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Bethel will welcome Marché Fleming-Randle, Ph.D., from Wichita State University to campus for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 16, in Mem Hall.

The title of Fleming-Randle’s talk is “Together We Can be the Dream.” The program is free and open to the public.

Fleming-Randle, who grew up in Junction City, Kan., came to WSU as teaching faculty in 2007. In 2021, she made history by becoming the first African-American female vice president (for military and veterans affairs) in the institution’s 126-year history. She is also chief diversity officer.

To help Bethel College celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Jan. 20, Michelle Vann chose to speak about freedom – starting in the New Testament.

Vann is a teacher, speaker, church leader and Christian counselor from Wichita, who came to Bethel at the invitation of senior Jenna Ratzlaff and Bethel’s Diversity Council.

Bethel's annual celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday will include a taped excerpt from the speech Dr. King gave 60 years ago, Jan. 20, 1960, in Memorial Hall.

Events start at 2 p.m. (not at 7 p.m. as in previous years and as listed in some printed calendars) and run until 5. The venue is Memorial Hall rather than Krehbiel Auditorium.

With a theme of “Building Bridges,” the afternoon begins with snacks and mingling.