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Cheering Them On: Couple Invests in the Lives of Bethel Nursing Students
Chuck and Marilyn Gustafson attended the 2005 pinning ceremony for Elizabeth Olson and Lindsay Norman, nursing scholarship recipients.
Chuck and Marilyn Gustafson of Maple Grove, Minn., have a passionate interest in nursing and the Bethel students who choose this profession for their future careers. Nearly 17 years ago, in December 1988, the couple set up an endowed scholarship to benefit Bethel nursing students.
It was a logical choice: Chuck and Marilyn have strong ties with the Baptist General Conference. A nursing scholarship at Bethel combines many of the Gustafsons' interests: an emphasis on healthy living and consistent involvement with Christian youth, from InterVarsity to Youth for Christ.
Chuck also attended Bethel during the 1947-48 school year. At the time of the Korean War draft, he transferred to the University of Minnesota to enter the Naval ROTC program and complete an engineering degree. Marilyn is a registered nurse, as is the couple's older daughter. The Gustafsons are also good friends with S. Eleanor Edman, Ph.D., professor of nursing emerita, who was the founding chair and guiding force behind creating the Bethel nursing program in 1981.
The Gustafsons point to the value nurses add to society: "Nurses assist [others] through compassionate care, interest, and instruction in the total health of their patients," declares Chuck. "And Christians have a special opportunity for ministry as nurses."
A personal connection
But the establishment of the Charles and Marilyn Gustafson Nursing Scholarship was only the beginning of the Gustafsons' involvement with the students who receive this award. Each year, the couple tries to meet their award recipients face to face. Marilyn takes the initiative to set up an initial meeting at a local restaurant followed by a subsequent visit and meal at the Gustafson home.
"Then, we can find out more about the students," says Marilyn, "their interests, their families, and future plans. If so desired, a friend or family members are invited to come, too."
Those who have benefited from the Gustafsons' financial gift and their warm personal touch have responded with Christmas cards, letters, wedding invitations, and even birth announcements.
It's also not uncommon for the Gustafsons to send gifts to mark students' joyous occasions.
Pinning hopes on the future
"Over the years, the Gustafsons have made an amazing connection with nursing students," remarks Doug Samuelson, a Bethel University development officer. "Marilyn and Chuck attend pinning ceremonies and have maintained contact with `their' students even after they graduate from Bethel."
To maximize their contribution to Bethel, Chuck takes advantage of a matching gift program offered by Caterpillar, Inc., the company for which he worked for more than 37 years. While the Gustafsons direct their restricted contribution (a gift designated for a specific purpose) to their endowed scholarship, the matching gift provided by the company is given to Bethel's annual fund. (For additional information on matching gifts and to see whether your employer participates in this program, click on www.bethel.edu/development/ways-to-give.html .)
"It [the matching gift program] offers the best of both worlds," says Chuck. "It's nice that Caterpillar, Inc. matches certain amounts, even for retirees."
Why set up a scholarship?
"Personally, we've felt that it's a way to achieve a personal relationship and an identification with students," Chuck reflects, "and to be a part of their post-graduation ministry, professionally and with their family [life]."
"There is a big difference [in the cost of education] since our daughters went to school. We're seeing that now with our grandchildren," adds Marilyn. "And we want to help."
Orth Complex Earns Award
The American Sports Builders Association has awarded Bethel and Anderson-Johnson Associates, Inc. the Outstanding Tennis Facility Award for the Ona Orth Athletic Complex. The award was given in recognition of excellence in design and construction.
The Ona Orth Athletic Complex, a 10-acre site across from Bethel's main entrance along Old Snelling Avenue in Arden Hills, houses two soccer practice fields, a varsity softball field, and six varsity tennis courts. The complex was named after the late Ms. Ona Orth, who was a significant donor to the $1.8 million facility.
