With Kalon Leadership Academy keynote speaker John Osborne, a retired Apple executive, and Kathy Furbee.

With M.E. Gamble (Chair of Business, Communications & Media Arts) and Rhianna Petrone at the conclusion of the Bethany College "Relay for Life" in the Sandwen Arena.  Prof. Gamble provided moving closing remarks about her own recent battle with cancer. Rhianna, the coordinator of the annual event, announced that over $7,000 had been raised for the American Cancer Society. 

Enjoyable visit Saturday afternoon in Wilmington, OH, with two long-time friends from over 30 years ago at Rio Grande Colleges (now University of Rio Grande). Dr. David Black and Dr. Paul C. Hayes, President of Rio Grande for 11 years.

A good turnout for Bethany College "Thirsty Thursday" at Houston's in Atlanta.

Bethany College Trivia

Q: How much money did Bethany College Founder Alexander Campbell receive for teaching and serving as the College’s president?

A: From Bethany College’s founding in 1840 to Campbell’s death in 1866, he was never compensated for teaching or serving as president. He paid his own traveling expenses, gave personal loans to students, paid faculty out of his own pocket, and funded much of the College’s construction.

Bethany College Relay for Life

Each year, more than 4 million people in over 20 countries raise much-needed funds and awareness to save lives from cancer through the “Relay For Life” movement. Bethany College’s annual “Relay for Life” event with be held Friday (Feb. 28), beginning at 8 p.m., and end Saturday morning at 8 a.m. Bethany senior Jessica Miller, an English Education major from Greensburg, PA, will be the featured speaker at the opening ceremony, and M.E. Gamble, Chair of the Business, Communications and Media Arts Department, will speak at the closing ceremony.

I encourage all of you to get involved in this important event, either by creating a team, coming out to Sandwen Arena (in the Thomas Phillips Johnson Recreation Center) to support the walkers, or providing monetary support.

For additional information, please contact Rhianna Petrone ( rpetrone@bethanywv.edu) or Kenn Morgan ( kmorgan@bethanywv.edu ).

Talking graduate school with talented student-leader Monica Westerheide, a junior from Zanesville, Ohio.  Monica is an honors student and leader in a wide variety of student activities.

Talking growth opportunities in the Presidents Athletic Conference with Commissioner Joe Onderko and Bethany AD Brian Rose.

Dr. Rodney B. Hurl ('52) Baseball Collection

The T.W. Phillips Memorial Library unveiled the Dr. Rodney B. Hurl ’52 Baseball Collection on February 25th in honor of Dr. Hurl’s 84th birthday. The collection includes more than 100 titles about his favorite pastime. From profiles of individual players and teams, the history of the sport, and baseball inspired works of literature, this collection adds greater depth to this area of the library’s holdings. Pictured with Heather Ricciuti, The Mary Cutlip Director of Libraries & Learning Resources.

Bethany College Founder's Day Celebration March 6

I am pleased to invite you to our Founder’s Day celebration on Thursday, March 6, beginning at 11 a.m. in Commencement Hall. The College received its official charter from the Legislature of Virginia March 2, 1840. The charter was affirmed June 20, 1863, by the Legislature of the newly formed state of West Virginia.

Jeffrey L. Seglin, a 1978 Bethany graduate and an internationally acclaimed ethics columnist and Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, will be the keynote speaker. He authors a popular, internationally syndicated column, “The Right Thing.” He is the author or co-author of more than a dozen books on business and writing. The Right Thing: Conscience, Profit and Personal Responsibility in Today's Business was named one of the "Best Business Books of 2003" by the Library Journal.

Jeff has written for the New York Times, Fortune, Real Simple, FSB, Salon.com, Time.com, Sojourners, MIT's Sloan Management Review, Harvard Management Update, Business 2.0, ForbesASAP, CIO, CFO and MBA Jungle. He has contributed commentaries to Public Radio's “Marketplace” and has appeared as a commentator on CNN, CNBC, Fox 25, WGBH's Greater Boston and more. From 1999 until 2011, he was a tenured associate professor at Emerson College in Boston where he was also the director of the graduate program in publishing and writing. He has lectured throughout the country on business ethics and hosted an hour-long live television show, “Doing Well by Doing Good,” which aired on PBS’s Richmond, Va., affiliate.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Bethany, a master’s degree in theological studies from The Divinity School at Harvard University, and will receive the Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, at the Founder’s Convocation.

Following the Convocation, and a lunch honoring leaders from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), we will have the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at 1:30 p.m. at the Campbell Cemetery (in case of inclement weather, the event will be the Meeting House). The wreath will be placed at the gravesite of Alexander Campbell (1788-1866), Bethany College’s founder and first president. Guests are invited to visit the Campbell Mansion, one of Bethany’s National Historic Landmarks, following the ceremony.

All events are open to the public.