{"id":1508,"date":"2023-10-24T16:50:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bethlehem.i72dev.com\/?page_id=1508"},"modified":"2025-06-05T14:50:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T18:50:29","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/de\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block_9595fea6fc4a75971b382dd6f8f3890e\" class=\"blogs-feed page-width\">\r\n\t<div class=\"blogs__container\" data-currentpage=\"1\" data-categories=\"13,10,14,16\" data-postsperpage=\"6\" data-ajaxurl=\"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<a class=\"blog\" href=\"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/de\/2026\/08\/13\/national-steam-competition\/\" aria-label=\"go to National STEAM Competition page\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"i72-image blog__image\" role=\"img\" title=\"Steam_Competition_pic1_08122026\" aria-label=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Steam_Competition_pic1_08122026.jpg 3000w 3000h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Steam_Competition_pic1_08122026-300x225.jpg 300w 300h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Steam_Competition_pic1_08122026.jpg 768w 0h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Steam_Competition_pic1_08122026.jpg 1024w 1024h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Steam_Competition_pic1_08122026.jpg 1536w 1536h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Steam_Competition_pic1_08122026.jpg 2048w 2048h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Steam_Competition_pic1_08122026-16x12.jpg 18w 12h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Steam_Competition_pic1_08122026-150x113.jpg 150w 150h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Steam_Competition_pic1_08122026.jpg 1280w 1280h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Steam_Competition_pic1_08122026.jpg 2560w 2560h\" data-original-width=\"\" data-original-height=\"\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog__inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"blog__title\">National STEAM Competition<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"blog__date\">August 13, 2026<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"blog__excerpt\">Bethlehem University Wins First and Second Place Imagine an English language and literature class where the students are detectives. Instead of being told what a text means, they investigate it: piecing together character motives, tracing plot clues, building their own case for what a story is about. Rand Hadieh, Malak Bdeir, Shahd Hadieh, and Hussein&hellip;<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<a class=\"blog\" href=\"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/de\/2026\/08\/06\/one-toothbrush\/\" aria-label=\"go to One Toothbrush at a Time page\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"i72-image blog__image\" role=\"img\" title=\"Nursing Students with Special Needs Children-03\" aria-label=\"Nursing Students with Special Needs Children\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nursing-Students-with-Special-Needs-Children-03.webp 3000w 3000h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nursing-Students-with-Special-Needs-Children-03-300x225.webp 300w 300h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nursing-Students-with-Special-Needs-Children-03-768x576.webp 768w 0h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nursing-Students-with-Special-Needs-Children-03.webp 1024w 1024h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nursing-Students-with-Special-Needs-Children-03.webp 1536w 1536h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nursing-Students-with-Special-Needs-Children-03.webp 2048w 2048h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nursing-Students-with-Special-Needs-Children-03-16x12.webp 18w 12h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nursing-Students-with-Special-Needs-Children-03-150x113.webp 150w 150h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nursing-Students-with-Special-Needs-Children-03.webp 1280w 1280h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nursing-Students-with-Special-Needs-Children-03.webp 2560w 2560h\" data-original-width=\"\" data-original-height=\"\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog__inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"blog__title\">One Toothbrush at a Time<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"blog__date\">August 6, 2026<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"blog__excerpt\">Special Needs Kids Learn from Nursing Students At the Tuqu\u2019 Center for Special Education, six third-year nursing students traded lectures for mirrors, demonstration toothbrushes, and patience. Their goal: teaching hygiene basics to children with special needs, one step at a time. Aya Mohsen, Iman Al-Khatib, Kawthar Suleiman, Lana Abu Amriah, Razan Shaer, and Taleen Abu&hellip;<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<a class=\"blog\" href=\"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/de\/2026\/08\/06\/eohsj_winona\/\" aria-label=\"go to BU President Meets with Equestrian Order Members in Minnesota page\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"i72-image blog__image\" role=\"img\" title=\"6000E950-1C1A-4523-8EFB-DD224328CC74\" aria-label=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/6000E950-1C1A-4523-8EFB-DD224328CC74.png 3000w 3000h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/6000E950-1C1A-4523-8EFB-DD224328CC74-300x168.png 300w 300h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/6000E950-1C1A-4523-8EFB-DD224328CC74-768x429.png 768w 0h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/6000E950-1C1A-4523-8EFB-DD224328CC74-1024x572.png 1024w 1024h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/6000E950-1C1A-4523-8EFB-DD224328CC74-1536x858.png 1536w 1536h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/6000E950-1C1A-4523-8EFB-DD224328CC74-2048x1143.png 2048w 2048h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/6000E950-1C1A-4523-8EFB-DD224328CC74-18x10.png 18w 12h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/6000E950-1C1A-4523-8EFB-DD224328CC74-150x84.png 150w 150h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/6000E950-1C1A-4523-8EFB-DD224328CC74-1280x715.png 1280w 1280h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/6000E950-1C1A-4523-8EFB-DD224328CC74-2560x1429.png 2560w 2560h\" data-original-width=\"\" data-original-height=\"\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog__inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"blog__title\">BU President Meets with Equestrian Order Members in Minnesota<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"blog__date\">August 6, 2026<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"blog__excerpt\">Brother Hern\u00e1n Santos travels to Winona to strengthen a longstanding partnership On July 18, Bethlehem University President Brother Hern\u00e1n Santos, FSC, and Advancement Office Manager Shahinda Nassar traveled to Winona, Minnesota, to meet with members of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem\u2019s USA Northern Lieutenancy. Among those