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A Homecoming Weekend

Join us the weekend of October 5–7, 2018, for the Bethany Fall Festival and Homecoming Weekend. This event includes activities for all ages and alumni reunions. All Bethany graduates are welcome to attend the Homecoming celebration while graduating classes ending in the numbers “3” or “8” will celebrate their special reunions.

Activites and events include: • Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet • Little Viking 1/2-Mile Fun Run • BLC Viking 5K • Alumni events, reunions • Hog Roast

• Men’s and Women’s Soccer • Volleyball • Admissions Open House • B-Town Drumline Performance • Live Music and Entertainment

• Concert Band Performance • Alumni/Friends Social at Mankato Brewery • Worship Service with Bethany Choir • Breakfast at Bethany • And more!

Visit blc.edu/fall-festival for more information.

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CONTENTS SPIRITUAL LIFE ____________________________

STUDENT ACTIVITIES ____________________________

4 FROM THE PRESIDENT

9 SCHOLARS AT THE CAPITOL

FACULTY & STAFF ____________________________

11 DUO TAKES AWARDS

Graduates ‘get’ Bethany’s purpose

Research projects presented in St. Paul for annual event

Hoshaw, Ruiz take home three awards from BEA Festival of Media Arts

6 FROM OUR FACULTY & STAFF

11 NABSHOW EXPERIENCE

Recent accomplishments of individuals employed at Bethany

Making technology connections with alumni, industry professionals in Vegas

7 HONORING SERVICE

15 THEATRE IN SPOTLIGHT

Years of service recognition

Awards and accolades given at annual festival in Des Moines, Iowa

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18 ABOUT FACE

Art professor Bill Bukowski leads his final tour in Italy for Bethany

Alternative plan turns into true calling for senior Josh Grove

16 A SOUND GAME

Theatre professor Benji Inniger creating music for video games worldwide

CAMPUS NEWS ____________________________ 20 ACADEMIC ADDITIONS

STUDENT ACTIVITIES ____________________________

New programs offer more choices

6 SPRING BREAK

Students take part in activities, tours, and contests over the break

ALUMNI ____________________________

8 SPEECH PLACES

21 ALUMNI NEWS

Three students traveled to California for national tournament

News and updates from our alumni

8 ORGAN STUDENTS ABOUND

Sweet sounds from the choir, but from where?

Lessons lead to playing for chapel

ON THE COVER: Commemorative t-shirts and pins were created for the last art trip to Italy led by Prof. Bill Bukowski. Photo by David Norris

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Mission: Bethany Lutheran College is a Christian

liberal arts college owned and operated by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and committed to the teachings of the Bible as expressed in the statements of faith known as the Lutheran Confessions.

Bethany Lutheran College provides Christian higher education in a challenging academic environment where personal mentoring guides students to pursue knowledge, truth, and discernment for productive and fulfilling lives.

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Graduates ‘get’ Bethany’s purpose Over the past few years, I’ve found myself using two little words a lot.

Those words are “get” and “it.” Maybe you’ve used them in the form of a question, “Get it?” You may even add additional words to form a longer question, such as: “Do you get it?” or “Don’t you get it?” Or perhaps you’ve even said emphatically, “Come on, get it!”

This past April, I had the pleasure to speak to the Bethany Heritage Society – a group of special supporters. Certainly, these friends of the College, when referring to the work that happens at Bethany indeed “get it.” Heritage Society members, like so many alumni and friends, support Bethany through their gifts and prayers. In some cases, Heritage Society members have even established endowed scholarship funds that directly impact our students.

It’s a privilege for me to be able to see the fruits of this support on a daily basis. The Lord has indeed blessed Bethany with a focused mission, a talented and dedicated faculty and staff to carry it out, and with a large community of supporters who love Bethany. These blessings enable Bethany to daily provide opportunities to help connect our student body to their Savior, Jesus, while also providing excellence in Christian higher education that develops each for productive and fulfilling lives in a variety of vocations. Yet, even though blessings abound, Bethany still faces challenges. Have you heard about the challenges colleges and universities are currently facing?

The demographics in the Upper Midwest, and Minnesota, tell us there are fewer high school graduates than in the past, consequently the thirty-two public and private colleges in Minnesota are all competing for a shrinking pool of students. A recent headline announced that the Minnesota State University system is down sixteen percent in enrollment. That means for Bethany to grow we need to increase market share just to maintain enrollment – and we have.

For budget-conscious and wise prospective college shoppers, declining enrollments in higher education means they are able to apply to many colleges to see who might give them the best financial “deal.” That’s good news for students and families. But do you “get” that competition means Bethany and other colleges subsequently have shrinking revenue? In fact, even though we as a college grew in full-time enrollment this year, our net tuition revenue was actually less this year than last. This reality makes the sustainable operation of a college and its mission a bit more challenging.

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And I’m sure you also “get” Bethany’s Scriptural stance on a variety of issues runs contrary to the norms of society. A growing number of a shrinking population don’t take seriously God’s will for their lives, and therefore are turned off to what we at Bethany believe, teach, and profess. Some label us as too conservative, too strict, and a campus that’s out of touch with today’s society.

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Today, we at Bethany have to work a whole lot harder in order to help prospective students and families – even Christian families “get“ the importance of a college education taught from a Biblical, Christ-centered, liberal arts perspective.

Despite these challenges, God continues to abundantly bless Bethany and its mission! This issue of the Bethany Magazine focuses on many of the blessings from our Lord that are occurring at Bethany. Consider these achievements: • After years of development, we now have a junior cohort in our bachelor of science in nursing major working in a state-of-the-art nursing lab.

• This May we celebrated the first graduates from our engineering sciences major.

• We’ve added new majors in biochemistry, computer science, graphic design, and special education; as well as a new paralegal certificate program.

• Our international student population has tripled in the past two years. Today, forty-nine Bethany students come from sixteen countries representing five continents – providing us the opportunity to share with them the message of God’s love for us through Jesus.

• Our dual credit online learning program has grown to the point where we serve well over 100 high school students in online college credit courses each semester.

