Conference & Event Services
Our campus has a wide range of venues that serve as the perfect backdrop for conferences, retreats, meetings, seminars, concerts, theatre productions, weddings and parties.
What We Offer
Spaces
Everest-Rohrer Fine Arts Center - Auditorium
Everest Rohrer Fine Arts Center – Auditorium
This auditorium has a seating capacity of 864. It comes equipped with sound and lighting equipment and serves as the perfect venue for your next concert, play, recital or conference.
Everest-Rohrer Fine Arts Center - Great Hall & Rotunda
Located in the Everest-Rohrer Fine Arts Center, the Great Hall and Rotunda are a great choice for mid-sized gatherings. Capacity in this space varies depending on the setup. Audio visual equipment such as speakers or microphones can be added to this space to enhance your meeting.
Everest-Rohrer Fine Arts Center Rotunda
Kelly Auditorium
Kelly Auditorium Seating
The Kelly Auditorium is equipped with theatre style seating for 125 people. This venue comes with house lights, audio playback, projection, and a microphone.
Dining Commons
Dining Commons
The Dining Commons has a seating capacity of 450. It comes equipped with a projection/monitor, sound system for playing music and the ability to hookup a microphone.
President’s Dining Room
President’s Dining Room
The President’s Dining Room can fit up to 50 people. This room is perfect for meetings and smaller luncheons. It also comes equipped with a projector/monitor, Wi-Fi, and computer login capabilities.
Trustee Board Room
Trustee Board Room
The Trustee Board Room can be set up in a variety of different arrangements such as U-shape, banquet style, or classroom style. Capacity varies depending on the room setup. The room comes equipped with a projector/monitor, Wi-Fi and computer login capabilities.
Academic Center Classrooms
Our classrooms serve as the perfect backdrop for seminars, breakout sessions, and meetings. We have classrooms that range in size from a capacity of 20 all the way to a 127-capacity theatre-style classroom.
Services
Here’s what you can expect when you hold an event at Bethel University:
- Experienced planning assistance
- Online registration system
- Full on-site catering
- Full technical support
- On- and off-campus housing options
- Area tourism assistance
- 24/7 security
- Promotional support
- Just 15 minutes from South Bend International Airport and the Chicago South Shore Line train
- Free parking
Dining
Bethel’s catering services, contracted through Sodexo, Inc., prepares meals specific to your preference. Whether it is a catered banquet, outdoor barbeque, reception, luncheon or corporate meeting, Sodexo provides exceptional food and service.
Bethel’s coffeehouse, Sufficient Grounds Café, is also available to guests for a more relaxed meeting location.
On Campus Lodging
Bethel University’s housing options include traditional, budget-friendly residence hall or suite-style accommodations for our conference and retreat guests.
The Dr. Norman V. and Janice Bridges Hall, for example, is a spacious, yet cozy, residence hall with the feel of a boutique hotel. Bridges Hall contains generously sized, four- to six-person guest suites, each with multiple bedrooms, a common area, kitchenette and spacious bathroom. Bridges Hall offers the perfect lodging for short stays or extended retreats.
Bridges Hall
Bridges Hall boasts three floors of spacious four-person apartments. There is a large lobby on first floor, as well as two comfortable lounges on the second and third floors that have large flat screen TVs. Each floor has a study room, washer and dryer and a kitchen. The lobby is a great place to relax by the fireplace!
Brenneman and Ramseyer
In Founder’s Village, Brenneman Hall and Ramseyer Hall provide apartment-style accommodations that are great for comfortable and spacious.
Off-Campus Lodging
Bethel University Conference Services is proud to partner with Marriott and Hampton Inn & Suites properties for off-campus housing. This partnership provides reduced rates for all conference guests. Please let us know if you would like us to make arrangements for your group.
