Dr. Christopher Fashun and Ben Runkel will offer a percussion performance of various genres and sound combinations, including both Western and Brazilian percussion, during the March 11 Afternoon Sabbatical at Goshen College. The program will take place at 1 p.m.…
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Feel the beat during the March 11 Afternoon Sabbatical
Convocation: “The Already Peaceable Kingdom: Animals & Peace” – Trevor Bechtel, Bluffton University
Trevor Bechtel is a religion professor at Bluffton University, in Ohio, and the recipient of the 2013-14 C. Henry Smith Peace Lectureship.Working from specific stories of animals across domestic and wild spaces, Dr. Bechtel argues that peace is found wherever...
Exploring the Cusco area
The Peru SST group spent a stormy day exploring the Cusco area with the help of our guide, Abrahan Quispe Corrales. Cusco was the center of the Inca empire when the Spaniards arrived in 1526; in fact the Quechua name...
Wonders of the Inca past and present
During their journey to Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, Goshen College students viewed soaring mountain peaks, lush valleys, magnificent rock formations and surging rivers. They learned about the Spanish conquest of the Inca, the importance of arts and...
Art majors present their work in senior art exhibits
Seven Goshen College senior art majors will showcase their work in the Music Center’s Hershberger Art Gallery between March 9 and April 13.
Dinner and a show: Annual International Student Club Coffeehouse is March 8
The Goshen College International Student Club (ISC) will offer dinner and a show during their annual ISC Coffeehouse on Saturday, March 8. The evening will begin at 5 p.m. with a student-catered international meal held in the College Mennonite Church…
Study, fun and families in Cusco
After reading about the Incas and the arrival of the Spaniards in Peru in 1526, the Goshen students had the exciting opportunity to travel to the Inca’s ancient capital of Q’osqo (the navel of the world), or Cusco, as it...
Community School of the Arts pianist to perform solo recital on March 9
Mary Rose Norell, a Community School of the Arts piano instructor, will present a solo piano recital in the Goshen College Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall on Sunday, March 9. The recital will begin at 4 p.m.
Clay artist Scott Dooley offers 2014 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist lecture
Born and raised in Kansas, Scott Dooley discovered a love for clay as a senior in college, and has been a potter ever since.
A celebration of Peruvian dances
The Peru SST unit jumped, wiggled, twisted and sweated their way through a spirited workshop on traditional dances of Peru. Their instructors were Pedro Farias and his partner, Lisette Alcántara, enthusiastic and talented dancers who have performed with many professional...
Ancient pyramids in the Peruvian desert
Goshen College students spent a day exploring the Sacred City of Caral-Supe, which is considered one of the earliest civilizations of the world and the oldest in the Americas. In 2001, radiocarbon dating confirmed that urban life, complex agriculture and...
Oboist to perform music that should have been written for the oboe
Oboist and Goshen College oboe instructor Jennet Ingle will present a recital of oboe transcriptions on Friday, March 7. The recital will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall.
A fascination with sloths: Bluffton University professor to present C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture
Trevor Bechtel, associate professor of religion at Bluffton (Ohio) University, will present the 2014 C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture on Monday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Administration Building Room 28. Bechtel will speak on “The already…
Huaca Pucllana: A visit to Lima’s past
Students continued their journey through Peru’s past with a visit to Huaca Pucllana, an administrative and religious center of the ancient Lima Culture, which dominated coastal Peru from 200 to 700 A.D. The site, located in the city’s Miraflores district,...
Women’s World Music Choir to perform home concert after spring break tour, March 2
The Goshen College Women’s World Music Choir will conclude their spring break tour to Pennsylvania with a “home concert” in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
New marketing, computing, education majors to be offered at Goshen College
Changes are coming to Goshen College’s course catalog, with new majors and minors being added for the fall of 2014.
Speech on ‘the welcome table’ wins peace oratorical contest
Five Goshen College students gave speeches about issues close to their hearts during the college’s 2014 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Feb. 18.
Chapel: Women’s World Choir
Before they leave for spring break choir tour, members of the Women’s World Choir will lead this chapel service. Click for audio file
March 2014 events at Goshen College
March events include a concert by Pink Martini, an Afternoon Sabbatical featuring percussion music, and the spring mainstage opera.
Science Olympiad Results 2014
Science Olympiad Results 2014 Seven B division and twelve C division teams competed in the Science Olympiad Regional Tournament held at Goshen College on February 8, 2014. Rank Division B Division C 1 Manchester Jr/Sr High School* John Adams High...
Goshen College earns silver for commitment to sustainability
Goshen College recently earned a silver rating from the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) report, which recognizes colleges and universities for their commitment to sustainable practices on campus.
The Globe is in the running again for Best College Radio Station in the Nation
Goshen College’s student run radio station, 91.1 FM The Globe, (WGCS), is in the running for the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System’s (IBS) “Best College Radio Station in the Nation” for the fourth year in a row.
Convocation: Black History Month Reflections
Members of the Goshen College Black Student Union will present this convocation, which includes personal stories, introductions to influential African-Americans of the past and present, and African-American song and dance. Presenters are Dominic Arrowwood-Fouce, Tyra Carver, Trevor Emery, Jerron Jamerson,...
Chapel:”Love, Spirituality & Sexuality”
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