Welcome Week encompasses tailored, early move-in experiences for PSEO and transfer students, student employees, students in BUILD, athletes, J29 Scholars, Royal Bridge participants, and multilingual learners. This year, everything crescendoed on August 23 as the last, largest wave of students arrived.
President Ross and Annie Allen personally welcomed students to campus for their first official taste of life at Bethel. New students took care of important tasks—meeting with faculty advisors to confirm courses and credits, completing administrative steps, and learning their way around the Dining Center and campus. They also gave back, packing more than 600 backpacks for local kids in need.
The week also included a picnic for families, welcome celebrations, a Glo Party, the Royal Rumble relay race, and a “Movie on the Lawn.” There was also intentional time set aside for upperclass student-led Core Groups that often create long-lasting friendships. A longstanding tradition, “The Show,” shared key info for new students in a fun, musical way. And on the final night, Koinonia brought the entire Bethel community together in worship to kick off the semester.
About the new class
So what should we know about the incoming class? There are 528 new traditional undergraduate students*, including 66 transfer students and 71 former PSEO-turned-traditional students. There are also 32 students in BUILD and 551 new Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) students. They join the rest of the undergraduate student body, which totals 2,500 in all. (*Enrollment numbers are unofficial until the 10th day of classes.)
The most popular majors for incoming students are:
Most fun hometown name: Oronoco, MN
Most mispronounced hometown name: De Pere, WI (like duh-PEER)
Coldest hometown: Snowmass, Colorado, where the average temperature is 34°F.
Hottest hometown: West Palm Beach, Florida, where the average temperature is 75°F.
Longest distance traveled: 1,945 miles (from Huntington Beach, CA)
Shortest distance traveled: 1 mile (Arden Hills, Minnesota)
Most common male name: Ethan (9)
Most common female name: Hannah (10)
Most common last names: Johnson (6), Ross (4), Olson (4), and Larson (4)
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