To create an endowed scholarship please contact:
Bethel University
Dan Wiersum, 651.635.8052
d-wiersum@bethel.edu
Bethel Seminary St. Paul
James Spickelmier, 651.635.8054
j-spickelmier@bethel.edu
Bethel Seminary San Diego
Linda Smith, 619.582.8188, ext. 225
l-smith@bethel.edu
Bethel Seminary of the East
Douglas Fombelle, Dean
215.641.4804
d-fombelle@bethel.edu
Bethel Receives $2.1 Million Grant
Scripture Press Ministries has given Bethel University a $2.1 million grant to support the launch of innovative, high-impact children's ministry initiatives for the encouragement and training of those engaged in ministry to children and families. As Scripture Press merged into Cook Communications Ministries, the Scripture Press board voted unanimously to honor the legacy of founders Victor and Bernice Cory by establishing an endowment at Bethel to perpetuate their evangelistic vision. "The strong track record of Bethel Seminary's exceptional Children's and Family Ministries degree program, directed by Denise Kjesbo, was key in the Scripture Press board's decision to make this award," Bethel President George K. Brushaber said.
The Bethel Touch: Nursing Professors as Mentors
Recent nursing grad Emily Pearson `05 in Uganda.
Brian Moss '05 spoke at the nurses' pinning in May.
Assistant Professor of Nursing Sue Steen and nursing grad Gloria Carlson '05
A Trip to Uganda
Emily Pearson '05 hopes to use her nursing degree to serve as a medical missionary in a developing nation. During January interim, she pursued an off-campus study program in Uganda.
Assistant Professor of Nursing Dave Muhovich helped Pearson make arrangements.
"Professor Muhovich has had a significant role in my last year in the nursing program here at Bethel," said Pearson. "Besides facilitating my off-campus study experience in Uganda, he has challenged me to pursue great things for the kingdom of God."
Finding the Value Within
Gloria Carlson, an '05 graduate who seeks a career as an obstetrical nurse, has thoughtful comments about Bethel nursing faculty.
"They didn't just assign me a patient and let me struggle my way through meeting his or her physical, psychosocial, and
spiritual needs," said Carlson.
Instead, Assistant Professor of Nursing Sue Steen, who teaches obstetrical and pediatric nursing, "encouraged me to continue caring for the patient's social and spiritual needs, and to include the entire family in my plan of care," says Carlson. "She was open to questions at any time of the day or night, in the office at school and even phone calls in the middle of the night at home."
Male Students Encouraged
Quality nursing programs are rigorous, but for male nursing students, being outnumbered by female counterparts can offer additional challenges. In the Bethel University nursing program, male faculty members meet regularly with their male students.
Nursing student Brian Moss '05 found his nursing professors to be role models and mentors who lived within "the constructs of brotherhood and accountability."
He appreciated his male professors' "ability to empathize with the seemingly ill-balanced gender ratio," something Moss believes was an "excellent introduction to the nursing profession's paradigm of interpersonal skills, politics, and nursing."
Years from now, you may thank God for the skillful nurses who helped save your life in the ER.
Return the favor. Help them today.
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2005-2006 Goal: $3.1 million
Take the Next Step: Change the World.
This past spring, the world focused on the Terri Schiavo case and the complicated questions it raised about end-of-life issues, family relationships, and decision-making powers.
Bethel Seminary San Diego offered a presentation in response to that controversy. The seminar was led by Cheryl Johnson, a chaplain for San Diego Hospice. As a faculty associate in the Master of Arts in Marital and Family Therapy program at Bethel Seminary San Diego, Johnson teaches a course on death and dying.
Johnson says that while the Schiavo case prompted the discussion, dialogue broadened to include bioethics and the Christian worldview.
"Terri Schiavo had just died, and Master of Arts in Marital and Family Therapy (M.A.M. F.T.) students were interested in the issue and the ethics around that—the right to die, physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia. It led to some pretty interesting discussion of the legal parts of this situation, a person's rights, and God's providence."
Bethel Seminary San Diego will offer a seminar on bioethics and physician-assisted suicide on September 24.
