During the retreat two students presented original writings — Anna read a letter she penned for her presentation and Ben recited a poem he drafted during a time of reflection on our final day. With their permission, the two pieces...
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Retreat
Retreat is a time to share, reflect, play and prepare for the students’ return to the United States. We traveled south to Kauai, a retreat center owned and operated by Scripture Union and strategically located on a quiet stretch of...
Convocation: True Stories from First-Year Students
Students from Academic Voice classes will present true stories from their lives a la The Moth Radio Hour. Students who will speak are: Kierstin Bast, Lucas Harnish, Alex Mosbarger, Alex Long, Tamara Carrington, Obadi Obadi and Nathan Orr. Click for...
New accelerated evening B.A. Social Work program offered
Now enrolling adult students in the accelerated (18-month) evening BSW program.
Q&A: On winning at golf, and losing a father
By Samuel Rosario for Goshen Commons An interview with Ben John Pollitt, a golfer from England. Pollitt is a sophomore at Goshen College. He was the lone golfer on the men’s team a year ago when intercollegiate golf returned...
New Enactus team plans for competition
Several Goshen College business students recently joined Enactus, a community of student, academic and business leaders committed to using the power of entrepreneurial action to transform lives and shape a better more sustainable world.
Seven students pitch their ideas for entrepreneurship grants
Students vying for entrepreneurship grants have given their “pitches” and continue to put finishing touches on their business plans as they await the announcement of the 2012-13 grant awards.
Chapel: STOMP & Other Art Forms in Worship
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Service in Cusco — San Martin
St. Martin School for Special Education (Centro Educativo Básico Especial Don José de San Martin) has a special mission: to educate disabled children. Each day parents bring their daughters and sons here to Cusco’s Wanchaq district — on foot or...
Celebrate Christmas with Goshen College during the ninth annual Festival of Carols
Goshen College will present its ninth annual musical celebration of Christmas, “A Festival of Carols,” on Friday, Dec. 7 and Saturday, Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 9 at 4 p.m.
Service in Cusco — San Francisco of Assisi
Cusco is a magnificent place. As the capital of the Inca Empire, it was so central to their people’s existence it became known as “the navel of the world.” When Francisco Pizzaro and his motley cohort of conquistadores came upon...
December 2012 events at Goshen College
December 2012 events at Goshen College. All events are open to the public and are free unless otherwise noted.
Service in San Jeronimo
San Jerónimo is located along the main highway that connects Cusco, the region’s capital, to Puno, the port city at the edge of Lake Titicaca which forms the southeastern boundary of Peru. At 3,245 meters (10,646 feet) above sea level,...
Convocation: “Two Creative Healthcare Models in Goshen”
Maple City Healthcare Clinic and Center for Healing and Hope will tell us stories about their unique missions and inspiring visions for a healthier community. Click for audio file
Service in Huacarpay
Huacarpay is home to perhaps five hundred people — it’s hard to tell. This one-street town at the edge of Huacarpay Lake was inundated by flood waters in January 2010 and life has still not returned to normal. Frightened residents...
Naomi Lederach ’54: Life lessons in love and forgiveness begin with ‘we’
By Ariel Ropp for Goshen Commons Naomi Lederach rarely says “I.” Whether she’s describing her time as a peace worker in Northern Ireland during the Troubles or her experience as a nursing professor at Hesston College in Kansas, Lederach, 79,...
Service in Lucre
Lucre, a mountain hamlet of 4,000 people, is nestled between steep slopes and framed by blue skies. The first Mennonite Church in Peru was founded here in the 1980s and each Sunday a group of Spanish- and Quechua-speakers worships here. ...
Lion & Lamb Student Art Exhibit, 2012-2013
Third annual exhibit of student art that focuses on an issue related to the values of Goshen College that is open to a wide variety of interpretations and stylistic approaches. Reception Sunday, Jan. 13, 3-5 pm Sponsored by the Goshen...
Q&A with Adam Scharf ’01: From sod roof to bikes: Investing in a hometown, one project at a time
By Sara Klassen for Goshen Commons Adam Scharf, a 2001 graduate of Goshen College, is a former City Council candidate, owner of Red Tail Farm, partner of Venturi Pizza Pub and owner/operator of Rethinking Buildings, a remodeling and construction business...
Goshen College again offers online Advent devotions at goshen.edu/devotions
As churches and individual Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Christ's birth, Goshen College is again offering an online spiritual resource to help believers make time and space in their hearts and minds to welcome Advent and celebrate Christmas.
Convocation: Senegal SST, summer 2012
Students from the summer 2012 Senegal SST will present their learning experience to the campus community. Student coordinators are Ali Fretz and Jess Sprunger. Click for audio file
Service in Ayacucho
Ayacucho, the “stately city,” is the political and economic capital of the departamento (state) of the same name. Locals call the city Huamanga. Thirty-three catholic churches dominate the skyline, one for each year of Jesus’ life. At 2,761 meters (about...
Chapel: Service of Thanksgiving & Anointing
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The Battle for Wyse 3rd
Victorious in Second Battle for Wyse 3rd By Ted Maust Now there will be two footballs on the third floor of Wyse Hall, the academic home to the History Department, Bible, Religion & Philosophy Department, and Peace, Justice & Conflict Studies Department. Last...
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