 56th Annual Drifters Convention in Orlando, Fl.

Zondervan recently published “Christian Apologetics: An Anthology of Primary Sources” by Chad Meister, Ph.D., professor of philosophy and theology.

This fascinating collection provides selected readings addressing key issues in the history of Christian apologetics. Selections are taken from history’s most notable defenders of Christian faith — including Saint Augustine, C. S. Lewis and Pope…

Bethel College will be one of 31 schools participating in this year’s Indiana Private College Week, which will take place July 23-27. Bethel will host tours Monday through Friday at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

This year’s theme is “Go Independent!” and some of the schools participating, besides Bethel College, are St. Mary’s College, Ancilla College, Goshen College, Grace…

Bethel’s graduate programs will host a free information night about the Master in Business Administration degree on Wednesday, July 18 from 6-7 p.m. in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center – Rotunda.

Participants will gain a deeper understanding about the MBA program.

• We integrate solid business practice with the Christian faith.

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Professor of Old Testament and Scholar-in-Residence Eugene Carpenter, Ph.D., passed away July 2, 2012, while fishing by himself in Michigan. He was 69 years old.

Visitation will take place on Friday, July 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Everest/Rohrer Auditorium on Bethel’s campus. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 7 at 11 a.m., also in the Everest/Rohrer Auditorium. Friends may…

Deborah Gillum, Ph.D., of Syracuse, Ind., will soon be Bethel College’s new dean of nursing. She replaces Carol Dorough, Ed.D.

Gillum is no stranger to Bethel. In 2004, she was hired as an adjunct faculty member in the nursing department. She eventually moved into roles as assistant professor and associate dean of nursing. Earlier in her career she served as a staff nurse and family nurse…