• Our own students have the option to take our online courses as well, providing them the flexibility they want with their busy schedules.

• Next fall we’ll be welcoming our first cohort of students from an intentional urban initiative to attract American students of color to Bethany.

• We also aim to intentionally grow our enrollment by focusing on better serving the current students on campus. Our ten-year retention average has increased by eleven percent and rivals many of the top private colleges in Minnesota.

International, online, urban, retention—All of these efforts have helped to grow our full-time enrollment over the past two years by six percent, and our total enrollment by nineteen percent. This is God-blessed news, and there are already positive signs for a growing enrollment again next fall.

Bethany’s role in higher education is rooted in a primary desire that our graduates reflect Christ’s love

in their lives with integrity, character, and unshakable values. It’s what makes Bethany graduates well prepared for meaningful lives in society, attractive to employers, and most importantly firmly grounded in the Christian faith.

We have other aspirational vision statements as well – to provide excellence in our academic scholarship in the form of superior teaching, with a constant focus on personal mentoring between faculty and students. We also aspire to provide opportunities for students to explore and develop their God-given gifts and talents through a broad range of academic, athletic, music, art, media, theater, speech, and leadership opportunities typically available only at much larger institutions.

And, finally, we envision that all of this happens at Bethany within the environment of a caring, Christian, academic community.

It’s these five vision statements – personal mentoring, opportunities, missional excellence, a caring college community, and most uniquely, graduates reflecting Christ’s love that we promote at Bethany.

Yes, there are a lot of things in life we all don’t really “get.” But ultimately, there’s only one thing in life you and I really have to “get.” And Jesus reminded Martha (and you and I of that) in these words from Luke 10:41-42, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” This is Bethany’s purpose, and our graduates indeed “get it.”

Thank you for your prayers, your time, your positive testimony about Bethany among your families and in your communities and congregations, and your financial support. The caring encouragement of so many loyal and dedicated Bethany alumni, supporters, faculty and staff is making an enormous positive impact that is felt in the lives of our students.

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From our faculty & staff

Photo courtesy of Bethel Balge

From left: Pianist Vanessa Perez, Bethel Balge, and comedian Bill Murray.

Dr. Bethel Balge (Music, Piano) took part in one of the most interesting performances of her career on April 20, 2018. Through an acquaintance in the music industry, Balge found herself on the stage of the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis with comedian Bill Murray. Murray’s act included performing with a classical trio. Balge is usually the artist at the Steinway keyboard , but in this instance she was asked to turn pages for another pianist. Balge remarked, “It turned out to be an amazing evening. I helped with a few props as well as turned pages and afterwards Bill handed me a rose on stage and took me to the front for a bow.”

Emily Goetzke (Nursing) has joined the Bethany faculty. Goetzke (‘75) has years of teaching, nursing, and management experiences that will enhance our growing program.

Emily Goetzke Since her hiring, Goetzke has been designing and creating the senior-level nursing curriculum, and she will begin teaching beginning in the fall 2018 semester.

David Reagles (History) was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to attend a four-week Summer Institute for College and University David Reagles Teachers in Salt Lake City.

Reagles (‘11) was also awarded a Director’s Scholarship to attend a weeklong intensive seminar at the Rare Book School of the University of Virginia.

Mike Olson joined the Athletic Department staff as an athletic trainer in December 2017. Olson most recently worked at Upper Iowa University, and as a graduate student at Old Dominion University.

Dr. Jennifer Wosmek (Psychology) hosted an educational and networking retreat for over twenty Christian counselors from southern Minnesota on October Jennifer Wosmek 25, 2018. The seminar provided an overview of the competencies related to assisting those in trauma. Thrivent, together with Christian Family Solutions and Footnotes Family Counseling Services, sponsored the event.

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Spring Break means more off-campus activity An important aspect of the learning process involves engaging students in real-world experiences. During Bethany’s March 2018 Spring Break, several groups and athletic teams traveled throughout the United States and world.

The Concert Band took a week-long trek to the western United States sharing their musical talents during a number of concert stops along the way.

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Several of Bethany’s nursing students were on a study tour in Nicaragua led by Bethany’s Director of Nursing Dr. Sara Traylor.

Both the men’s and women’s soccer teams were in Italy, as well as the Czech Republic, Germany, and Switzerland, with head coaches Rob Pipal and Derick Lyngholm learning about European football and culture.

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Photo by David Norris

Back row from left: Joni Wiederhoeft (Assistant to the Director of Financial Aid - 35 years), Don Westphal (Director of Athletics - 25 years), Peter Bloedel (Professor, Theatre - 25 years), Rob Pipal (Assistant Professor, Health and Human Performance - 20 years), Ted Manthe (Vice President of Student Affairs - 20 years), Jeff Haugen (Housekeeping Technician - 20 years), Steve Reagles (Professor, Communication and Religious Studies - 35 years).

Front row from left: Rev. Herbert Huhnerkoch (Chair, Board of Regents), Connie Gullixson (Payroll and Account Specialist - 25 years), Jon Kovaciny (Support Specialist, Web - 15 years), Ryan MacPherson (Professor, History - 15 years), Kathy Bruss (Coordinator, Modern Languages - 15 years), Sara Edwards (Assistant Professor, Legal Studies - 10 years), President Gene Pfeifer.

Not pictured: Polly Browne (Associate Professor, Education - 15 years)

Recognizing Faculty And Staff Years of Service A hallmark of Bethany Lutheran College is the dedication of the faculty and staff. On February 12, 2018, the Board of Regents of Bethany Lutheran College and Seminary were on the Bethany campus for their quarterly meeting; at which time they recognized certain anniversaries of employment for faculty and staff. The group of thirteen honored in 2018 has collectively served Bethany Lutheran College for 275 years.

The Rev. Edward Bryant, a member of the Board, was the guest speaker for the chapel service. Rev. Herb Huhnerkoch, Chairman of the Board, and President Gene Pfeifer together recognized the employees at the conclusion of the chapel service. In addition to the chapel event, a reception for the honorees, their families, and well-wishers took place in the Dining Center of Old Main.

