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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Sophomore wins peace oratorical contest speaking about Laos’ unexploded bombs
Speaking on “Laos’ history of war: The need for UXO removal,” Goshen College sophomore Jacob Putnam, from Chicago, Ill., placed first in Goshen College’s 2013 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Feb. 19.
Off to Service
Students all left for service on Friday morning, most meeting at and departing from the Graber Miller apartment. Some came early for breakfast, others arrived later in the morning, but all were on the road by 1 p.m. The day...
Audrey on Goals for Service
Students set out yesterday (Friday) for their service assignments, scattered across five different provinces in eight different service settings. Watch for an additional post about students’ service locations, and also an out-of-order post about the students’ last week in Phnom...
Chapel: GC Chamber Choir
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Sociology major wins C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest
Jacob Putnam spoke on "Peace in Laos."
L.A. Guitar Quartet and Goshen-native actor Philip Proctor to perform March 8
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and Goshen-native Philip Proctor, an actor, will perform at Goshen College in a Performing Arts Series concert on Friday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.
Roth to present C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture on new Martyr’s Mirror project
Goshen College Professor of History John D. Roth will present the 2013 C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture on Tuesday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Administration Building Room 28. Roth will speak on “A New Martyr’s Mirror…
Goshen College Chamber Choir to perform home concert after spring break tour, March 3
The Goshen College Chamber Choir will conclude their spring break tour to Ontario, Canada, with a "home concert" in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Sarah L-R’s Reflections
The following reflections are from Sarah L-R’s journal, used by permission and previously published in The Record back on campus: By Sarah L-R Here in Phnom Penh I have the uncommon experience of living with a Christian family. My “parents”...
Elkhart County students can get free help in filing their FAFSA at College Goal Sunday
Goshen College will host a College Goal Sunday event in the Union Building on Sunday, Feb. 24 from 2-4 p.m.
Organist Jonathan Wessler to perform March 3 recital
Jonathan Wessler, an accomplished young organist from Cambridge, Mass., will present a concert of organ music in Goshen College’s Rieth Recital Hall on Sunday, March 3 at 4 p.m.
Convocation: Morocco SST, Fall 2012
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Student-run composting program simply turns waste to food: ‘Nothing else like it’
On a typical weekday during the semester, about 75 to 100 pounds of food waste is produced in the college’s dining hall. Because of student commitment and ingenuity, that waste is now turned into compost, which is used as a…
Tickets available for Annual International Student Club Coffeehouse March 9
The Goshen College International Student Club (ISC) will offer dinner and a show during their annual ISC Coffeehouse on Saturday, March 9.
Goshen College announces new $10,000 music scholarships
Goshen College’s Music Department will now be offering three new music scholarships for up to $10,000 a year to new students and is renewable for up to three additional years if a grade point average of 3.0 is maintained.
Host Family Celebration
Since students leave for their service assignments this Friday, last evening (Sunday evening) we threw a family celebration at the countryside home of Sreyhem and Mike Roberts. Sreyhem is an NGO consultant in Cambodia, and in 2007 and 2010 was...
Water
“Water is life” — these words are painted on a wall in one of the settlements far from downtown Lima. The problem is, people living in the Chavin de Huantar neighborhood of Villa El Salvador still don’t have it. There...
Teacher Pantha’s Krama Lecture
Morning Khmer classes and afternoon Khmer classes continued throughout this past week, with Town/Village Studies happening on Friday and Saturday (see new blog on that from last evening). Last week at P’teah Goshen, with Corey in the group of cooks,...
Village/Town Studies
On Friday and Saturday, students fanned out around central and south Cambodia for village/town studies, taking two- to four-hour trips by bus or van to designated locations in a 150-kilometer radius around Phnom Penh. The intent was to prepare them...
Patricia Oakley Resigns
After fourteen years in the Mathematics Department, Patricia Oakley resigns to pursue agriculture and sustainability passions.
Hodel and Blickenstaff unite for trumpet and piano recital Feb. 22
Trumpeter and 1986 Goshen College alumnus Dr. Martin Hodel will return to campus on Friday, Feb. 22 to perform a visiting artist recital with retired Goshen College Professor of Music Dr. Marvin Blickenstaff. The recital begins at 7:30 p.m. in…
Five students to participate in annual peace oratorical contest Feb. 19
Five Goshen College student speakers will participate in the college’s 2013 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Tuesday, Feb. 19 in Umble Center at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Chapel: Employee Faith Story – Julie Reese, professor of psychology
Dr. Julie Reese is a cancer survivor, a Christian, and a psychology professor here at GC. Click for audio file
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