History
Founded in 1842 as Bethel Seminary, it became Bethel College in 1847 and assumed its current name in 2009. Bethel University student enrollment as of Fall 2011 consisted of 4,673 students. In 1998, Dr. Robert Prosser became Bethel University's 39th president. Prosser has previously served as Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for 11 years and served 15 years as pastor of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in McKenzie, Tennessee until the year 1986.
In the 2010s, the University began expanding, opening Phase I of the Vera Low Center for Student Enrichment in August 2011, featuring a new cafeteria, student services offices, bookstore, enrollment offices and a student activities room. Phase II, which opened in Spring 2012, is a new gymnasium. Phase III, the Cumberland Chapel, was under construction as of May 2012.
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