A Homecoming Weekend

Please join us September 15–17, 2023, for the annual Bethany Fall Festival–A Homecoming Weekend. This event includes activities for all ages and alumni reunions. All alumni and friends are invited to be part of the weekend!

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A detailed schedule for the weekend will be announced closer to the event. Please save the dates and plan to join us in Mankato!

Activites and events include:

• Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet

• Music Concerts

• Theatre Physics

• Little Viking 1/2 Mile Fun Run and BLC Viking 5K

• Inflatable Games and Children’s Activities

• Tailgating Party/Hog Roast

• Soccer Games

• Alumni Gatherings and Receptions

• Social at the Mankato Brewery

• Sunday Worship Service

• Breakfast at Bethany

• And more!

All-Campus Photo Revived Twenty Years Ago

During the first week of every fall semester, the entire Bethany campus family of students, staff, faculty, and administration come together on the Campus Green for an annual group photo. It’s a Bethany tradition that can be traced back to the 1930s—perhaps earlier if you’re counting the all-girls school era of the College. The all-campus photo tradition continued through the 1950s, but then for whatever reason, went away in the 1960s.

Twenty years ago, in August 2002, the Bethany Communication Office revived the all-campus photo. It’s a great visualization of the close campus community at Bethany, and a tradition that we intend to continue to carry out for the foreseeable future. The larger photo is from 2002 and the right was taken in August 2022.

If you’d like to see a collection of all-campus photos online, head over to the Bethany Archives where you’ll find the whole collection stored digitally.

Professional development workshops held for Mankato Area Public School teachers

BY LANCE SCHWARTZ ’86 • CHIEF COMMUNICATION OFFICER