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Jon C. Gering, Ph.D., has been appointed to a second term, this one for five years, as Bethel College president.

Gering began serving in the role Jan. 29, 2018. He was appointed in a unanimous vote 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.

President Jon C. Gering, Ph.D., has begun to outline Bethel’s plan for the fall semester.

"We are planning for in-person classes in fall 2020,” he said.

According to a Chronicle of Higher Education database, the majority of the nation’s colleges and universities are taking this approach.

During a May 4 online meeting with college employees, Gering recognized the significant effect that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on higher education.