A New Lifestyle

Hey everyone,
How do I explain the first weeks of my college life, especially at Bethany? Well to sum it all up, its been a little bit of everything. It has been frustrating, exciting, busy, relaxing, and just altogether great. I say busy and relaxing because it just is. I always have stuff to do, but I just feel as if I can relax here. The environment here is as if I never left home, it just changed place and size. Everyone here is so inviting and nice, and that isn't necessarily what I am used to. I came from a very populated region of Texas, the Fort Worth area to be exact, and it just isn't very inviting until you have lived there for a while. But the fact that this place became home, and I accepted it as such, on the first day of orientation is just amazing to me. I just love it here.

But now that I have started writing I guess I can introduce myself. My name is Scott James , I am a Music Education (instrumental) major, and I am on the men's soccer team. As I have already said I come from Burleson, Texas ( about 15 minutes south of Ft. Worth) and my graduating class at Burleson High School was about 100 people short of the entire school body here at Bethany. Now I thought that having such a small amount of students would be hard for me, because I am the kind of person that loves to be around people all the time, and I always have to be the center of attention. But I have learned that I like this much more than at a big school. One thing I love about it is that when you meet people here, you actually meet them. In the big schools you "meet" someone, you don't ever really get to know them. But here people actually care about you and what you are in to and so on and so forth. And just having that feeling that people actually care is enough to get me hooked here at Bethany.

One thing I am very greatful for, still dealing with the size of the student body, is the class size. My biggest class has less than 20 people in it (not including band), and so there is a lot of one on one time with the teachers. And the teachers, also, care about how you do, so when you don't understand something in a class, they will take time out of their schedule just to help you get there.

The one thing I have had a problem with the small size though is names. Coming from a big town, I am used to meeting someone once and never seeing them again. So whenever they get to their name, I just kind of blank out. Now I know that this is extremely not good of me, but it was just how it was. But now when I meet someone, I have to actually try and remember names, because I know that in not to long of a time I am going to be talking to them again. So this isn't really a problem, because I have decided that I love knowing who someone is, but it is just a bad hadit that I am getting rid of.

For now, I love life at Bethany College. And keep up that Bethany Pride.

Go Swedes!!

Lets get familiar

Hello, Hola, Hejsan, Shalom, Howdy

Which everway you prefer to say HEY.....Just remeber it might make someone's day.

I have always been taught that introducing yourself should include a nice firm hand shake, a friendly smile, and of course your name.

So, Hello my name is Sharla Stokes. (FIRM HAND SHAKE)(FRIENDLY SMILE)

I am a Freshman Psychology major here at Bethany and proud to say it. So far my experiences here at Bethany College have been eventful, overwhelming, fun, adventureous, and a bit nerve-racking. However, with all these different experiences I have came to realize that Bethany is the place for me. I say this because along with all of the other ways to describe my first few weeks at Bethany I seemed to forget the most important.....Comfortable.

My hometown is Concordia Kansas. Which is slightly bigger than Lindsborg, but still a small town. I think that Lindsborg is a wonderful place to live. All of the residence are extemely nice and you never have to question the intentions of others. I do however miss the convenience of a Wal-mart that is less than 15 minutes away. Those nights after the DG is closed and Kaps doesn't have what you are looking for not having a Wal-mart is a bit of a pain. But, not having a Wal-mart was a small price to pay for getting an education from a school that embraces new students and makes everyone feel welcome and comfortable.

There are many new things that I have experienced in my first month here. I have found it easy to misplace sleep, books, phone numbers, and study habits but, have found new friends, classes, jobs, and scenery. Hopefully, I can manage to find all of those things I have misplaced, sleep being the most important followed by study habits. So far all of the items I have found outway the items I have misplaced. Finding new friends is a large part to the College world and here at Bethany you do not have to search far for people that are willing to be your friends.

I hope you have become a bit more fimilar with me now that I am a bit more fimilar with Campus.

So, the best I can do is hope that I find those misplaced items and maybe some of you can help me with this search.....

See ya'll later.

Back in the Swing of Things Here at Bethany

Hey everyone! So we're in the second week of school here at Bethany College and everything is getting back into the normal routine. It was awesome to get back on campus and see all the new changes that were completed over the summer! Our new apartment style dorms are almost complete and the campus landscaping looks really beautiful!!

I hope all of your summers were fantastic and your starting to settle into school and of course starting to consider what school you will be attending next year! Lots of exciting things are going on here at Bethany and I hope we are one of, if not the TOP choice of colleges for you!

Well, I better go to class now, but I look forward to updating you throughout the year on the continuing activities that will be going on here at BETHANY COLLEGE!
GO SWEDES!!!