Both the women’s softball and men’s baseball teams were in Arizona opening their spring competitive schedules.

Three members of our Speech Team competed in the National Christian College Forensics Association Tournament in California. (See story on page 8)

Professor of Art William Bukowski led a travel/study group to Italy viewing some of the world’s most treasured works of art. (See story on page 12)

The men’s basketball team participated in the NCAA DIII National Tournament and defeated St. John’s University in the opening round.

Five students helped organize a food drive at Hope Lutheran Church in Leander, Texas.

Talk about opportunities, Bethany certainly has them!

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Speech places at national tournament Emily Kjeer (’20), Gideon Ripley (’20), and Noella Wigtil (’18) represented Bethany’s speech team at the National Christian College Forensics Invitational tournament in Azusa, California.

Kjeer led the team with strong performances in persuasive speaking. She was named the tournament’s Top Novice in the event and finished in third place overall in the category. Combined with strong performances by Ripley and Wigtil, Bethany took third place in the small school division of the tournament.

From left: Gideon Ripley, Emily Kjeer, and Noella Wigtil.

Organ students don’t stop at lessons Bethany Lutheran College offers a fifteen-minute chapel service each day of the academic year.

Students are directly involved with the music as both instrumentalists and vocalists. Student organists play the marvelous Dobson organ in Trinity Chapel for these services about twice a week, or sometimes a prelude or postlude on other days. They are a talented group of musicians, and the College is thankful for their participation. Daily chapel services are broadcast on the College website - blc.edu/ chapelcast. Join us for worship!

Pictured back row from left: Abraham Faugstad, William Westedt, Patrick Ernst (seminary), Nathan Madson, Brittany Moldstad, Cynthia Krause.

Front row from left: Paul Gullixson, Benjamin Johnson, Kara Johnson, Kristi Hislop.

Not pictured: Elizabeth Austin, Christopher Nelson, Peter Bockoven.

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Scholars take to Capitol

Photos courtesy of MPCC

BY L ANCE SCHWARTZ • DIREC TOR OF INSTITUTIONAL COM MUNICATION

Benjamin Wessel spoke about his project with one of the visitors as part of Scholars Day at the Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Research projects presented in St. Paul for annual event

“I have always been fascinated by how cultures treat the topic of death. It seems to be very telling of

A pair of Bethany students represented the College at the annual Private College’s Scholars Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, February 21, 2018, sponsored by the Minnesota Private College Council.

Every Minnesota private college selects two students for the annual event, where each presents a professional poster on a topic of interest describing their research methodologies and addressing implications for future research. Representing Bethany were seniors Patricia Lilienthal and Benjamin Wessel.

Lilienthal presented her research on “Victorian Commercialization of Death and its Discontents.”

She explained her purpose for researching a bit of a morbid topic. “I chose this topic during a Victorian Britain Class I took in Fall 2016. I have always been fascinated by how cultures treat the topic of death. It seems to be very telling of the culture itself and the Victorians have a plethora of sources about it.”

Wessel’s research was entitled, “A Question of Universals: The Palamite Controversy in the Byzantine Empire and the Nominalist/Realist Debate of Western Europe.” His research, like Lilienthal’s, is based in historical study. Wessel explained, “Basically it deals with two major philosophical/religious debates which

the culture itself and the Victorians have a plethora of sources about it.”

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swept through Europe in the High Middle Ages, and discusses how they influenced each other. I became interested in this topic mostly through my own self-study, since I am strongly interested in both philosophy and theology. Since I was studying the history of the High Middle Ages in a class at Bethany, it seemed like a natural subject for me to research.”

Both Lilienthal and Wessel enjoyed presenting their work to a large audience.

Lilienthal’s goal was to “grow my ability to feel comfortable with my own work and the idea of sharing it.”

Wessel hoped the experience broadened his skill in academic presentation. “My goal was to gain experience discussing my research and explaining it to others who do not have much background in the subject.”

Dr. Eric Woller, Bethany’s Vice President for Academic Affairs noted, “By participating in the Scholars Day event, students have the opportunity to hone their presentation skills and gather feedback outside of the academic setting. The experience also provides participants with valuable resumé material.”

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Recent Bethany graduate Andrew Jelken reported and conducted interviews.

Hockey game produced on Fox Sports North channel BLC Studios, now in its 17th year of broadcasting Division One college hockey, showed off it’s student-led broadcast capabilities while producing a Minnesota State University women’s college hockey game for the Fox Sports North (FSN) Plus network on Saturday, February 17, 2018.

The game was done entirely by the students, including the announcing. Alumnus Andrew Jelken (‘17) who was reporting and interviewing players and coaches, joined the crew. Lucas Dorton (‘19) was the color commentator. A total of twenty Bethany students were involved with the production. Dorton’s family in Denver, Colorado, ordered the game from a satellite feed and had a watch party in their home hosting a house full of people to see their son announce a game on Fox Sports!

This marks the second time in the program’s history that this studentrun broadcast was featured on a major network. February 23, 2006, featured Minnesota State vs. Wisconsin on ESPNU done by Bethany students. This time around the game was branded with Fox Sports graphics. Bethany students worked with Fox employees to ensure the show perfectly emulated Fox’s transitions, graphics, music, and format.

In November 2017, as part of the planning process, FSN in the Twin Cities, invited leaders from the BLC broadcast team to observe a Minnesota Wild production and sit with their producer and director. After that meeting with Fox Sports, students Kenny Ramirez (’18) and Tyler Rogers (’21) spent four weekends leading up to the Bethany-produced broadcast simulating Fox games in preparation for the featured contest.

Studio director, Greg Vandermause, believes that this production strengthened Bethany’s relationship with the Western Collegiate 10

Hockey Association (WCHA) and Fox Sports and will possibly lead to future Bethany productions on FSN. “The joy on the student’s faces after a successful production was such a blessing to see. It was a great opportunity and experience, and they all made the most of it.”

