About Bethany
At Bethany, you’ll begin your college experience with wide-eyed excitement as you walk through the Oglebay Gates for the first time. This will be your first step down your trail toward an exciting exploration of the liberal arts in the four years ahead and a fulfilling career beyond.
Mission
Teaching and learning form the mission of Bethany College. Central to this is providing a liberal arts education for students, including the preparation of professionals, in an atmosphere of study, work, and service.
In its original charter, the mission of Bethany College was “the instruction of youth in the various branches of science and literature, the useful arts, and the learned and foreign languages.
Vision
Founder Alexander Campbell set the purpose of the College to prepare students to become useful and responsible members of society by liberating them from superstition and ignorance, the tyranny of others, and “vulgar prejudices.” Campbell envisioned that upon graduation, students would become their own teachers and pupils and continue their education throughout life.
