Bethany Attends WVICU Annual Meeting

Bethany College freshman Megan Carnahan speaks to the board of directors and donors at the West Virginia Independent Colleges & Universities annual meeting in Beckley, W.Va. An English major and mathematics/secondary education minor, Carnahan is receiving a Circle of Vision Scholarship through the generosity of the Schenk Charitable Trust.

Gamble Publishes Book Review in International Journal

A book review by Dr. Mort Gamble, assistant to the president and a circus historian, is featured this month in Spectacle, the international online journal of the circus arts (spectaclemagazine.com).

Inside the Changing Circus: A Critic’s Guide by David Lewis Hammarstrom (Bear Manor Media, 2012) is an in-depth study of the changing art and commerce of the circus industry.  “His book aims to help us understand what’s out there, how and why it’s out there, and what, if any, artistic merit contemporary circus productions possess,” Gamble writes. “The real premise of the book is where will/can the circus business go from here, please audiences enough to fill seats, and remain true to its fundamental mission—‘to dare us to look away.’”

Spectacle is edited and published by Ernest Albrecht, a scholar, biographer, and theatre critic, who has written extensively on show business and the circus for Time, Variety, and other publications. Gamble is a frequent contributor to various circus publications.

Bethany College Represented at New York Gala Honoring McCanns

William Kiefer ‘71, Executive Vice President and General Counsel and Sven de Jong ‘95, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, were honored to be guests of Reed Smith, with almost one thousand other attendees, at The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York Gala Benefit in New York City.  Robert ’80 and Cindy McCann were presented with the Deus Caritas Est Award by His Eminence, Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York for their generous charitable work.  The evening raised a record $2.5 million in support of the 60 member agencies that Catholic Charities supports.  The event was emceed by Pat Battle, anchor/reporter NBC 4 New York along with a special performance by Megan Hilty who stars in NBC’s new series Smash.

Bethany Trivia

Why in 1855 were 5 students expelled from Bethany College?

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Faculty Spotlight

WVU College of Law Director of Admissions Visits
Tina Jernigan, Director of Admissions, of the WVU College of Law, spoke in Morlan Lounge on Tuesday, February 28.  She presented to interested pre-law students about WVU's programs, the opportunities for practicing law in West Virginia, the Summer Law Institute at WVU for undergraduates, and the steps needed for success in the law school admissions process. [Story submitted by Marc B. Sable, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science.]

Professor Sable Speaks in Ambridge on Egypt and the Arab Spring
On Sunday, February 26, Dr. Marc Sable of the Department of History and Political Science gave a presentation at the Beth Samuel Jewish Center in Ambridge, PA.  The talk highlighted the "soft authoritarianism" of the Mubarak regime, the different strands within the Islamic movement in Egypt (and within the Muslim Brotherhood), the continuing role of the military and implications of the Arab Spring for Israel and for US foreign policy.