Above: Tyler Voight (left) worked as the technical director and Kenny Ramirez (right) was the game director.

Left: Lucas Dorton was the color commentator for the broadcast.

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Duo takes home multiple awards at media festival Kalley Hoshaw (’17) and Marcus Ruiz (’18) received three student awards from the 2018 Broadcast Education Association’s (BEA) Festival of Media Arts. BEA is Kalley Hoshaw a professional association for professors, industry professionals, and students who are interested in teaching and research related to electronic media and multimedia enterprises.

This competitive festival Marcus Ruiz receives entries in several categories ranging from dramatic narratives to non-fiction documentary and the frontiers of interactive multimedia. The scope is such that last year the festival received over 1,540 total entries in fifteen categories.

Hoshaw took third place in the Scriptwriting category for her original television series pilot Kadoka.

Hoshaw and Ruiz took third place in the Spots category for their promotional spot for Kadoka.

Hoshaw directed and produced this spot as part of her senior Capstone project.

Ruiz took second place in the Narrative/Live Narrative category for his work on the music video Return to Simba.

The two collected their prizes during BEA’s annual convention and Festival of Media Arts held April 7-10, 2018, in Las Vegas. The BEA Festival of Media Arts is an international refereed exhibition of faculty creative activities and a national showcase for student work. BEA’s annual convention attracts 1,300 educators and students with 200 sessions, events, research panels, technology workshops, and an exhibit hall.

Photo courtesy of Greg Vandermause

Back row from left: Sam Shubert, Tim Sheehan (‘06), Seth Grabow (‘14), Tyler Voigt Standing from left: David Luehring, Hayes Schneider, Isaac Rice (‘13), Cody Hardin (‘11), Landon Brands (‘14), Michaela Schultz, Kurt Shrader (‘10) Kneeling from left: Matt Wiechmann (‘05), Marcus Ruiz, Greg Vandermause (‘06) Not pictured: Jake Moldstad (‘06), Mike Leyrer (’08), Marcus Taplin (‘11)

Students gain experience, make connections at annual NABSHOW For students who want to see and learn about cutting-edge technology for film and broadcast, a great place to start is at the National Association of Broadcasters convention held at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Six Bethany students, along with BLC Studio Director Greg Vandermause, attended this year’s NABSHOW, as it’s called. In addition to attending conference sessions and viewing showroom exhibits, the group was able to visit with several Bethany alumni in attendance.

Eleven Bethany alumni took part in this year’s show and related events.

This becomes a great opportunity for Bethany students to network with these alumni, who all work in the film and broadcast industries. The students are able to make valuable connections and learn from these BLC graduates. Many of the alumni helped current students with meeting business insiders, providing them advice on career networking, and encouraging them to think about different aspects and opportunities within the business.

Vandermause said the students gain a lot from taking part.

“Those that want to get into broadcasting can see the bigger picture, the equipment they use, and talk to the people who develop it. It helps them to keep up on what the professionals are doing.”

NABSHOW attracts over 100,000 people to the event, which is also held in New York and Shanghai, China.

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Bukowski leads his final art tour in Italy for Bethany

Photo by Bill Bukowski

Bill and his wife Sherri at the Piazzale Michelangelo in Florence, Italy.

“The joy for me is introducing the magic of Italy to the students. I love to do a walking tour as if it were my town.”

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For the past thirty-eight years Professor William (Bill) Bukowski has taught a variety of art courses at Bethany. And if you attended Bethany any time during those four decades there’s a good chance you’ve been touched by Bukowski’s knowledge and charisma in some way. Whether that’s as an art major, a student earning your art general education requirement by taking art history (which is well worth the effort), or being engaged in a conversation about his beloved Green Bay Packers (who hasn’t had that experience?) you’ve undoubtedly enjoyed making his acquaintance.

Bukowski’s been a well-liked and popular instructor, inspiring both budding professional artists as well as students with perhaps just a passing interest in art to become lifelong appreciators. How does he make those meaningful connections for such a variety of students? It’s not by simply assigning a full reading of all 1152 pages of Janson’s History Of Art (the required text for Art History 1 and 2), but rather it’s Bukowski’s encouragement to appreciate art firsthand, for themselves.

Nearly every other year since 1997, Bukowski and his wife Sherri (’74) have led art history and appreciation tours to Italy. In total, it’s been eleven trips to Europe. But it’s also been a series of other trips that have allowed students to experience art on a personal level. These efforts have affected literally

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thousands of students during Bukowski’s tenure at BLC. Nineteen treks to New York City, two to Chicago, and seventy-one trips to the Minneapolis to visit the Institute of Art and Walker Art Center. But who’s counting? Well, as it turns out, Bukowski has been.

And that’s what makes this storyline so very valuable.

Many of the shorter trips to Minneapolis or New York occurred well before the first journey to Italy. It was one of Bukowski’s personal Italian study missions that became the catalyst for sharing the European masters with Bethany students.

“I was on a sabbatical in 1996 sitting in Venice with my traveling companion and cousin, Peter Poplaski, and I said, ‘I think I can lead a group of students here.’”

So today, while it’s fun for Bukowski to reminisce about the learning that’s occurred, it’s also a little bittersweet for him to have embarked on his last Italian art appreciation trip. After trekking well over 100,000 miles, the Professor has decided March 2018 was his last Italian journey. At least that’s the word from Bukowski. On the Bethany campus there is a sense of disbelief that this is actually true. These trips are the stuff of legend, if not satisfying exhaustion, for many an alumni.

“My approach to traveling with Bethany students is fairly intense…we try not to rely on buses too much, and try to see as much great art as we can in a fairly condensed period of time.”

The trip starts in Venice and continues to Florence,

The final group to be led by Bukowski on the stairs near the Borghese Gallery in Rome.

Assisi, and Rome. The side trips are important too. They include Ravenna, Orvieto, and Pompeii. Each day is integral to the other days with architecture, paintings, sculpture, and the specific style of each city.

