Pomp, Circumstance...and a Mission

Over 1,000 graduate from Bethel University in May and June.

Summer 2009 

Across all schools of Bethel University, some 1,000 students graduated in seven commencement ceremonies in May and June: 555 students from the College of Arts & Sciences on May 23; 312 students from the College of Adult & Professional Studies and Graduate School on May 23; and 144 students from Bethel Seminary St. Paul on May 30. On the coasts, 31 students graduated from Bethel Seminary San Diego on June 13 and 10 from Seminary of the East on June 20.

“Each graduate is proof that Bethel continues to fulfill its mission to train and equip adventurous Christ-followers to go out and change the world,” says President Jay Barnes. See how one graduate is already changing the world with his new degree—along with potatoes!