Bethel Magazine Fall 2019

A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

A P U B L I C AT I O N O F B E T H E L UN I V E R S I T Y, I ND .

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You just cracked open the first edition of our Bethel University magazine. There are other firsts taking place around here, too: BU T-shirts, BU coffee mugs, BU cell phone cases and blankets. The sub-text of our name, however, reaches beyond the letters BU. It signals our identity to “Be You,” the best version of you, which includes God’s plan for you. Ephesians 4:1 says, “Live a life worthy of our calling.” This is not abstract. The Apostle Paul says it is a calling “you have received.” Your calling can be known. So, around here, we spend less time asking students, “What is YOUR dream?” and more often ask, “What might be GOD’S dream for you?” That dream might take students across town or across the globe. This year, students come from 36 countries, representing every continent on Earth, except Antarctica! After immersing in our BU ecosystem, where will they go? Between freshman and senior year, students toil in a courtyard of sorts, dealing with academic demands, internships, and the righteous struggle to find deep self-knowledge of their call. Eventually, that courtyard opens to a gate through which they go out toward their calling. So, in this inaugural BU year, we will construct two gates in front of the Van & Jean Gates Welcome Center. Before a person enters that building, they’ll go through Krake Courtyard, named for Bethel’s first graduate, Marcus Krake, and his descendants who comprise Bethel’s first four-generation alumni family. In Krake Court, the Welcome Gate will face the street where visitors park, fulfilling an obvious purpose. A second one, Commencement Gate, will be positioned toward Goodman Gymnasium. Why? That is the walking path every graduate takes into Goodman, then into Wiekmap Athletic Center, and on to a dais where a diploma awaits their hand.

The Bethel Magazine is published two times each year for alumni and friends of the university. Please send correspondence and address changes to the editor. BETHEL MAGAZINE 1001 Bethel Circle Mishawaka, IN 46545 Email: Lissa.Diaz@BethelUniversity.edu Phone: 574.807.7384 Website: BethelUniversity..edu / Magazine Founded in 1947 by the Missionary Church, Bethel University is an accredited Christian university offering associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees in more than 50 areas of study. At Bethel you will find a community of nearly 1,500 learners. Our mission is to challenge the mind, enlarge the vision, equip students for lifeong service. To learn more, visit BethelUniversity.edu .

PRESIDENT Gregg A. Chenoweth, Ph.D.

VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC SERVICES Barbara Bellefeuille, Ed.D.

VICE PRESIDENT OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT Terry Elam, Ph.D.

VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE AND CFO Jerry White, CPA VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Matt Lentsch, MPA, CFRE

VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT DEVELOPMENT Shawn Holtgren ’95, Ph.D.

EDITOR Lissa (Grashorn) Diaz ’07

ASSISTANT COPY EDITORS Erin Kinzel Susan Miller CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Rick Becker ’04 Andrew Bowen ’09 Brianna Densmore ’23 Lissa (Grashorn) Diaz ’07 Michael Ehret ’04 Erin Kinzel Susan Miller Emily Oliver ’20

The BU “project” we welcome a student into is bigger than just a diploma. It is God’s dream for their lives, discovered at BU.

Gregg A. Chenoweth, Ph.D. President

ART DIRECTOR Chantel Shetler

CONTRIBUTING DESIGNERS Lissa (Grashorn) Diaz ’07 Katherine Ross PHOTOGRAPHERS Grant Beachy Peter Ringenberg ’03 Emily (Rodgers) Sherwood ’99

COVER PHOTO Peter Ringenberg ’03

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