“What we can accomplish in a few days would not be possible for a person on their own. The arrangements, reservations, ground transportation, the where to go and what to see, just would not be possible without years of experience and a good travel company.

“The joy for me is introducing the magic of Italy to the students. I love to do a walking tour as if it were my town. The individual geniuses are also such an attraction: Michelangelo, Titian, Bernini, and Caravaggio, all worked and lived in these cities and left artwork where it is still on display.

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Photo by Bill Bukowski

Visiting the Forum Romanum (Roman Forum) at the center of the city of Rome.

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Photo posted on Bill Bukowski’s office door declaring the first Bukowski Art Army from 2004. From left: Luke Ulrich (‘05), Peter Faugstad (‘05), Nicholas Anderson (‘06), and Jeffrey Bukowski (‘00).

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“Everyday, I want to make sure the students see great masterpieces of art. But it is also important that they do have time to discover the cities on their own and feel comfortable in that particular city.”

Alumna Leah Kurth (’17) explained her take on the Italy trip. “For me, the most important aspect of the Italy trip is the camaraderie. We spent months learning in class together before the trip, chatting about what we were most excited to see, and getting advice from those who have gone before. Professor Bukowski mentioned many times that ‘everyone on this trip is your best friend,’ and it’s true. It was great getting to know my fellow travelers throughout the trip.

In 2004, as a result of a student’s comment in jest, the phrase Bukowski Art Army was coined. That student was Luke Ulrich (‘05).

Ulrich explained, “After going on both a New York and Italy trip with Professor Bukowski, three of my classmates and I were inspired to take our own trip the following year to experience beauty and art. We headed to France in order to take in as much as possible. We took trains to see a masterpiece, the Isenheim Altarpiece in Colmar, France, which at the time Bill himself hadn’t seen. When we returned from the trip we printed off a picture of the four of us in front of the Isenheim Altarpiece and wrote something on it like: ‘Been there done that! —The Bukowski Art Army’ and taped it onto the middle of Bill’s studio door, goading him on a little bit, It’s still there today over a decade later!. Even though we did it in jest, I think Professor Bukowski took it as a great compliment— knowing that his art history classes and trips had inspired another generation to go see and experience culture, beauty, and civilization for themselves! After that, the desire to seek culture and beauty and to experience it became summarized by saying: “This is what we do as part of the Bukowski Art Army!”

Ulrich, who is now a pastor at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Mankato, recently presented Bukowski with Art Army buttons for the final Italy trip.

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“It’s kind of fun that this carries on and is still part of the folklore at BLC. It shows that the drive to experience and appreciate these things is present on campus. I think it’s a big part of the liberal arts program that Bethany is known for, and it epitomizes the kind of spirit that Bill has brought to campus for these past decades. I think everyone who’s been on a trip with Bill Bukowski instantly connects with the mentality and attitude that is summarized by the name Bukowski Art Army.”

Besides the hundreds of Bethany students, some adults and nontraditional students have also been recruited into the Art Army. That group includes Presidents Emeriti Marvin Meyer and Dan Bruss, college administrators, faculty, staff, and a few friends of Bethany.

To be clear, Bukowski will still be teaching at Bethany Lutheran College. And he’s still committed to that first person art experience for his students. It’s just that the upcoming trips might have to happen a little closer to Mankato if he’s leading.

“I’ve really been blessed with some great Bethany students coming along for my style of enrichment and appreciation. It has been one of the most rewarding aspects of my teaching at Bethany. I’ll still keep traveling and promoting art excursions, but it’s time for others to continue the tradition.”

Photo by Jacob Stratton

The group near the Duomo Di Orvieto in Orvieto, Italy.

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Shining spotlight on theatre Awards and accolades given at annual festival

BY L ANCE SCHWARTZ DIREC TOR OF INSTITUTIONAL COM MUNICATION

Bethany students take part in a variety of industry specific events throughout their years studying. For students in the Theatre Department, one of these events is the Region V Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). Several had the opportunity to explore and learn more about their craft at the 2018 Festival, held in Des Moines, Iowa.

Attendees took part in workshops and productions, in addition to earning recognition for several past performances by the Bethany Theatre Department.

Bethany has been participating at KCACTF V for nearly fifteen years according to Associate Professor of Theatre Benji Inniger.

“It’s a great place to promote and celebrate all of the good work we do in collegiate theatre. Our students often leave energized and invigorated to see their craft in a different context and gain inspiration from all of the work and ideas to which they are exposed.”

While learning is the key objective in attending the Festival, there is also a recognition component for participating institutions. Bethany students and staff were blessed with many commendations.

Lydia Lonnquist, Anna Meyer, Tessa Snyder, Amir Trotter, and Sophia Weisensel, along with their acting partners Hans Bloedel, Olivia Lippert, Beret Ouren, and Maren Thompson were nominated to participate in the Irene Ryan Scholarship Program. This year, 330 students from the region participated in the event.

Lonnquist was among the top twenty percent chosen to advance to the semi-final round.

Bethany was also honored to participate in the

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Photos courtesy of Benji Inniger

From left: Professor Benji Inniger, Tessa Snyder, Lydia Lonnquist, Anna Meyer, Hans Bloedel, and Beret Ouren showing off the costumes designed by Emily Kimball.

Bethany was awarded the following special certificates of merit from Kennedy Center representatives: Professor Benji Inniger for achievement in original music for The Women of Troy

Emily Kimball for achievement in costume design for Tell It To The Wind

Jake Yenish for achievement in lighting design for Tell It To The Wind

Jacob Kempfert for achievement in translation for The Women of Troy

Beret Ouren for achievement in original music and music direction for Tell It To The Wind

The Cast for achievement in ensemble performance for The Women of Troy

Invited Scene Showcase. Lonnquist, Trotter, and Weisensel performed a scene from Bethany’s production of The Women of Troy for an estimated 1,200 audience members at the Des Moines Civic Center.