Mounds-Midway Nursing
Building on a Christian Nursing Heritage
During the mid-1980s, the Mounds Midway School of Nursing program was closing its doors just as Bethel's nursing program was being established. Subsequently, assets of the Mounds Midway program were transferred to Bethel to help our nursing program begin. Now, 20 years later, the Mounds Midway School of Nursing Alumni Association is giving Bethel another boost: creating an endowed scholarship that recognizes the success of Bethel's program. The scholarship allows Mounds Midway alumni to pay tribute to former classmates and teachers, help students in Bethel's nursing program, and ensure that the heritage of Christians in nursing continues.
Make a Difference
The stories about Bethel nursing students and their professors are inspiring. For me, it's even more gratifying to realize that strong faculty-student mentoring relationships are occurring all across the campus.
At Bethel, we are blessed with outstanding faculty members, women and men whose academic giftedness is superseded only by their dedication to teaching students, and by their commitment to the Lord.
By linking arms with exceptional faculty, you, too, share the vision of Bethel University. Your gifts, whether in the form of establishing an endowed scholarship or in contributions to Bethel's annual fund, will help students develop their unique gifts and prepare for future life.
You've heard it before: Do you want to change the world? Take the next step. Invest in Bethel students—and their professors.
— Bruce W. Anderson, Vice President for Development
Save the Date
Financial Planning Workshop
The next Crescendo Satellite Teleconferences will be held on October 27, 2005. The GiftLegacy session, open to the public, will run from 11:30 a.m. _1 p.m., and will include a lunch. Estate planning professionals will benefit from the GiftLaw segment scheduled for 1:45-4:15 p.m. That session will include light refreshments and provide 2.0 hours of continuing education credits.
A postcard with reservation information will be mailed soon. Questions? Please call the Office of Development at 651.635.8066.
Royal Stadium Club Homecoming Breakfast
Patrick Klinger, vice president of marketing for the Minnesota Twins, will be the guest speaker at the Royal Stadium Club Homecoming Breakfast on Saturday, September 24, from 8-10 a.m. The breakfast, which will be held in the Eastlund Room on the Bethel University campus, is open to members of the Royal Stadium Club, Royal Stadium Club Business Class, and the Royal Athletic Association. Reserve your two complimentary tickets by contacting Jeff Westlund at 651.638.6016 or j-westlund@bethel.edu by Monday, September 19.
Leadership Conference Held in Philadelphia Center
Leith Anderson, a noted author, pastor, and host of the nationally syndicated radio program "Faith Matters," was the keynote speaker at the 2005 Bethel Seminary of the East Leadership Conference held on May 12 at Chelton Baptist Church in Dresher, Penn. "Attending to Your Own Soul: Spiritual Formation for Christian Leaders" was the conference theme.
The event was designed to introduce the core values of Bethel Seminary of the East to pastors and Christian leaders in the greater Philadelphia metro area.
Pictured left to right:
Douglas Fombelle, Dean and Executive Officer, Bethel Seminary of the East
Leith Anderson, Senior Pastor, Wooddale Church and Conference Guest Speaker
Ralph Gustafson, Director of Church Ministries at Bethel University
Don't Leave Medical Care Decision Making to Courts
by Mary Norton-Larson, J.D.
Recent media attention to the Florida case of Terry Schiavo has attracted renewed interest in health care directives. A health care directive is a legal document that allows you to set forth your wishes for health care in the event that you are no longer able to convey what those wishes are. Because each state has different laws that apply to health care decision making, the name of each state's documents may differ. Some of the names for these documents are:
- advance medical directive
- appointment of health care representative
- durable power of attorney for health care declaration
- living will declaration
- health care declaration
- health care directive
- advance health care directive
- living will
- health care power of attorney
- health care proxy
There is no substitute for spiritual insight from your pastor or Christian counselor, legal advice from your lawyer, and medical advice from your physician. To communicate your health care wishes in the best way, you should consult your professional advisors for their advice. They are qualified to translate your wishes into legally binding documents that will be followed by your family and medical care providers.
