The Things They Carried: AnneMarie Kooistra

Before the semester wraps up for our students next week, we have a few more faculty posts to share with you all! Today we take a look at some of the things Dr. AnneMarie Kooistra keeps as a professor of history and co-director of the Bethel Honors Program. Click here if you missed the previous …

The Things They Carried: Chris Gehrz

Today we're reviving a series we did back in 2016 called "The Things They Carried." Inspired by a collection of Vietnam War stories by Tim O'Brien and a series of articles by Foreign Policy Magazine, we'll be exploring the offices of CC 4th's professors via mini photo tours. To start us off, Dr. Chris Gehrz …

Meet Our Majors: History

This week, we're beginning a new series on the programs we offer in the HiPPos Department at Bethel! We recently sent out a survey to our students and alumni, asking them to share about their experience in our department and how that has impacted them. Today, we hear from our History Hippos! When and why …

Hear from Abby Williams ’23 about her semester at Oxford!

History and Philosophy double major Abby Williams '23 spent the past semester studying in Oxford, England. As her trip was coming to an end, we asked if Abby would be willing to share about her experience studying abroad, and how she has been impacted as a student of history and philosophy. Read on to learn …

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 …

Hippo Alumni in the (Bethel) News

We'll be saying more about our alumni soon, but if you want to get some sense for what History, Philosophy, and Political Science students have gone on to do with their Bethel degrees, just check out these recent Hippo-related stories at Bethel News: Diba Domínguez '20 Combat medic, U.S. Army "Domínguez decided to attend Bethel …

One Trend for 2020: Hiring History Majors!

Every year since 2013, business author Dan Schawbel has shared 10 workplace trends he expects to see in the coming year. One of his 2020 predictions should especially interest current and prospective Bethel students who wonder what you can do with a liberal arts major like History: The return of the liberal arts major. AI [artificial …

Apply for a Full Scholarship to Study History at Bethel

If you're a high school student who would like to study history or a related field at one of the best Christian universities in the country, check out Bethel's new Arts and Humanities Scholarships — one for full tuition, three more for $10,000 each, and all renewable for up to a total of four years. …

Why It’s Okay to Be Undecided about Your College Major

Historically, about half of the History majors and minors at Bethel choose that path in their second year or later. So we want to echo the words of Bethel student Katie Johnson, who wrote an open letter this week to incoming students who feel pressured to declare a major as soon as possible: Some people …

Alumni Teaching Roundtable: Picking a Major (or Two)

One of the historic strengths of our department has been preparing middle and high school social studies teachers — both through the multidisciplinary Social Studies Ed 5-12 major that we coordinate with the Education department and through our own History programs. (Here's a current map of teaching placements.) To get an inside view of that …