This winter the Goshen College Women's World Music Choir celebrated 10 years of global music making, having performed songs in 30 languages from all over the world – from Appalachia to Bulgaria to South Africa.
Goshen College women’s choir celebrates a decade of world music
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Goshen College women’s choir celebrates a decade of world music
The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra to perform at Goshen College April 5
The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra and New York Voices will unite to recreate the magic that won them the 1996 Grammy Award for their inspired collaboration, “Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild,” as part of the Performing Arts Series on April…
Farewell to Lima
The morning after the despedida, or farewell celebration, Goshen College students gathered at Casa Goshen for their final service orientation. Students participated in an exercise designed to show them what it might feel like to be poor and disadvantaged –...
Adiós doesn’t mean goodbye forever
The time in Lima drew to a close, and it was time for the Peru Study-Service Term students to say A Dios – go with God – to their host families in Lima. So the students planned a farewell celebration or despedida...
Creating wearable art from Peru
Shortly before leaving Lima for their service assignments, Goshen students had a chance for individual creative expression during a jewelry workshop with Eliana and Ricardo Mauriola Carrasco, long-time host parents and friends of the Peru Study-Service Term program. Eliana and...
From Goshen to the Gates Foundation: Joyce Bontrager Lehman to speak at 116th commencement
Joyce Bontrager Lehman, a financial consultant, past program manager at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and former Goshen College professor, will be the speaker at Goshen College’s 116th commencement ceremony on Sunday, April 27 at 3 p.m. in the…
April 2014 events at Goshen College
April 2014 events include the spring mainstage of "The Marriage of Figaro," The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra featuring New York Voices and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, among many others.
Inside the Artist’s Studio: A Visit with Victor Delfin
Why does an artist choose one medium over another? How does an artist stay motivated enough to create beautiful art year after year? Why would an artist get involved in politics? And why would an octogenarian artist continue to work...
GC students bring new life to Mozart’s comic opera ‘Figaro’
Disguises, cross-dressing, mistaken identities and people jumping out of windows are all par for the course in Mozart’s energetic, light-hearted romp through the day of a wedding ceremony. The Goshen College theater and music departments will collaborate to present the…
Irish literature and music focus of S.A. Yoder Lecture April 1
Irish-born and London-based husband and wife poets Cahal Dallat and Anne-Marie Fyfe will present Goshen College’s annual S.A. Yoder Lecture on Tuesday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m. The event, “An Irish Literary Festival,” will take place in the Music Center’s…
April 1 Afternoon Sabbatical follows the footsteps of the Apostle Paul
Explore how Paul overcame religious, cultural and physical obstacles as a leader of the first generation of Christians during Goshen College’s Afternoon Sabbatical on April 1 at 1 p.m. in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall. The event is free…
Convocation: International Student Stories & Talent
International students will tell their stories and offer encore presentations of selected acts from the World Wide Cafe performance on March 8. Click for audio file
¿Habla Español? Spanish classes in Lima
Every afternoon in Lima, students spent three hours with their Spanish teachers, Irene Arce Zavala, Ana Bracamonte Bardalez and Biviana Goto Sanchez. They belong to the Grupo de Español Inca Garcilaso, a teaching team that offers on-site Spanish classes to...
Tina Peters wins Chambliss Medal in astronomy
Since graduation, Peters has been studying quasars at Drexel University.
Nathan Pletcher '00 developing contact lenses at Google
Pletcher, a hardware engineer at Google, is devoloping contact lenses that can monitor blood sugar for diabetics.
Fulbito with family and friends
Goshen College students devoted one of their final Saturdays in Lima to play. Along with host family members and friends, they went to Parque Mariscal Castilla in the Lince district of Lima to play “fulbito,” a scaled down version of...
Serving and learning from Lima’s poorest residents
Goshen College students recently visited Villa María del Triunfo, a southern district of Lima founded 52 years ago by migrants who “invaded” the area and built homes on the coastal sands. Villa María is home to more than 360,000 people,...
Chapel: Parables!
During Chapel today the Goshen College Parables worship ensemble will present portions of their program, “Where the River Will Never Run Dry.” https://archive.goshen.edu/churchrelations/parables/ Click for audio file
Inside Peru’s radio powerhouse
Like any modern country, Peru has a wide range of radio and television companies. Only one, however, combines the accuracy and reliability of National Public Radio, the immediacy and reach of CNN and the variety of satellite radio stations. Grupo...
Egg-citement: Students get their service assignments
After Goshen College students start to speak Spanish, adjust to their host families, learn how to navigate Lima’s chaotic bus system and start to enjoy living in Peru, they increasingly ask one question of their Study-Service Term leaders: “What’s my...
Nature and the Arts workshop gathers diverse artists around a common love of nature
If you’ve secretly dreamed of taking a weeklong artist’s workshop in an exotic location, but have never had the time, the money or the courage, the Nature and the Arts weekend at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College…
Playing a game of war to promote peace and understanding
Goshen College students recently got the opportunity to play a war strategy game designed to entertain, educate and foster peace and understanding among the people of Peru, Chile and Bolivia. Andrés Francisco Paredes Salgado, a 35-year-old Peruvian with a passion...
Learning in Lima
While in Lima, Goshen College students benefitted from Spanish language instruction four days a week, extensive reading assignments and lectures on such topics as history, politics, health care, social issues, the environment, music and art. Students heard from 16 guest...
Lavender Jazz to perform spring concert March 21
Lavender Jazz, Goshen College’s big band, will present a spring concert in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 21.
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