Course Previews: Near Eastern and Greek Civilizations

This afternoon's course preview comes from our ancient historian, Dr. Charlie Goldberg, who's also teaching Advanced Digital Humanities next fall. HIS310 Near Eastern and Greek Civilizations Days/Times: M/W/F 12:30-1:40pm in Fall 2022 Prerequisites: GES130 Christianity and Western Culture or GES145 Humanities I; sophomore standing Counts for: • Major option: History (European History option), Digital Humanities (Humanities core elective); Social Studies Education 5-12 …

Course Previews: Modern Political Thought

Next up in our new series of posts previewing summer and fall 2022 courses: Prof. Matt Kuchem, with a HiPPos class that spans the disciplines of philosophy and political science. POS/PHI345 Modern Political Thought Days/Times: Tu/Th 2:05-3:20pm in Fall 2022 Prerequisites: one course in political science, philosophy, Western history, or consent of instructor Counts for: …

Course Previews: Philosophies of Love and Sex

This afternoon's fall course preview is a class taught by philosophy professor Dan Yim, who is also teaching a section of Contemporary Moral Issues. PHI228L Philosophies of Love and Sex Days/Times: M/W/F 12:30-1:20pm in Fall 2022 Prerequisites: GES130 Christianity and Western Culture and GES160 Inquiry Seminar (can take at the same time), or GES244 Humanities III Counts for: …

Course Previews: American Foreign Relations

We're not quite to the end of the 2021-22 year, but it's time to start looking ahead to 2022-23, since Bethel students will start registering for summer and fall classes when they get back from Easter break. Some of their choices are courses we've previewed before: The Cold War, Contemporary Moral Issues, Modern Middle East, …

Alumni Roundtable: Advice for Working in State and Local Government

Today, we're happy to share part two of our roundtable conversation with five History, Philosophy, and Political Science graduates of Bethel who work in state or local government. In your job do you ever feel like you draw on what you learned in your studies at Bethel? Chelsey Olson '12 (Political Science/International Relations — Legislative and …

Alumni Roundtable: From Bethel to State and Local Government

In addition to hosting one-on-one interviews with HiPPos who have gone into careers like medicine and banking, we sometimes like to use this blog to convene groups of alumni to share their stories of career and calling. Having previously published roundtables on law, teaching, and graduate school, today we're delighted to share the first half …

How to Follow Our Medieval Worlds Trip

While most of us are either on campus or teaching remotely this J-term, several of our students have joined Charlie Goldberg and Carrie Peffley on a three-week travel course in Europe: HIS/PHI236UZ Medieval Worlds. Because of COVID, they weren't able to start as planned in Morocco, but they're spending several days in Spanish cities like …

Kevin Cragg (1945-2021)

We regret to report the death of one more long-time HiPPo faculty member: historian Kevin Cragg, whose long struggle with Parkinson's disease ended peacefully over the weekend. Kevin as he looked when he came to Bethel in 1980 - Bethel University Digital Library A native of Minnesota, Kevin graduated in 1967 from Wheaton College, where …

From CC 4th to… Medical School

While health care careers are increasingly popular options, they're often associated with the sciences, not the humanities. But 6% of our recent alumni have gone into health care careers, and about 4% of medical school students nationwide finished a humanities major in college. So we thought we'd talk to a recent Bethel History graduate who …

Course Previews: Environmental Ethics

Today we conclude our series of course previews with one more from philosopher Sara Shady... PHI/ENS335K Environmental Ethics Days/Times: M-F 12:30-3:15pm in Interim 2022 Prerequisites: Laboratory Science (D) course and Mathematics (M) course Counts for: • General Education: Science, Technology & Society (K) course • Major option: Philosophy (elective), Digital Humanities (Humanities core elective), Environmental Science (K …