Alumni
Dan Dye ’81 is the Bethel University College of Arts & Sciences
2006 Alumnus of the Year. After graduating from Bethel with a bachelor’s
degree in business administration and economics, Dan joined Cargill,
Inc., working in various merchandising and managerial positions
in the U.S. and Canada over the next 25 years. Since 2000, he has
been president of Cargill AgHorizons, U.S., where he is responsible
for the company’s grain handling and retail crop input business
in the interior U.S. He is a member of the Chicago Board of Trade
and serves on the board of directors of the Agriculture Future of America.
Dan credits his classes at Bethel for having an impact on his professional
and personal commitment to integrity and ethics. “The values
and biblical principles we stand on as followers of Christ are outstanding
business principles, something that the business world is starting
to see,” he says. This fall, Dan will come full circle to serve
as an adjunct business professor in the MBA program at Bethel. He
and his family live in Eden Prairie (Minn.), and attend Westwood
Community Church in Chanhassen where Dan has served as chairman of
the Leadership Board for 10 years.
10 a.m.
Worship Service
Alumni are invited to join current Bethel students for a morning of worship,
praise, and a message from Alumnus of the Year Dan Dye C’81. Special
music provided by a combined student/alumni orchestra. Enjoy complimentary
coffee before the service.
Benson Great Hall
1:30 p.m.
Orchestra Reunion Reception
Orchestra alumni are invited to gather for a time of sharing and celebration.
Light refreshments will be served.
Benson Great Hall
3 p.m.
Community Hymn Sing with Reunion Orchestra Performance
Come and spend a delightful afternoon singing your favorite hymns and
choruses, led by worship leader Dean Palermo C’79 with Cindy Reents
C’76 accompanying on our Blackinton organ. Our own Bethel orchestra
is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and a special reunion orchestra
directed by Lynda Bradley-Vacco will join the program to perform and
accompany the congregational singing. Refreshments will be served.
Benson Great Hall
8 & 10 p.m.
Student-led Vespers Service
Benson Great Hall