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Apr 07 2014

Goshen College students returned to Lima from our concluding retreat at the beach on Sunday afternoon and arrived back at Casa Goshen for three hours of final preparations. They discarded unwanted items, repacked their belongings –and made sure their suitcases...

Apr 07 2014

After spending a full day visiting with friends, dropping by the homes of their Lima host families and shopping, Goshen College students spent the night at Miraflores House, a hostel. The students – who had taken overnight buses from their...

Apr 06 2014

What is the true value of a GC education?

Apr 06 2014

Award-winning poet Julia Spicher Kasdorf will offer a poetry reading in the Church-Chapel Koinonia Room on Wednesday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. A reception will follow the reading, during which books will be available for purchase and signing. The event…

Apr 04 2014

Three GC seniors will reflect on their years as a Goshen College student through the lens of faith. Click for audio file

Apr 04 2014

Our 15 Goshen College students returned safety to Lima Thursday morning from Chancay, Ayacucho, Tarma, San Ramon, La Merced and San Miguel. They were a sight for sore eyes and we (Peru SST Co-Directors Richard R. Aguirre and Judy Weaver)...

Apr 03 2014

Goshen College’s Pinchpenny Press is releasing seven books this spring – three collections of student work and four authored by individual students.

Apr 03 2014

The Fort Wayne Philharmonic is coming to Goshen College for a dazzling program as part of the Performing Art Series, which will take place in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall on April 11 at 7:30 p.m.

Apr 03 2014

For the tenth year, Goshen College choirs will explore the rich palette of sounds available to the human voice during the annual EARTHTONES choral concert on Saturday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert…

Apr 02 2014

Experienced and aspiring birders alike will have an opportunity to seek out their favorite feathered friends during Merry Lea’s Midwest Birding Expedition on April 25 to 27 at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College. The 1,189-acre nature center…

Apr 02 2014

A scholarship for children and grandchildren of former Maple Leafs is being revived with the help of some generous alumni. The fund, which was originally created in 1993 by the alumni board, has historically been administered in combination with another...

Apr 02 2014

Norman family honors late daughter, sister with endowed scholarship Paul and Alma Norman were products of the Great Depression. Paul was a maintenance man in Fort Wayne, Ind., and Alma raised their two daughters, Margaret and Bettie. The family got...

Apr 02 2014

Change from printed schedule. Click for audio file

Apr 01 2014

The 16th annual Goshen College Student Academic Symposium will be hosted in Goshen College's Church-Chapel on Saturday, April 5, from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Mar 31 2014

Beryl Jantzi is stewardship educator for Everence Financial, an organization that helps people connect faith and finances. He will also visit Economics and Personal Finance classes on Tuesday. Click for audio file

Mar 31 2014

Goshen College students enrolled in the Peru SST program struggle to adjust to new (host) families, the Spanish language, a new country and a very different culture. Service can be an even bigger adjustment because students leave the comfort of modern...

Mar 31 2014

Neal and Jackson are living just outside the town of La Merced in the Junín province of Peru. La Merced, which has about 50,000 residents, is the provincial capital of the Chanchamayo region and is blessed with warm weather, abundant...

Mar 30 2014

Reception: Sunday, March 30, 2-4 pm, Hershberger Art Gallery Seniors Phil Scott, Justine Maust, Erin Iverson and Corey Roth will present artwork in an exhibit that is the culmination of their studio work at Goshen College. Phil Scott Phil Scott...

Mar 30 2014

Maria and Caleb are working in San Ramón in the province of Chanchamayo – the entry point to the selva central, Peru’s central rain forest. In spite of busy work schedules, the students have found time to enjoy their host...

Mar 30 2014

Gina and Natalie are volunteering in Tarma, a delightful city of about 60,000 residents located in a fertile valley about 3,053 meters, or 10,016 feet, above sea level in the Andes mountain range. Tarma was founded in 1538 in the...

Mar 29 2014

This semester, five students in the Peru SST program are providing service in Ayacucho, a city of about 151,000 in the south-central Andes of the country. Ayacucho is famous for its 33 Catholic churches, which are said to represent one...

Mar 29 2014

The five students in Ayacucho are doing well and have some great experiences to report. We (Peru SST Co-Directors Richard R. Aguirre and Judy Weaver) visited them on a couple of sunny days, interspersed with refreshing nighttime rain – typical...

Mar 28 2014

Malaina and April are spending the service portion of their Study-Service Term in the coastal town of Chancay, a couple of hours north of Lima. Chancay is a port and verdant agricultural area along the Peruvian coastal desert. The town...

Mar 27 2014

Less than two weeks after Goshen College students departed for their service assignments, we received the heartbreaking news that Father Jeffrey L. Klaiber, a gifted historian and a great friend of the Peru Study-Service Term program, abruptly died (March 4)...