present were Dame Paula Wick&hellip;<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<a class=\"blog\" href=\"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/de\/2026\/08\/06\/gtwnintern\/\" aria-label=\"go to Ghassan Goes to Washington page\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"i72-image blog__image\" role=\"img\" title=\"Ghassan_Johnny_Altawil_Georgetown Univ_Intern_July 2026\" aria-label=\"Ghassan Johnny Altawil\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ghassan_Johnny_Altawil_Georgetown-Univ_Intern_July-2026.webp 3000w 3000h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ghassan_Johnny_Altawil_Georgetown-Univ_Intern_July-2026-300x150.webp 300w 300h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ghassan_Johnny_Altawil_Georgetown-Univ_Intern_July-2026-768x384.webp 768w 0h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ghassan_Johnny_Altawil_Georgetown-Univ_Intern_July-2026-1024x512.webp 1024w 1024h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ghassan_Johnny_Altawil_Georgetown-Univ_Intern_July-2026.webp 1536w 1536h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ghassan_Johnny_Altawil_Georgetown-Univ_Intern_July-2026.webp 2048w 2048h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ghassan_Johnny_Altawil_Georgetown-Univ_Intern_July-2026-18x9.webp 18w 12h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ghassan_Johnny_Altawil_Georgetown-Univ_Intern_July-2026-150x75.webp 150w 150h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ghassan_Johnny_Altawil_Georgetown-Univ_Intern_July-2026.webp 1280w 1280h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ghassan_Johnny_Altawil_Georgetown-Univ_Intern_July-2026.webp 2560w 2560h\" data-original-width=\"\" data-original-height=\"\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog__inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"blog__title\">Ghassan Goes to Washington<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"blog__date\">August 6, 2026<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"blog__excerpt\">A Georgetown University partnership with Bethlehem University brings a student intern a summer of firsts. This July, Ghassan Johnny Altawil landed at Dulles International Airport and did what most first-time visitors don\u2019t: he went straight for the metro. \u201cThe first thing I noticed was the amount of U.S. flags everywhere,\u201d he said. \u201cIt felt much&hellip;<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<a class=\"blog\" href=\"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/de\/2026\/07\/13\/2026grad\/\" aria-label=\"go to 633 Reasons to Celebrate page\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"i72-image blog__image\" role=\"img\" title=\"Abschlussfoto 9_2026\" aria-label=\"Abschlussfoto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grad-pic-9_2026-1-scaled.jpg 3000w 3000h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grad-pic-9_2026-1-300x200.jpg 300w 300h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grad-pic-9_2026-1-768x512.jpg 768w 0h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grad-pic-9_2026-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w 1024h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grad-pic-9_2026-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w 1536h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grad-pic-9_2026-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w 2048h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grad-pic-9_2026-1-18x12.jpg 18w 12h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grad-pic-9_2026-1-150x100.jpg 150w 150h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grad-pic-9_2026-1-1280x853.jpg 1280w 1280h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grad-pic-9_2026-1-2560x1707.jpg 2560w 2560h\" data-original-width=\"\" data-original-height=\"\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog__inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"blog__title\">633 Gr\u00fcnde zum Feiern<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"blog__date\">Juli 13, 2026<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"blog__excerpt\">The Torch is Passed to BU\u2019s 50th Graduating Class 633 Reasons to Celebrate: The Torch is Passed to BU\u2019s 50th Graduating Class On June 25 and 26, 2026, 633 young adults crossed the stage as Bethlehem University\u2019s 50th graduating class. The Golden Jubilee graduation featured a passing of the torch from BU\u2019s very first graduating&hellip;<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<a class=\"blog\" href=\"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/de\/2026\/07\/13\/unmidwiferytraining\/\" aria-label=\"go to UN Trains BU Midwifery Faculty page\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"i72-image blog__image\" role=\"img\" title=\"SRHR-Midwifery-Training 03_2026\" aria-label=\"Midwifery Training\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SRHR-Midwifery-Training-03_2026.webp 3000w 3000h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SRHR-Midwifery-Training-03_2026-300x169.webp 300w 300h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SRHR-Midwifery-Training-03_2026-768x432.webp 768w 0h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SRHR-Midwifery-Training-03_2026.webp 1024w 1024h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SRHR-Midwifery-Training-03_2026.webp 1536w 1536h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SRHR-Midwifery-Training-03_2026.webp 2048w 2048h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SRHR-Midwifery-Training-03_2026-18x10.webp 18w 12h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SRHR-Midwifery-Training-03_2026-150x84.webp 150w 150h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SRHR-Midwifery-Training-03_2026.webp 1280w 1280h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SRHR-Midwifery-Training-03_2026.webp 2560w 2560h\" data-original-width=\"\" data-original-height=\"\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog__inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"blog__title\">UN Trains BU Midwifery Faculty<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"blog__date\">Juli 13, 2026<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"blog__excerpt\">Emergency Care in Conflict Zones When a Palestinian woman goes into labor during a crisis, there\u2019s nearly a one in three chance her midwife trained at Bethlehem University. This summer, BU\u2019s midwifery faculty got better prepared for that scenario. Working in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Ms. Fatima Al-Madani Hammad, Chair of&hellip;<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"feed__pagination\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"loadmore__button button button-separator\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" aria-label=\"Mehr laden\">Mehr laden<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1508","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1508"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9084,"href":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1508\/revisions\/9084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}