Bethel University is an evangelical Christian higher education institution with approximately 6,000 students from 36 countries enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, seminary, and adult education programs. The main campus is located in Arden Hills, Minnesota, a suburb of St. Paul, and the seminary has a second campus in San Diego.
The university has a performing arts program, including Benson Great Hall, a concert hall, and The Bethel Choir, the university's 75-voice concert choir which has performed throughout Europe and Scandinavia.
Fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission—North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the university is also a member of the Christian College Consortium. Bethel University is affiliated with and supported by the congregations of Converge Worldwide, formerly known as the Baptist General Conference.
Bethel University began in Chicago, Illinois as a seminary for Baptist immigrants from Sweden. John Alexis Edgren opened a department for Scandinavian theological students in the fall of 1871 in the basement of First Swedish Baptist Church in Chicago starting in 1871.[4] The seminary merged with Bethel Academy in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1914. In 1931 the Academy became Bethel Junior College. The addition of a four-year liberal arts college program created Bethel College and Seminary in 1947. The school relocated from St. Paul to Arden Hills, Minnesota in 1972. Beginning in 2004, the institution changed its name to Bethel University.
Main Education Buildings[edit]
There are six main education buildings located at the center of Bethel University's main campus in Arden Hills, Minnesota. They run Southwest/Northeast and are connected on the first three floors by weather-protected skyways and tunnels.
Starting from the Southwest and running to the Northeast the buildings are as follows (with abbreviations in parentheses): Benson Great Hall and Lundquist Community Life Center (CLC), Academic Center (AC), Brushaber Commons (BC), Clauson Fine Arts Center (CC), Hagstrom Student Services Center (HC), and Robertson Physical Education Center (RC).
Campus housing[edit]
The College of Arts and Sciences has four freshman residence halls on campus. Three—Bodien Hall, Getsch Hall, and Edgren Hall—encircle a cul-de-sac just on the south side of the academic buildings and are informally known as Freshman Hill. The fourth, Nelson Hall, is located nearby on the north side of the buildings and is the oldest building on Bethel University's current campus in Arden Hills. All four freshman residence halls (with the exception of six 6-person suites at either end of Nelson Hall) are set up as two-person rooms and have one bathroom per floor per building wing.
Two residence halls, Arden Village and Lissner Hall, mostly house sophomores. Both consist of six-person suites; however, Lissner is a single, 4-story building that arranges the suites on floors while Arden Village is a collection of townhomes on both sides of Nelson hall. Lissner is farther from the main buildings than Arden Village, but it is the newest residence hall on campus; it was completed in the summer of 2005.
Two residence complexes, North Village and Fountain Terrace, house mostly juniors, although many sophomores live in North Village as well. As apartment-style residence halls, North Village and Fountain Terrace offer a full kitchen in every suite, and suite capacity varies between 3 and 6. North Village is a collection of five buildings formerly used as housing for Bethel Seminary students, and it is located on-campus within walking distance of the academic buildings. Fountain Terrace, meanwhile, is a renovated apartment complex located about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the main campus. For convenience, Bethel runs shuttles between both complexes and the main buildings frequently.
The university has a performing arts program, including Benson Great Hall, a concert hall, and The Bethel Choir, the university's 75-voice concert choir which has performed throughout Europe and Scandinavia.
Fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission—North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the university is also a member of the Christian College Consortium. Bethel University is affiliated with and supported by the congregations of Converge Worldwide, formerly known as the Baptist General Conference.
Bethel University began in Chicago, Illinois as a seminary for Baptist immigrants from Sweden. John Alexis Edgren opened a department for Scandinavian theological students in the fall of 1871 in the basement of First Swedish Baptist Church in Chicago starting in 1871.[4] The seminary merged with Bethel Academy in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1914. In 1931 the Academy became Bethel Junior College. The addition of a four-year liberal arts college program created Bethel College and Seminary in 1947. The school relocated from St. Paul to Arden Hills, Minnesota in 1972. Beginning in 2004, the institution changed its name to Bethel University.
Main Education Buildings[edit]
There are six main education buildings located at the center of Bethel University's main campus in Arden Hills, Minnesota. They run Southwest/Northeast and are connected on the first three floors by weather-protected skyways and tunnels.
Starting from the Southwest and running to the Northeast the buildings are as follows (with abbreviations in parentheses): Benson Great Hall and Lundquist Community Life Center (CLC), Academic Center (AC), Brushaber Commons (BC), Clauson Fine Arts Center (CC), Hagstrom Student Services Center (HC), and Robertson Physical Education Center (RC).
Campus housing[edit]
The College of Arts and Sciences has four freshman residence halls on campus. Three—Bodien Hall, Getsch Hall, and Edgren Hall—encircle a cul-de-sac just on the south side of the academic buildings and are informally known as Freshman Hill. The fourth, Nelson Hall, is located nearby on the north side of the buildings and is the oldest building on Bethel University's current campus in Arden Hills. All four freshman residence halls (with the exception of six 6-person suites at either end of Nelson Hall) are set up as two-person rooms and have one bathroom per floor per building wing.
Two residence halls, Arden Village and Lissner Hall, mostly house sophomores. Both consist of six-person suites; however, Lissner is a single, 4-story building that arranges the suites on floors while Arden Village is a collection of townhomes on both sides of Nelson hall. Lissner is farther from the main buildings than Arden Village, but it is the newest residence hall on campus; it was completed in the summer of 2005.
Two residence complexes, North Village and Fountain Terrace, house mostly juniors, although many sophomores live in North Village as well. As apartment-style residence halls, North Village and Fountain Terrace offer a full kitchen in every suite, and suite capacity varies between 3 and 6. North Village is a collection of five buildings formerly used as housing for Bethel Seminary students, and it is located on-campus within walking distance of the academic buildings. Fountain Terrace, meanwhile, is a renovated apartment complex located about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the main campus. For convenience, Bethel runs shuttles between both complexes and the main buildings frequently.
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