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Bethel History Alum Named Best Umpire in Major League Baseball
Bethel History alumnus Jeff Nelson (’87) has been a full-time umpire in Major League Baseball since 1999 (here’s his MLB profile), umpiring in two World Series (2005 and 2009), nine other playoff series, and the 2006 All-Star Game. To that list on honors, he can now add this: he topped former manager and new ESPN.com […]
Spring Senior Sem Presentations (Round 1) Tonight
May 13, 2013
by Chris Gehrz
This evening we’ll have the first set of presentations by students in the Spring 2013 section of HIS499 Senior Seminar. (Seven tonight; seven more next Monday night…) As always, it’s a diverse group of topics, spanning sixteen centuries and three continents. Annie Berglund – “Protests, Patriotism, Prayer: Bethel College Students and the Vietnam Debate” Joel […]
Posted in: Courses & Curriculum, Senior Seminar
History Beyond the Academy: Popular Music
May 10, 2013
by Chris Gehrz
Our series of Senior Seminar reflections on how people make meaning of the past outside the boundaries of professional or academic history continues, with Alissa Carsten (’13) and Josiah Gerhardt (’13) focusing on the use of history in popular music. Music is one way that many normal (non-academics) people [ed. - Hey!] try to make […]
Resources for Educators: The Stanford History Education Group
May 9, 2013
by Chris Gehrz
For our Social Studies Education 5-12 alumni and students — and other grads who are teaching history in high schools… If you’re not already familiar with it, get to know the website of the Stanford History Education Group, directed by the award-winning historian Sam Wineburg. You’ll find many resources there, free of charge and available […]
Posted in: Teaching & Learning
Reminder: Kevin Cragg Reception on May 14
May 6, 2013
by Chris Gehrz
Alumni, students, colleagues, friends, et al. – remember that we’ll be celebrating the career of Kevin Cragg at a retirement reception next Tuesday, May 14, 4-6pm (in Bethel’s Alumni Lounge – Brushaber Commons, 4th floor). It’s free and open to the public. In addition to a brief program around 5pm, we’ll be screening Sam Mulberry’s […]
History Beyond the Academy: Collecting and Restoration
May 3, 2013
by Chris Gehrz
Today a second set of Senior Seminar reflections on how Americans engage in the practice of history outside of the academy. Our first pair of students wrote on historical reenactors; today’s three focus on physical objects and how they’re restored or collected: Nic Carlson (’13) on restoring cars and houses; Michaela Anderson (’13) on antique […]
Catch Matisse Murray’s Library Prize Talk (May 9)
May 2, 2013
by Chris Gehrz
As we reported in March, History/Social Studies student Matisse Murray (’13) was awarded the 2013 Friends of the Bethel University Library Prize for Library Research, for her Senior Seminar research project, “Trees Nestled Among Skyscrapers: Frederick Law Olmsted and the Creation of Central Park.” Matisse is the second History major to win the award in […]
May 14, 2013
by Chris Gehrz
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