In addition, Lonnquist participated in the Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy Program, Patti Lilienthal and Maren Thompson participated in the Dramaturgy Program, and Beret Ouren participated in the Design Expo. Lilienthal was awarded first place in the regional dramaturgy competition, and Ouren captured first place in the regional sound design competition. Bethany was one of eight schools selected to be in the costume parade finale, featuring Emily Kimball’s costumes from The Women of Troy.

Inniger also believes the experience sheds light on the role of Christianity in Bethany’s theatre program and beyond. “The performing arts can be a challenging place for Christians. The festival provides a unique opportunity to let our lights shine, and I believe it also helps the students to realize the niche and need for the Christian theatre artist. It is safe to say that doing theatre through the lens of Christ puts us in the minority. When you’re in the minority, you can either shy away from your identity and try to blend in, or stand strong, embrace your beliefs, and see the need for the influence of Christian artists in our culture. If we all shied away, there would be none left to influence the world. Above all, I would hope that the students feel emboldened by being active and successful among their peers, hopefully validating and reinforcing their right to a voice as Christian artists.”

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A Sound Game

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Benji Inniger at his home recording studio.

Inniger creating music for video games world wide A lot of gamers could probably hum every note of the Assassin’s Creed series, with the sound of every weapon strike ingrained in their minds.

Fewer of them probably realize the brilliant mind behind most of those notes is the Danish-born composer Jesper Kyd, also known for composing the Hitman series of games.

Benji lnniger (Assistant Professor of Theatre) certainly knows well that name and those notes. In fact, he’s gained quite a bit of inspiration from Kyd and other game composers as he’s begun his own side career in sound designing for video games from his home studio in North Mankato.

He’s already got about fifteen titles on his resume.

“I started another one today, and they’re just kind of turning me loose (to do what I want).”

“There have been some fun ones along the way, like somebody needed a parody of The Matrix soundtrack.

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So there’s always fun stuff about it. Every project is so different.”

One of his favorites so far was a mobile game called Bloom Kingdom, which he worked on with a developer in California. The game is a “fairly simple, cute, match/puzzle game” set in a cartoonish medieval world, he said.

“I’m really proud of the music,” said Inniger, who described it as having a classical waltz and fantasy sound with strings and accordion. “It was really folky and fun and lighthearted and sweet.”

Inniger has been experimenting with music since the age of four or five, when he started learning piano. He majored in theatre and minored in music at Bethany, graduating in 2006. He went on to earn his master of fine arts in sound design at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

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All the while he’s been sound designing and composing scores for numerous plays and musicals.

He’s also worked on a couple of film projects.

The video game gigs came about through a lead from an old high school friend who put Inniger in contact with a game developer who gave him advice on how to get started in the industry. “l was a kid of the ‘80s growing up with Nintendo,” lnniger said. “I’ve always loved video game music, but it never occurred to me (until then) to work on it.”

Inniger found a Reddit community called Game Developer Classifieds where developers post jobs and find team members to work on various aspects of creating a game. His theatre resume helped him get his first couple of gigs on that forum, and then word of mouth and repeat work carried him forward from there. His first job was on a game called PolyTerra with Monochromatic Games, which allowed him to create a sci-fi, futuristic score. The game never actually came out; the company dissolved. But Inniger learned a lot from the experience.

“I would have never had the opportunity to interact with such an interesting and diverse group of talented folks if it had not been for game work.”

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“That happens way more frequently than you’d think.

Projects don’t get completed,” he said. “A lot of the indie developers are just people working all over the world and communicating by email.”

As Inniger has worked on projects at his digital audio workstation in his basement, using the music software Cubase, his stash of recorded audio, virtual instruments, and “weird percussion junk” has grown into a decent collection. That gives him plenty of choices when a developer discusses what he or she is looking for in a game score.

A developer might put in a temporary soundtrack to a game using another composer’s music to give Inniger an idea of the “feel” he or she is going for.

“They might say, ‘I’ve really been listening to the Gladiator soundtrack a lot, or Avatar: The Last Airbender, and it should sound like that,’” he said.

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Two of the games Inniger has created original sound design for are Gravity Galaxy, and Bloom Kingdom.

the world including England, India, Germany, San Salvador, Mexico, Russia, Italy, Sweden, and South Korea has been one of Inniger’s favorite aspects of his work.

“I would have never had the opportunity to interact with such an interesting and diverse group of talented folks if it had not been for game work,” he said.

One of the most recognizable games Inniger has worked on is the mobile game Gravity Galaxy, described as an “intergalactic planet-hopping puzzler.”

Set in space, players curve around stars and escape from aliens in order to make it to planet Earth.

Among his current projects, Inniger is working with a Minnesota developer on his first Nintendo Switch game. Although, like with most games, mum’s the word until the game is ready for release. Inniger said he’s loved to see the evolution of gaming since he was a kid, and that includes the music, which he has always paid special attention to as a musician himself. The game scores of the 1980s and 1990s were so distinctly “video game music,” he said, and today many of the scores are indistinguishable from modern Hollywood films. And that allows a lot of room for experimentation and creativity.

Inniger also has been pleasantly surprised by how similar sound designing is for the theatre and for gaming, which is also a highly adaptive medium. In the way music has to deal with and react to action taking place on the stage, it has to do the same for players’ actions in a game. He’s not just creating a background score, but also the sound effects of all the game’s functions and players’ moves, which is very exciting.

“It’s been a lot of fun,” Inniger said.

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Alternative plan turns into true calling for Grove

BY L ANCE SCHWARTZ • DIREC TOR OF INSTITUTIONAL COM MUNICATION

Photo by David Norris

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Since the time Bethany senior Josh Grove turned sixteen years old, he had an idea, let’s say a plan, about his post high school education. In his mind, the plan was set in stone, and it had nothing to do with Bethany Lutheran College.

“Since my sophomore year in high school, I was dead set on attending West Point [United States Military Academy]. Everything I did in high school was in some way connected to bolstering my [West Point] application to help increase my odds of acceptance.

Failure was not an option, and it wasn’t until my parents convinced me that I needed a contingency plan [if West Point did not offer acceptance] that I started looking at alternate colleges.

