Higher education
Students at Bethany College, Linds- borg, Kan., were welcomed back this fall with a new 240-bed resi- dence hall that features private bedrooms, community spaces and two classrooms. The rooms are con- figured in suites that range from one to four people, and three large suites that include two six-person
suites and one 10-person suite. The hall was built to accommodate the increased enrollment trend Bethany has experienced over the past seven years. Enrollment has shown steady growth from 537 students in 2007 to last fall’s 717. Last year students were housed in motels due to a lack of on-campus housing.
Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, broke ground this summer on a Con- vergent Media Center, a space where traditionally separate yet related degree programs and disciplines will converge to form an active learning hub where ideas and imagination meet creation and communication. The 34,430-square-foot structure will support current and emerging degree programs that embody tech- nical arts and convergent media, and that will flourish in an interdisciplin- ary, creative and collaborative envi- ronment. Demolition and construc- tion began June 15, with a projected completion date of August 2016.
The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (Pa.) “is pioneering the integration of insights and new developments from science into the theological curriculum,” said Kris- tin Johnston Largen, interim dean. “This work will help dispel the idea that Christianity is opposed to sci- ence, and further the conviction that scientific research and discovery provide tools for increased knowl- edge and awareness of how God is at work in the larger cosmos and also in human life in particular.” Gettys- burg received one of 10 grants from the American Association for the Advancement of Science to pilot inte- grating science and faith.
As Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, N.C., celebrates its 125th anniver- sary, it will reflect on the career of its president, Wayne B. Powell, who this September announced his retire- ment at the close of the academic year. Powell became the school’s 11th president in December 2002. Since that time, the university has under- gone bold initiatives, unprecedented growth and financial successes that
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