Martin is spending the service portion of the Peru Study Service Term in a remote village named Yuraccraccay. The broad valley surrounding the village is fertile and green, warm enough to produce oranges, apples and avocados as well as exotic-tasting...
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John Roth, "Bearing Witness"
Goshen College Professor of History John D. Roth presented the 2013 C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture on Tuesday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. at Goshen College. He spoke on “A New Martyr’s Mirror for the 21st Century?”
2013 Senior Art Exhibit I
Senior Laurel Woodward is exhibiting work, along with Emma Brooks, Meredith Ebersole, and Abe Stucky in the 2013 Senior Show I from March 10-27.
Convocation: “Debt: An Interdisciplinary Conversation”
A panel of faculty members from different departments will contribute perspectives on a topic relevant to college students. They will respond to a book by anthropologist and economist David Graeber titled “Debt: The First 5000 Years.” Panel members are Jan...
Dominique Burgunder-Johnson speaks on wildlife advocacy
Dominique Burgunder-Johnson, a 2006 history grad, advocates for wildlife conservation and awareness using online media, and is a self proclaimed “mountain hugger.”
Traditional Photos and Meetings with Local Assistants
This is the third of three posts we’re putting up this evening, so please be sure to read about Jessie’s experience in Tang Khiev and Lauren and Jacob M’s service in Ba Phnom. The Graber Millers have enjoyed a more...
Jessie in Tang Khiev
This is the second of three posts we are putting up tonight — the first on Jacob M and Lauren in Ba Phnom, this one on Jessie’s accompaniment assignment, and a third on the Graber Millers’ lives in Phnom Penh....
Jacob and Lauren in Ba Phnom
In the next 24 hours we’ll post several new blogs, so please take a look at the additional ones on Jessie in Oudong and the Graber Millers in Phnom Penh. Lauren and Jacob M are thriving in Ba Phnom, in...
Nine art majors to display work in Senior Art Shows, March 10-April 17
Nine Goshen College senior art majors will showcase their work in the Music Center’s Hershberger Art Gallery between March 10 and April 17.
Chapel: “Perfectly Imperfect” – Pres. Jim Brenneman
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Nolt to speak on Amish spirituality for March Afternoon Sabbatical
Goshen College Professor of History Steve Nolt will present an Afternoon Sabbatical lecture on “The Amish Way: Patient Faith in a Perilous World” on Tuesday, March 12 at 1 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.
Adventures in Mathematical Knitting
Patricia Oakley, mathematician extraordinaire, knits mathematical objects.
Goshen College radio station the best in Indiana and the country, again
Goshen College’s student-operated radio station WGCS 91.1 The Globe just added two more huge accomplishments to its growing list: 2013 Best College Station in the Nation and Indiana’s Radio School of the Year.
Statement regarding the death of adult student Millicent M. Morros
It is with great sadness that I inform you of the tragic death this morning of Millicent M. Morros, 48, who was due to graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership through our adult education program.
Convocation: “Faith in Hard Times: Collecting Inspiring Stories around the World” – Prof. John D. Roth
John D. Roth, professor of history and director of the Mennonite Historical Library, will give the annual C. Henry Smith Peace lecture Tuesday night. This convocation is a preview of that presentation, which describes an initiative that is gathering stories...
Service
The Service portion of the Study Service Term has begun. The students are volunteering in the highlands — Ayacucho, Huanta and Tarma — as well as the rain forest — San Ramon, La Merced, Oxapampa and San Miguel de Marankiari. ...
Senior Exhibit I – 2013
Reception: Sunday, March 2, 2:00-4:00 pm, Hershberger Gallery. Seniors Emma Brooks, Abe Stucky, Laurel Woodward, and Meredith Anne Ebersole will present artwork in an exhibit that is the culmination of their studio work at Goshen College. Emma Brooks is...
Farewell
All good things must come to an end, including the study portion of the Spring semester Study Service Term in Peru. We ended our time in Lima with a Despedida, a party to say thank you to the host families,...
Norell Piano Duo to perform recital March 10
Pianist and Goshen native Mary Rose (Jordan) Norell will present a piano recital with husband and pianist Luke as part of the Norell Piano Duo on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 4 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Rieth…
Journalist Simran Sethi to speak about food, faith and the environment on March 19
Award-winning journalist and educator Simran Sethi will present a Goshen College Yoder Public Affairs Lecture on Tuesday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall.
Peter Yarrow, of ‘Peter, Paul and Mary’ fame, to perform March 15 concert at Goshen College
Legendary musician, songwriter and activist Peter Yarrow from “Peter, Paul and Mary” will be performing a solo concert of his songs on civil rights, human rights and peace at Goshen College Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall on Friday, March 15…
Conquest
Peru has a long history of conquest. The Incas were known for subduing neighboring peoples with generous gifts and military might, especially during the reign of its greatest leader, Pachacutec. By the beginning of the 16th century, the Inca realm...
Final “Study” Week in Phnom Penh
Although students already are out on service, scattered across five provinces in eight different service sites, we wanted yet to post photos of their final week in Phnom Penh before leaving last Friday for the “accompaniment” portion of SST. It...
Migration
Over the past 30 years, Lima’s population has grown dramatically. Millions of refugees fled here to escape the ravages of war between Shining Path terrorists and the Peruvian military in the 1980s and early 90s. In recent decades, even more...
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