BETHEL COLLEGE ALUMNI MAGAZINE SUMMER 2019 Around THE Green CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 TAKE NOTE Highlights 6 FEATURE STORY Step by step 10 INQUIRY A partnership for prairie biodiversity 12 INTERIOR What the trail can teach 16 CAMPUS NEWS 29 CLASS NOTES ON THE COVER: In 2018, Katrina Horner ‘15 took on the Pacic Crest Trail, winding 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada through California, Oregon and Washington. 10 PHOTO BY BRYCE HOSTETLER Around the Green Photography SUMMER 2019 Taylor Brown, Vada Snider, Melanie Zuercher Join us on Facebook, Instagram, bethelks.edu Around the Green Twitter and YouTube. Editorial Board Bethel College Taylor Brown, Brad Kohlman, Erin Myrtle, 300 East 27th Street Brad Schmidt and Melanie Zuercher North Newton, KS 67117-1716 Class Notes Ben Lichti and Greta Hiebert Comments:
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[email protected]. 19009 2 AROUND THE GREEN | BETHELKS.EDU EDITORIAL LIKE CLAY ON THE POTTER’S WHEEL Dear Alumni and Friends of Bethel College, With joy, I present Around the Green, the new Bethel to our education. Rejecting the strictly utilitarian and College alumni magazine. I want to thank Brad Schmidt ’88 materialistic outcomes of higher education, we instead strive (director of alumni engagement), Tricia Clark (director of for holistic wellness of our graduates.