We came from all over: Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Goshen, Moundridge (Kan.), Seattle, State College (Pa.) and Tucson. We met in Washington, Iowa – the place two of our group now call home. There were 12 of us. Almost all of...
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Paths to Paraguay: why we joined the Peace Corps
By Allison Marie Goertz ’06 and Isaiah Goertz ’06 Like many Paraguayan couples, we like to share a wooden cup of mate, sipped through a traditional metal straw, as we prepare for the day. Later we will drink tereré, the...
Mark Schloneger ’92 encourages Election Day Communion
Four years ago, a small seed was planted in Mark Schloneger. The ever-increasing tension of the 2008 presidential election was beginning to take its toll on his spirit, and he began to imagine a way to instead re-focus on God....
Heidi Siemens-Rhodes: how to say the final good-bye
Maybe because her short life took her around the globe several times – from Jerusalem and Bangkok as a child to France and Japan as a young adult – Heidi Siemens-Rhodes ’96 knew a thing or two about saying “hello”...
Ulises Martinez ’04 helps bring a zero-emissions car closer to reality
A clean energy catalyst developed by Ulises Martinez ’04 is being used to fuel a concept car in Japan. Daihatsu, a subsidiary of Toyota, implemented Martinez’s catalyst in the FC Show-Case, a zero emissions concept car, which was unveiled at...
Kate Stoltzfus ’05 finds ‘yinzpiration’ in Pittsburgh
If you’ve never been to Pittsburgh, you might be puzzled by the word “yinz.” To Kate Stoltzfus ’05, “yinz” is more than just Pittsburgh’s colloquial version of “ya’ll”; it is an inspiration. Stoltzfus became a “Yinzer,” or a Pittsburgh resident,...
Lasting Ties: “A rare chance…”
On the first Friday of May 1903, citizens of Goshen met in the city’s council chamber to hear what The Goshen Daily Times described as “a rare chance for Goshen to secure a desirable college.” The local Commercial Exchange had...
Naomi Kramer ’12 is helping former Amish realize their dreams
What happens when a needy student cannot get financial aid to attend college? Like other students of Amish descent, Naomi Kramer ’12 faced that dilemma because her parents did not support her decision to attend college. After five years of...
What matters most: the birds and the bees and passionate…learning
As a boy growing up in the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania, Merle E. Jacobs ’48 loved all birds but was obsessed with yellow canaries. From a pair, he eventually developed a flock of 67 canaries – all happily living inside his...
Train memories: Alumni recall noise, close calls and pranks
RIDING THE RAILS BY AUTO Back in the 1950s when I was a student at Goshen College, there were only a few freight trains per week using the tracks on the east side of campus. Late one afternoon, John Troyer...
Orientation — Part 2
The Andes are spectacular. With peaks reaching over 20,000 feet and valleys made green by the recent rains, the tallest mountains in the western hemisphere provide a striking backdrop to our study program. People have called the sierra home for...
Convocation: “GC Faculty: Passionate Learners”
President Brenneman will introduce this Core Values Institute Convocation featuring three faculty members: Kristi Glick (art), Jon Geiser (business) and Dan Smith (chemistry). Click for audio file
Ceramicist Gregg Luginbuhl presents exhibit at Goshen College
The Goshen College Music Center’s Hershberger Art Gallery will be featuring Bluffton (Ohio) University Professor of Art Gregg Luginbuhl’s recent ceramic work in a new exhibit from Jan. 20 to March 4.
Chicago-based Spektral Quartet coming to Goshen Jan. 18
The Spektral Quartet, one of the nation’s fastest-rising young string quartets and the ensemble-in-residence at the University of Chicago, returns to Goshen College Music Center on Friday, Jan. 18.
Orientation — Part 1
Our introduction to life in Peru began in the nation’s capital, Lima. The students awoke to a warm, sunny day and took a walk through the districts of Miraflores and San Isidro, observing the modern architecture and some oddly familiar...
A Game Theory Path to Quantitative Literacy
David Housman presents this workshop at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Diego, California, January 9-12, 2013.
Orientation and Off to Host Families
The last 24 hours have been exceedingly full for the Cambodian SSTers, with ongoing recovery from jet lag (switching their nights and days, with a 12-hour time difference from Goshen), a whirlwind orientation at the Hotel Frangipani, going home with...
Chapel: “Spirited Life Revisited” – Bob Yoder & Gwen Gustafson-Zook
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Goshen College students to present art exhibit around theme of ‘Lion & Lamb’
Goshen College students will focus on the theme “Lion & Lamb” for a Student Art Show, which is on display until Feb. 1 in the college’s Good Library Gallery.
Students Arrive Safely in Phnom Penh
Students arrived safely in Phnom Penh this evening, a bit bedraggled after the 29-hour journey but awfully chipper, nonetheless. After receiving their welcome packets and taking a look over the city from the rooftop view, they’re now resting in a...
Arrival
All is well. Nineteen tired but eager students emerged from immigration and customs with all their luggage in tow and smiles on their faces. After a quick group photo, we boarded a bus for Miraflores House to get settled before...
High school students: Take another look at Goshen College’s affordability
To better meet the needs of incoming students, Goshen College has recently made some changes to available scholarships and financial aid processes, giving students a reason to take another look at the college.
Annual MLK Study Day at Goshen College features luncheon, documentary and authors
Goshen College will again focus on the values and ideals that characterized Martin Luther King Jr. through music and poetry, a documentary, a luncheon and discussions during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Study Day on Jan. 21.
A Changing World. A Changing Peru.
Change is everywhere. From the KFC’s and Starbucks that are replacing traditional eateries here in Lima to the appearance of hundreds of off-highway vehicles for this weekend’s Dakar Rally, the old is giving way to the new. Globalization promises new...
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