The Bethany College Office of Student Life announces a full schedule of activities slated for March in recognition of Women’s Month 2010. Events, designed to celebrate womanhood and increase awareness of women’s issues, are open to Bethany community members and friends.
Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a Mandala Sand Painting March 8-11 at Bethany College. The visit, originally set for February 8-11, was rescheduled due to winter weather.
Bethany College will celebrate 170 years as a small college of national distinction with Founder’s Day on March 4. Festivities will include a formal convocation and wreath-laying ceremony. Dr. Walter M. Bortz III, President Emeritus of Hampden-Sydney College and Trustee Emeritus of Bethany College, will give the keynote address.
W. Randolph Cooey, a graduate and long-time economics professor of Bethany College, will be honored with the establishment of an endowed award, The W. Randolph Cooey Value Added Award, made possible through an $11,000 contribution by an anonymous donor. He will retire from the College at the end of the current academic year.
The Bethany College Hands to Haiti initiative continues Feb. 22-26 with Project RED Week, hosted by the Office of Student Life and the Student Activities Council (SAC). Hands to Haiti programs were designed to raise funds and support for victims of the recent catastrophe in Haiti.
The Bethany College Freshman Class Council is working in coordination with Chartwells and Bethany’s Office of Student Life to raise funds and awareness for Haiti with a Haitian dinner on March 3. The event, part of the College’s Hands to Haiti initiative, will be held in Bethany’s cafeteria from 5-7:30 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend.
