Course Previews: American Political Ideologies

Our second Spring 2022 course preview comes from political scientist Matt Kuchem... POS221L American Political Ideologies Days/Times: MWF 1:50-2:40pm in Spring 2022 Prerequisites: GES 130 Christianity and Western Culture and GES160 Inquiry Seminar (can take at the same time), or GES244 Humanities III Counts for: • General Education: Contemporary Western Life and Thought (L) course • Major …

Course Previews: Philosophy of Religion

We're not quite halfway through Fall 2021, but it's not going to be too much longer before Bethel students register for their Interim and Spring 2022 classes. So we'll use the blog the next couple of weeks to preview some of those courses. We'll include basic info about each course (when it's taught, if there …

Look for Us at Homecoming 2021

It's Homecoming Week at Bethel University, and there are lots of Hippo connections to be found. Tomorrow's chapel speaker will be seminary alum of the year Joel Johnson '80 S '86, a local pastor who talked about studying philosophy as part of his Seminary of the Year alum video, and the 2021 winner of that …

Highlights of the 2021 Hippo Alumni Survey

Earlier this year — even before we announced our newly merged department — we invited all alumni in History, Philosophy, Political Science, and related fields to complete a survey asking about their experience at Bethel and after graduation. We heard back from just over 200 people and have been using that data for a number of purposes …

A New Podcasting Season for Channel 3900

It's not exactly a Hippo platform, since its participants include people other than Bethel historians, philosophers, and political scientists, but the various podcasts produced under the aegis of Channel 3900 collectively offer students, alumni, and friends a great way to learn from our faculty and stay connected with our department. Founded and administered by history …

Meet Our New Social Media TA: Essie Shull

In recent years, I've often used my teaching assistant to help with the History Department's social media activities, a tradition I'm continuing with the new Department of History, Philosophy, and Political Science. I'm thrilled to be working with Essie Shull '23, who was kind enough to answer a few questions about herself by way of …

September 2021 Events and Deadlines

Upcoming Events Thursday 9/9: Model UN First MeetingBethel's Model United Nations club will hold its first meeting of the year this Thursday at 11:15am in CC 431. We'll be discussing activities on campus for the year, as well as our Chicago conference in November. Interested in joining us as we play the role of China? There's …

What We Did on Our Summer Breaks: Students

For our last post before the start of fall classes, we asked if some of our students would share how they spent the summer of 2021. Alex Telford '22 (History/Social Studies Education - Waconia, MN)I did quite a few things this summer, but easily my favorite was getting married to Carolynne Camp and honeymooning in …

What We Did on Our Summer Breaks: Faculty

Just a few days now until things get underway for a new academic year at Bethel University! Faculty have had their retreat (here's Prof. Gehrz's keynote address for that event), new students are moving in, we'll start meeting with advisees tomorrow, and classes start next Monday. So before the summer is completely in our rearview mirror, …

Course Previews: Applied Humanities Seminar – Health Care

When this blog just served the History Department, we occasionally shared previews of new HIS courses. We'll plan to do the same for Philosophy and Political Science courses in the months and years to come, but we'll continue the course previews series with the first shared all-Hippos course, Applied Humanities Seminar. For its debut semester …