Spring 2023 Bethel Magazine

Bethel Holds Open House for Human Performance Lab (3) Bethel University held an open house for the newly expanded and renovated Human Performance Lab on Thurs., Feb. 23, in the lab, located within Goodman Gymnasium on Bethel’s campus. 7KLV JUDQW IXQGHG VSDFH IHDWXUHV D ODUJH LQVWUXFWLRQ URRP ZLWK taping and treatment tables and equipment for students to practice taping and assessment skills, a television and space to teach functional movement, as well as a smaller VO2 Max testing ODE ZKHUH D OHDG HOHFWURFDUGLRJUDP (&* DQG WUHDGPLOO VKRZ VWXGHQWV ƃUVWKDQG KRZ WKH ERG\ UHVSRQGV WR H[HUFLVH 7KH ODE DOVR IHDWXUHV D VWDLQHG JODVV ZLQGRZ GHVLJQHG DQG EXLOW E\ longtime Bethel professor Larry McClements, who helped build WKH .LQHVLRORJ\ SURJUDP ,Q WKH IXWXUH %HWKHO SODQV WR RƂHU neighborhood nights, open to the community, to teach about KHDOWK DQG ƃWQHVV WRSLFV 5HDG PRUH RQ S Bethel Presents Festival of Jazz 7KH ƃUVW DQQXDO )HVWLYDO RI -D]] &ORVLQJ &RQFHUW DQG $ZDUG &HUHPRQ\ ZDV KHOG 6DW )HE LQ WKH (YHUHVW 5RKUHU Auditorium. Area high school jazz bands gathered throughout the day to perform, learn, and improv with some of the greatest professionals around. The event culminated with an evening concert, which was open to the public. Read more on p. 12. Bethel Together Raises Nearly $75,000 2Q 0DUFK %HWKHO 7RJHWKHU IHDWXUHG PLQXWHV RI JLYLQJ LQ KRQRU RI %HWKHO V IRXQGLQJ \HDU ,Q WRWDO DOXPQL friends and new donors raised $74,580.04 for student scholarships DQG DUHDV RI JUHDWHVW QHHG /HDG JL̃V IURP /\QGRQ Ţ&KHWţ Tschetter, Brotherhood Mutual and Dr. Rebecca Wilson provided a PDWFKLQJ RSSRUWXQLW\ IRU JL̃V Theatre Celebrates 75th Year with First Musical Performed on Campus On March 30, 31 and April 1, Bethel University‘s Theatre 'HSDUWPHQW SUHVHQWHG Ţ3ODLQ DQG )DQF\ Ţ WKH ƃUVW PXVLFDO WKDW was originally performed on campus in 1971. Audience members traveled along with two sophisticated New Yorkers, who, with SURSHUW\ WR VHOO IRXQG WKHPVHOYHV VWUDQGHG LQ %LUG LQ +DQG 3D Their encounters with the local Amish provided a charming and H\H RSHQLQJ ORRN LQWR WKH şSODLQş SHRSOH RI WKLV UXUDO HQFODYH 7KH VFRUH LQFOXGHG WKH şV FKDUW WRSSHU Ţ<RXQJ DQG )RROLVK Ţ Basketball, Soccer Win NCCAA and NAIA Championships Bethel Men’s Basketball (4) claimed the 2023 NCCAA National Championship March 18, outlasting the Clinton College Golden %HDUV 7KLV LV D ƃUVW LQ \HDUV DQG WKH HLJKWK 1&&$$ championship in Men’s Basketball program history. The Bethel University Men's Soccer Team won the 2022 NAIA 1DWLRQDO &KDPSLRQVKLS GHIHDWLQJ 0RELOH $/ DW WKH -DFN $OOHQ 6RFFHU &RPSOH[ 'HF 7KLV LV WKH ƃUVW 1$,$ QDWLRQDO title for Men’s Soccer and Bethel’s 4th NAIA team national championship in school history (the last one being Men’s Basketball in 1998). Read more on p. 14. Bethel now has 47 team national championships in the NAIA and NCCAA. The NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) serves as the governing body for the athletics programs of 250 small colleges across the United States. The NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association) is comprised of 90 schools in the United States. (ULQ - +ROOLVWHU ’07 /HDUQ PRUH DW %HWKHO8QLYHUVLW\ HGX 1HZV CAMPUS L I FE CAMPUS NEWS Continued from p. 7 3 4 8 %(7+(/81,9(56,7< ('8̌0$*$=,1(