“So, while I was continuing to develop my West Point application, I applied for a four-year National Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Scholarship and looked for a college that I could use it at. I knew that my older sister, Rebecca, was attending Bethany, and she loved it. I decided to apply [to Bethany] as my backup to West Point.”

The advice of Grove’s parents turned to reality when he wasn’t accepted at West Point. Grove was devastated by the news, and he wasn’t exactly excited about following his older sister to Bethany.

But, that’s where his story takes an interesting twist.

“After I received the denial letter from West Point, I was absolutely crushed. I had worked on building my resume for three years in hopes that I would be accepted, and it almost felt like all that work had been pointless. I didn’t really want to go to Bethany, and I felt that my calling was to West Point. In total, I applied to two colleges, West Point and Bethany, and I never anticipated that I would end up at Bethany.

“But God has a unique way about shaping futures, and I told myself that I would attend Bethany for one year, get some Army experience in the ROTC program at Minnesota State University (MSU), and then reapply to West Point the following year. But things changed, after about a semester in God really opened my eyes and showed me that I was right where

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Josh Grove with fiancée Jemimah Cordes.

“I found myself falling in love with the people at Bethany, growing closer to the community, and strengthening my relationship with God.” - J OS H G R OV E

He wanted me to be. I found myself falling in love with the people at Bethany, growing closer to the community, and strengthening my relationship with God. At that point I knew I was in the right pace and decided to stay at Bethany and finish my degree and the four-year ROTC program at MSU. (The Minnesota State Maverick Battalion is comprised of students from Bethany Lutheran College, Gustavus Adolphus College, and Minnesota State University, Mankato.)

Grove was recently honored as one of the top Army ROTC Cadets in the nation. The honored Cadets are nominated based on scholarship, leadership, physical fitness, and community involvement and are designated George C. Marshall Award recipients for their respective year. The two hundred seventy-five honorees from across the nation are college seniors, and most of them hold senior leadership positions within their Army ROTC detachments. As a result of this award, Grove was invited to attend the 39th annual George C. Marshall Leadership & Awards Seminar at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

As an ROTC member, Grove has kept very busy throughout his four years at Bethany.

During the school year, Grove and other Maverick Battalion Cadets take part in physical training in the mornings three to five times a week, participate in weekly Lead Labs, conduct Field Training Exercises (FTX) once a semester, and enlist in different competitions around the country. Grove has also sought out

extra training opportunities offered by the Army. During summer breaks he’s spent time in Turkey training with the Turkish Land Forces, participated and graduated from both the Airborne and Air Assault School, and interned at the Army’s Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense in Aberdeen, Maryland.

“The ROTC experience has been fantastic! I’ve been able to develop as a future leader and acquire skills to be successful both as an Army Officer and as a future civilian. I absolutely love the unique training opportunities I’ve taken part in overseas and within the United States.

Not only are they relevant to my career, they are also once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. At times, it has been a challenging and rigid experience, but well worth it and I wouldn’t go back and change a thing. With respect to the award, it was nice to see all the hard work and time I’ve put into ROTC pay off. I have the privilege of graduating in the top ten percent of Army ROTC Cadets this year, and my commissioning class has the honor of being ranked the highest in the country.”

While Groves’ commitment to his ROTC program is quite evident, he is even more candid when you ask him about his Bethany experience.

“Bethany, without a doubt, surpassed my expectations! I absolutely loved the Bethany experience and the knowledge I gained is priceless! The psychology major not only equipped me with the tools to be successful in the field of psychology, but the career development courses taught me unique skills that will better help me to serve God, my family, and any other field I might find myself in. It was through Bethany that I was able to meet my beautiful fiancée, Jemimah, and I am truly blessed to have her in my life. In the end, Bethany set me up for success in ways I could have never imagined. I wouldn’t trade Bethany for the world, and I thank God every day that the rejection letter from West Point found its way into my mailbox.”

Grove will graduate in May with a psychology major and minors in business administration and military science. ROTC Cadets are commissioned as active duty officers upon graduation from college and Grove will become an Active Duty Medical Service Corps 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army one week prior to his BLC graduation. In mid-July he will report to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to complete Basic Officer Leadership Course, and after that he will report to his first duty station in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, to begin his service in the U.S. Army.

Grove had the opportunity to train in Turkey with Turkish Land Forces.

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New programs offer more choices Bethany Lutheran College (BLC) has added several new majors during the past two years.

Bethany’s new engineering program is modeled closely after the bachelor of arts in engineering sciences program at Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Two concentrations or tracks are available: mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering.

Bethany will now also offer graphic design as a standalone major.

Bethany students have previously had the option to pursue graphic design as a component of the College’s studio art curriculum. The addition of the standalone major allows the College to more accurately promote the graphic design program to prospective students. The new major will join the already-established studio art and media arts programs under the umbrella of the College’s Fine Arts Division.

Bethany’s new biochemistry major maintains the broadly based exposure to all areas of chemistry that are part of Bethany’s current chemistry major and defines additional courses that further develop the student’s laboratory skills and knowledge base in biochemistry.

The computer science major at BLC is designed to provide a broad understanding of computer systems and the software that runs on those systems. Bethany’s computer science major is based in the liberal arts, wherein students are encouraged to take a variety of courses from other disciplines. This grounding in the liberal arts helps students to be innovative thinkers, problem solvers, and have experiences far beyond the confines of a traditional computer science degree.

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The Education Department has created an endorsement program for pre-primary grades. This endorsement is an add-on to K-6 licensure, giving teachers the training and required permission to teach ages three through sixth grade. With the advent of funded voluntary pre-kindergarten in Minnesota public schools, the need for trained and licensed teachers is essential. In addition to the endorsement programs, the department also developed the new special education major. With a critical shortage of special education teachers throughout the nation, Bethany’s history of training highly qualified and competent educators that are greatly sought after for their professional excellence and Christian compassion prompted the College to begin offering the special education major.