Certain websites provide links to various health care decision- making forms. Typical sources for these forms include national and state bar associations, estate planning organizations, health care providers, and others. While these forms are not a substitute for professional advice, they are a good starting point to offer educational assistance and exposure to the medical and legal issues involved. Some of these websites include:
www.legacywriter.com offers living will and power of attorney forms for 50 states for a fee of about $15 each.
www.FindLegalForms.com endorses health care power of attorney and advanced directive forms for 50 states for about $10 each.
www.USlegalforms.com provides living wills for 50 states for about $24 each.
www.mccl.org offers free "Will to Live" durable power of attorney and health care directive forms for all 50 states with a "general presumption for life."
www.law.freeadvice.com promotes a free living will form "designed for those who do NOT want to be totally and permanently dependent on artificial life support systems." This form is "not tailored to meet individual state requirements."
Before you see your attorney or doctor about health care directives, educate yourself about the various forms that may be available online or from medical care providers. Bring the form to your appointment with your advisor and have your questions ready. There is an abundance of legal and medical jargon used on these forms. Certain words and phrases have specific legal and medical meanings you need to understand thoroughly to make an accurate personal statement about your health care wishes.
Once you have a valid health care directive in place, be sure to make it available to your health care providers and to your family or your chosen health care decision-makers. Finally, keep your health care directive current and be sure to have it reviewed/rewritten by legal counsel if you move from one state to another, or spend significant amounts of time in more than one state.
Bethel Seminary San Diego: New Development Staff Welcomed
Sharon Milligan, Development Assistant, and Linda Smith, Senior Development Officer, Bethel Seminary San Diego
A new development team is now partnering with the faculty and staff at Bethel Seminary San Diego to reach out to students, alumni, churches, and friends.
Linda Smith, senior development officer, is responsible for advancement at Bethel Seminary San Diego, and working with the larger population of Bethel University donors and friends on the West Coast. Smith joins Bethel after serving as development coordinator for the Zoological Society of San Diego and executive administrator with Tanabe Research Laboratories. She and her husband, Jim, have also provided pastoral leadership for BGC churches on the East Coast. Smith holds an undergraduate degree from San Diego State University with additional graduate work at the University of Minnesota and the University of San Diego.
Sharon Milligan, development associate, will assist Smith. A '98 PACE graduate, Milligan has worked at San Diego State University in the areas of university relations, planned giving, and alumni relations, and has served as development officer and marketing director for a national arts organization.
Golfing for Scholars
The 11th Annual Bethel Golf Classic was held June 21 at Troy Burne Golf Club in Hudson, Wis. Golfers enjoyed a challenging course, tips from golf instructor Peter Krause, great food and fellowship, and the opportunity to support BU students.
Golf Classic Held in Pennsylvania
The third annual Bethel Seminary of the East Golf Classic was held at Talamore at Oak Terrace Country Club in Ambler, Penn., on May 16.
Planning is underway for a New England area golf classic in October 2005. For those looking ahead, another Bethel Seminary of the East Golf Classic will be held at Talamore at Oak Terrace Country Club in October 2006.
Tenth Annual Transformational Church Series Features McManus and Mosaic
Erwin McManus
All Bethel donors, alumni, and friends are invited to attend the Tenth Annual Transformation Church Series on the Bethel University campus on Thursday-Friday, October 13-14. Erwin McManus, popular speaker, author, and founder of Global Impact, along with staff from Mosaic, the Los Angeles church community he pastors, will be featured. Complete information and registration materials will be mailed this summer. For more details, please call the Office of the Seminary Provost at 651.638.6524.
Upcoming Events
For Upcoming Events go to: http://www.bethel.edu/events/calendar/
Questions?
- For Bethel University alumni chapter events, please call the Office of Alumni and Parent Services at 651.638.6462 or 800.255.8706, ext. 6462.
- For donor events, please call 651.635.8066 or 800.255.8706, ext. 8066.
- For Bethel Seminary San Diego events, please call 619.582.8188, ext. 225 or 117.
- For the NYCAMS event, please contact the Office of Special Events at 651.638.6090.
To contact the Office of Development, call: 651.635.8066
Credits
Sherie J. Lindvall '70, Vice President for Communications and Marketing
Patty Thomson, Editor
Thomas Vukelich '82, Design