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Nelson Hall Resident Director Kendall Engelke Davis looks over to see what Resident Assistant Chloe Smith paints. For her weekly 8 p.m. staff development meeting in Nelson Shack April 16, Engelke Davis held a watercolor event to relieve stress. “It’s a unique opportunity to get to really invest and be in [RAs’] lives,” Engelke Davis said, “which I consider such a privilege.”
Leaving a Nelson legacy
Junior Sarah Niehnaus reads one of her favorite books, “Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story” by Julie Rodgers in the library April 18.
Prism: A space to feel known
Until her second child Emilia was born, Rachel Anderson helped write a manuscript with her former student Isabella Moechnig about their research on stress responses in male and female mice.
Bethel implements new parental leave policy
Susan Brooks sits in her office at Luther Seminary where she works as the Director of Faith + Lead Academy. Brooks began working at Luther in 2022 after deciding her time at Bethel was coming to an end, and has found comfort in a workplace open to a wide variety of Christian viewpoints. “That was the biggest shift that I saw … that there was not a commitment then to that open conversation in the middle,” Brooks said. “There was really a shift to more, like I said, safe boundaries.”
When the wheels fall off: Changing faculty morale
2024 Edgren Scholar recipients announced 
Clothed in empowerment
Junior computer science and English student Josh Poppie zips open his Swiss Army backpack that’s been with him all throughout middle school and now stays with him at Bethel.
What’s in my bag?
Five LGBTQ+ affirming churches in the Twin Cities
Lois Cordes works in Bethel University Print Services in the BAC. She loves getting to interact with students and faculty and helping them with any of their printing needs.
More than meets the eye
Emma Lovell sits in her living room at her North Village apartment. Lovell talks to her roommate before heading to the design lab to lead a meeting for her Welcome Week committee.
Pinching pennies: On versus off-campus affordability
Isaac Call stands in the batter’s box during the second game of a doubleheader against Hamline University at Hargis Park Saturday, April 23. He’s been playing baseball for as long as he can remember. “Going from football to baseball is pretty challenging,” Isaac said. “Especially hitting, because you don’t get to see any pitching and you jump into a game.”
Tackling two sports
Shalom Sulungaine passes the baton to Abbie Swenson during their 4x400 relay Saturday, April 13. The women’s team has been breaking records all season and the athletes were excited to compete on their home track. “Kelsie always tells me, ‘You being stressed means you care,’” Swenson said. “‘If you weren’t stressed then I’d be concerned.’”
Four laps, four girls, one team
reshman pitcher Jackson Hunter’s teammates greet him following his relief in the seventh inning of the MIAC Championship. Hunter tied his career high in innings (seven) and threw a career high with nine strikeouts to win the Royals their third straight conference title. “We’ve been through a lot this season, faced a lot of adversity,” Hunter said. “At one point we didn’t think we’d be here. Now we’re winning it — it’s special.”
Early loss gives way to offensive eruption
Ty Koehn got the start on the mound for the Royals Thursday night against Saint John’s, surrendering seven earned runs on 10 hits in four innings of work. Koehn posted a 3.71 ERA across five starts for the Royals in the regular season.
Royals open MIAC tournament with come-from-behind win over Johnnies
Fifth-year Kayla Simacek has been playing softball since childhood. Pitching is Simacek’s passion — she loves the sport because of her coach and the team that’s become her family. Despite a few losses this season, the team still picks each other up and gets right back on track. “I think it was good that it happened in the middle of the season, Simacek said, “Because we can fight through a little bit of adversity and come back stronger.”
Another Bethel comeback
Birthday wishes
Thriving in ambiguity
Life after the Christian Ivy League
Anxieties of a future ex-college student
To her baby brother
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Bella Haveman

Bella Haveman, Staff Photographer

Bella Haveman, 19, is an art and English double major with an emphasis in creative writing. She enjoys reading, listening to music and exploring new places. She loves traveling to different countries and adding to her fan and earring collection. She is currently trying to discover all the coolest coffee shops in the Twin Cities. 

