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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.

A major gift from two Bethel alumni is meant to get the college closer to a major in economics.

Lois M. Unruh Reimer (Class of 1960) and Richard D. Reimer (Class of 1957) of North Newton made the gift as part of the academic program enhancement piece of the college’s Engage the Future capital campaign, said Brad Kohlman, Bethel vice president for institutional advancement.

The Sunderland Foundation has awarded Bethel College a challenge grant as part of the college's Engage the Future capital campaign.