The Legal Studies (Pre-Law) Department now offers a paralegal certificate. The paralegal certificate program includes a comprehensive and intensive educational experience for students and provides them with the required skills to begin a paralegal career in a variety of areas such as family law, criminal law, business/corporate law, or real estate law.

Students will gain knowledge in many areas including court structure, legal procedures, client interviewing, legal research and writing, and document preparation.

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Sean King’s (’95) movie Same Time Next Week is currently airing on Dish Network’s PIXL network. It premiered in August 2017 and can also be viewed on the PIXL YouTube channel.

Gary Reinholtz (‘64) was recently inducted into the National Athletic Trainer’s Association Hall of Fame. Reinholtz was the first athletic trainer for Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, where he served for twenty-two years. After his retirement from Gustavus, Reinholtz was a financial associate for Thrivent Financial in St. Peter.

Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Kessel Peace Institute honored Bukata Hayes (’96) of Greater Mankato Diversity Council, and John W. Anderson (’67) as recipients of the institute’s 2017 Community Peace Maker Awards.

The awards were presented at a ceremony on Tuesday, November 14, 2017, at Minnesota State University, Mankato. The award is given to an individual or group in the greater Mankato area that promotes social justice and peace. Hayes received the award for his work as the Executive Director of the Greater Mankato Diversity Council, and Anderson received the award for his work in the creation of the video documentary, Two Weeks in May, which is a film created to tell the story of student protests at Mankato State College in 1972.

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Dan (’68) and Linda (Madson ‘68) Browning celebrated the occasion of Alex (‘01) Browning’s marriage to Leigh Jensen last August 11, 2017, in Minneapolis. Dan and Linda are enjoying retirement and the freedom to do volunteer work and travel. Alex is the owner of Browning Construction, LLC. Jacob (‘96) and wife, Jennifer have three sons and live in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Jake is an Assistant Chief Pilot with JetBlue airlines currently based at JFK Airport in New York City. Katie (Browning ’95) Roeber and husband Scott, have four children and live in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Katie teaches pre-school at King of Grace Lutheran Church and School (ELS) in Golden Valley, Minnesota.

Brian Bartelt (’07) reports that Benjamin Karl Frederick was born on November 15, 2017. He was welcomed home by his sister Emily and brothers Joseph and Daniel.

2000s Rev. Paul Webber (‘09) and his wife Marta (Krause ‘13) are happy to announce the birth of another daughter, Marilyn Joy Webber. She joins her older siblings, John (6), Helen (3), and James (almost 2) in looking forward to going to Bethany someday. The Webbers live in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah, where Paul serves as the pastor of the ELS congregation there.

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James Dunham (’86) is currently serving as Senior Pastor at South Miami Lutheran Church.

He leads Spanish and English worship, education, and evangelism. “Join us for a vacation in sunny Miami, Florida, anytime, and visit with us!

God bless Bethany and its awesome alumni!”

Tasha Ruser (’03) married Adam Walker on June 24, 2017, at Breezy Point Resort in Breezy Point, Minnesota. Tasha, Adam and their two children, Hannah (10) and Bentlee (6), reside in Blue Earth, Minnesota. Tasha is a Senior Branch Office Administrator at Edward Jones and Adam is finishing his master’s in education and is the head boy’s basketball coach for the Granada/Huntley/East Chain/Martin Luther/ Truman Jaguars.

Trisha (Lynch ’11) Perley and her husband, Nathaniel, welcomed their son Joseph on March 31, 2017.

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“Jessica.” Jessica begins working as a nurse at the hospital (Landesklinikum) in Klosterneuburg, Austria, in April 2018.

In Memoriam Carissa (Ott ‘12) Christenson married Dane Christenson (‘10) on March 17, 2018, at Peace Lutheran Church in North Mankato, Minnesota.

Alumni participating in this joyous ceremony were: Dani (Townsend ‘10) Bartels, Emily Heintz (‘12), David Ott (‘15), and Kathryn Wolf (‘13). The couple now live and work in Mankato.

Stephanie (Erlandson ‘13) and Noah Heidorn (‘14) were married on October 28, 2017, in Brainerd, Minnesota. Members of the wedding party included Bethany graduates Rachael Heidorn (’17), Kristie Brown (’14), Sophia (Faugstad ‘14) Abbey, Joseph Lundsten (’14), Nate Lee (’14), Troy Hoyord (’14), John Schroeder (‘07), Stephanie (Heidorn ‘12) Schroeder, and Louis Blocker (’13). Stephanie and Noah recently returned from teaching in South Korea and currently reside in Blaine, Minnesota.

Megan Labitzky (’13) married Corey Rahn on June 10, 2017, at King of Grace Lutheran Church in Golden Valley, Minnesota. Megan and Corey reside in Albert Lea, Minnesota, where Megan is a speech therapist and Corey is a preschool teacher.

Jessica E. Mueller (‘13) recently earned an allgemeines Diplom der Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege from the Pflegeakademie der Barmherzigen Brüder in Vienna, Austria, and bachelor of science in nursing from the Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und Technik in Hall in Tirol, Austria. Adding these degrees to her degree from Bethany, she is now Jessica E. Mueller, DGKP, BA, BScN— but she has assured friends and family that she will still respond to

Gary Wayne Buzzard (‘81) passed away on January 19, 2018. It was at BLC where he met his wife of 30 years, Linda Nelson. They were married on March 20, 1982, and had three children, Alan, Ashley, and Andrew. They were later divorced. Gary worked at various jobs throughout his lifetime, including welding and boiler operation. He will be remembered for his great sense of humor and ability to make others laugh.

Elaine Caroline (Seltz ‘44) Boettcher passed away February 1, 2018. Elaine attended Bethany and was also a graduate of Valparaiso University. Elaine married Rev. Fred Boettcher on July 7, 1955. The Lord blessed this marriage with five children: Fred, Miriam, Paul, Beth, and Kristen.

Elaine served the Lord and others in many ways: Lutheran high school math teacher, librarian, and church organist beginning from her high school years in congregations in almost all of the communities where she resided.

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