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Thompson’s office is filled with all sorts of artworks and items. Each thing has been collected, gifted or left from years before.

A professor’s hideaway

Bella Haveman
May 14, 2024
Nate Holder reads a program to his castmates in the dressing rooms before their first showing of “The Plot, Like Gravy, Thickens” April 18. “I do get a little nervous performing in front of an audience,” Holder said. “But once I get into it … I can picture the room empty and just do my thing.”

[Photo] Doing things differently 

Angela Gonzalez
May 14, 2024
Isaac Call stands in the batter’s box during the second game of a doubleheader against Hamline University at Hargis Park Saturday, April 23. He’s been playing baseball for as long as he can remember. “Going from football to baseball is pretty challenging,” Isaac said. “Especially hitting, because you don’t get to see any pitching and you jump into a game.”

[Photo] Tackling two sports

Christopher Wrzesien
May 14, 2024
Kwansei Gakuin University student Airi Arima learns to square dance in the Robertson Center Gym, dancing the “horse and jockey” with four other Japanese students on the trip.

[Photo] Six thousand miles to snow

Sarah Bakeman and Taylor Fruetel
March 28, 2024
Hailey DuPrée, Spencer Vang and Ilene Amayarapalo sit in a circle in the Underground during Real Talk Feb. 14. Following a Valentine’s Day showing of “Lady and the Tramp,” they discuss the implications of the movie. “Its not just limited to one race learning about race,” DuPrée said. “We all can learn from one another.”

[Photo] Opening the conversation

Molly McFadden and Samantha Wurm
February 23, 2024
Sabates talks with students near the front row in HC414 Feb. 15. About to start a psychopathology class discussing biases, Sabates asks how students are doing. “My favorite moments are the informal times [with students],” Sabates said.

[Photo] Culture in the classroom

Annelise Raisanen
February 22, 2024
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[Photo] Festival of Christmas shines this season

Molly McFadden
December 1, 2023
Teens visiting The Urban Village settle down and relax after playing games during Urban Village Klub Nov. 9. “[The Urban Village] believes that connection is connection with others,” Phenow said. “This may be a place where you get to meet someone who is experiencing a similar reality.”

[Photo] Connecting for a change: The Urban Village

Angela Gonzalez and Samantha Wurm
December 4, 2023
Bethel fans and students made the nearly five-hour trip to Whitewater, Wisconsin to cheer on the Royals as they looked to upset the fifth-ranked Warhawks in the first round of the Division III playoffs Saturday, Nov. 18 at Perkins Stadium.

[Photo] Johnson’s final game epitomizes legacy

Aiden Penner and CJ Wrzesien
November 20, 2023
“We’re all about these movements and revivals and the revivals of God. They’re not meant to end,” Chan said. “The angels in heaven didn’t stop last night and go, ‘Well, that was fun singing “Holy, Holy, Holy” for a million years. It’s just a quick revival we had.’”

[Photo] Francis Chan speaks in Chapel

Molly Wilson
October 23, 2023
Samantha Wurm shows a tattoo she got in April in remembrance of her father who passed away Jan. 13. The scene depicts one of Wurm’s favorite memories with her father, Tony as they overlook Lake Superior’s North Shore in Grand Marais, MN in Sept. 2012.

[Photo] Sitting with the silence

Soraya Keiser and Alyssa Malyon
October 10, 2023
Bethel students watch as North Village performs their cheer Monday. The Homecoming captains dressed as trees and some students wore costumes in their dorm’s color to further show school spirit.

Cheer Night kicks off Homecoming Week

Taylor Fruetel, Bella Haveman, and Samantha Wurm
September 27, 2023
Pastor of Mill City Church Stephanie Williams O’Brien preaches a sermon at Chapel Sept. 11. She will be preaching in Chapel Mondays for the rest of the semester.

[Photo] Bethel to Knox: Pastor Caitlyn’s next steps

Molly Wilson
September 14, 2023
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