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Bethel College Board appoints Gering to second term The Board of Directors has given Jon C. Gering, Ph.D., a second term as president of Bethel College in a unanimous vote. Gering began serving as president Jan. 29, 2018. He has been appointed to a 5-year term effective July 1, 2021. Gering is a 1994 Bethel honors graduate in biology, with master’s and doctoral degrees from Miami University of Ohio, and spent 17 years as a faculty member in the Department of Biology and as an administrator at Truman State University, Kirksville, Mo., before assuming the Bethel presidency. “The board enthu...

Feedback from the Field Round-up: Week ending May 23, 2021.

Danger zone: March prime wildfire season The Kansan A short, simple email from Gary Denny, director of emergency management of Harvey County, had some flashbacks to November.  "Today’s SitRep for Very High Grassland Fire Danger. Harvey County will be mid-range in the Very High category. Sunny, with a high near 62. South southwest wind 8 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph," the email read. In November, the Wheat State Fire torched 7,000 acres in Harvey County. More than 20 fire departments fought that fire — and they had help from National Guard Blackhawk helicopters in the battl...

"There's no place like home," Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale says in the classic film "The Wizard of Oz," and Kansans tend to feel the same way about their state. As Kansas celebrates its 160th anniversary Friday, here are 10 things for which the state has become known: 1. 'The Wizard of Oz' "I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore," Dorothy tells her little dog, Toto, in this film after a tornado leaves them in the magical land of Oz. Some Kansans object to the film's portrayal of life in Kansas as being dull. Others stress that the film's focus is Dorothy's desire to retur...

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