beyond the green

 For the past three-and-a-half years, I have been the self-proclaimed sports photographer at Bethel College.  I really love photographing the passion that people have for a particular activity, and sports photography is one way of doing that.  I usuall… more »

We've had awesome weather the past week here in North Newton. It' s been a little on the windy side, but for February it's fabulous. The downside of having nice weather, of course, is that when you have class all afternoon it's hard to get out and apprec… more »

This was a weekend of fun and games. To start off the weekend, Voth Hall held a dance on their top floor; the Cowboys and Indians Dance. It was different than most dances because it had 3 different dance floors with different types of music. One was a du… more »

Right as I was just starting to get used to my second semester schedule, a flurry of very important distractions began. There is an opera, The Tender Land, being performed on campus next weekend, the spring sports season has begun, and the KMEA conventio… more »

Second semester has started off well. I have probably my heaviest academic load so far, but it is exciting at the same time. Sophomore year is the year that your major really kicks off. Up until around your second semester you are all about general educa… more »

 Last Monday was my very first full-class lesson.  My supervising teacher thought since Art is a once-a-week lesson it would be a good subject for me to take over.  Immediately I thought about the lessons I had planned for my Bethel class (Teaching the… more »

 I have survived and thrived during my first full week of student teaching.  This semester I’m lucky enough to be student teaching in a 2nd grade classroom in my home school district.  I moved home so my daily commute is only 9 minutes one way as oppos… more »

 Interterm has finished up, the break between Interterm and second semester was, as usual, unsatisfyingly short, and our new classes have been in session for about a week.  As previously mentioned, I was in BIFL for Interterm.  It was really an enjoyab… more »

Interterm finished last Thursday. Interterm is the month of January in which we take one class for 2.5 to 3 hours everyday. I took Intro to Biblical Studies which is a required course at Bethel. In this course we went through the bible and studied each b… more »