2019 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest

Four Goshen College students presented speeches during the 2019 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Tuesday, Feb. 12. This year’s participants and their topics were:

• First place: Emily Stoltzfus, a senior social work major from Goshen, “Getting the Words Right: Rethinking our Measures of Education.”
• Runner up: Mandira Panta, a senior sustainability studies major from Bhaktapur, Nepal, “Why Climate Change?”
• Ronit Goswami, a first-year exercise science major from Goshen, “Interfaith Exploration and Learning.”
• Deborah Tshidimu, a senior nursing major from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, “The Human in Me: How MJ Shaped the Heart of a Congolese Girl.”

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Photos by Andrew Nussbaum ’19 and Megan Bower ’20