Fall 2018 Magazine

27 Fall 2018 LEFT: WILHELM TAKES A PHOTO WITH A FUTURE BETHEL PILOT. RIGHT: NEW BETHEL COLLEGE SWIMMING & DIVING COACH DEB THOMPSON THROWS OUT THE FIRST PITCH. Bethel Night at Four Winds Field For the fourth year in a row, our alumni flooded the Four Winds stadium with Bethel school spirit. This year we sold 1,000 tickets to alumni and their families! Our newly appointed Swimming and Diving coach, Deb Thompson, threw out the first pitch and then families spent the next 10 innings (we got a bonus inning!) enjoying the warm weather and end of summer. Thank you to our alumni who joined us. We look forward to many more years of this tradition! CONNECTION POINT GRADUATION 2018 Commencement Speaker 1 Katelyn Beaty, an editor-at-large with Christianity Today, was this year’s commencement speaker. 1967 Graduates Return to Campus 2 It is a long-standing tradition for our 50 year reunion class to join us for commencement exercises. The Class of 1968 spent the day reconnecting over lunch, touring campus, dedicating the Senior Class Gift and then led the procession into the ceremony. If you’re approaching your 50th class reunion, you won’t want to miss this tradition! Class of 2018 3 More than 425 students participated in Bethel College’s two commencement ceremonies. 1 2 3