Quechua is the language of the Incas. It is the second-most common language in Peru. We asked one of our Spanish language instructors, Luz Atapaucar, to give us a lecture on Quechua. Luz, a native of Cusco province, grew up...
Quechua, Agriculture and Weaving
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Quechua, Agriculture and Weaving
Documented Argument Assignment
DOCUMENTED ARGUMENT ESSAY Assignment You may take a position on a campus issue (8 a.m. classes should be discontinued because sleep studies have proven that learning is more effective in later hours) or one in Goshen (the city should not...
Preliminary Work for Document Argument
Documented Argument: Preliminary Work 1. Choose a topic. You are looking for a focused, manageable topic that is of general interest to your audience. Begin with topics that are familiar to you. Consider the areas below and begin listing possible...
Convocation: “Martin Luther King–Servant Leader” with Dr. Vincent Harding
Dr. Vincent G. Harding, a civil rights elder, historian, theologian, and peace activist, was a colleague of Martin Luther King Jr. His work for civil rights in the late 1950s and early 1960s was instrumental in the passage of the...
Learning about Peru
We began our first full week in Peru with a presentation on Peru’s economy. The average Peruvian earns only a fifth as much as the average US resident, but incomes are increasing quickly and the poverty rate is falling. Mining...
Chapel – “Songs of Exaltation,” led by students The Miller One Throwback Gang
Join us in an upbeat time of singing and praising God as we sing “Songs of Exaltation,” led by the student group, The Miller One Throwback Gang. You’ll not want to miss this! The group consists of John Miller, Henry...
Gregg Luginbuhl Exhibit: Recent Directions
Reception: Sunday January 20, 2-3:30 pm, Hershberger Gallery. There will be a gallery talk following the reception. Show Statement: The majority of the work in this exhibition will be in the ceramic medium. Approaches to this medium will include:...
General Essay Critique Guidelines
Expository Writing General Critique Guidelines Whenever you read an essay, use the following questions to guide your response. First, keep in mind that, although you may not be a writing expert, you are THE reader of this essay and your...
Convocation: “North & South: The GC student art exhibit in the library gallery”
Art club members will introduce GC student artists and art-work on display in the Good Library basement gallery. Click for audio file
Nifty Assignment of the week
This StarCraft II Wings of Liberty Sound Board was completed by Stuart Graber while studying Objective-C at Goshen College. It is a simple iPhone app where you press a button to play a short sound clip. It features sounds of…
Orientation in the Andes
We enjoyed two gorgeous days in the Andes, where the rains have returned and the hills are green. We spent the first day beginning the process of acclimation, taking it easy as our bodies slowly adjust to life at 3,399...
GC Education Grad Named to Ft. Wayne, Ind. Teacher Honor Roll
Goshen College elementary education graduate Tom Meyer was added to the Ft. Wayne Teacher Honor Roll for his work at Canterbury Elementary in Ft. Wayne.
Orientation in Lima
Blue skies, white clouds, expectant smiles. We began the day with a walk from the hostel at Home Peru to the director’s home, Casa Goshen. Along the way we passed a pre-inca archaeological site — Huaca Pucllana — a cluster...
Homecoming 2011
Check out the class reunion photos from our most recent homecoming event
Arrival
Twenty-three North Americans stepped into the balmy night air at Lima’s Jorge Chavez Airport, anxious to get their first glimpse of South America. It’s summer here, which may take a little getting used to. After a snag with a missing...
Goshen College graduate looks to a new year of seeking justice for refugees in Ecuador
GOSHEN, Ind. – The new year marked more than just a chance to reflect on 2011’s unkept resolutions for David Shenk. Looking back on the last year, the 2009 graduate of Goshen College has a lot to consider and process....
Nominate Outstanding Alumni
Nominations to Goshen's Alumni Board for the Culture for Service and the Decade of Servant Leadership Awards are being accepted until January 14, 2011.
2011-2012 Alumni Executive Board
Collaborative Project Tests Photobioreactor
Biology and Environmental Science students David Stoesz, David Graber, Menan Assefa, and Aradhana Roberts are helping test a new way to "grow" energy.
GC World AIDS Day Fundraiser
The GC Pre-Med Club and Nursing Student Association co-hosted the Annual GC World AIDS Day Benefit. Besides raising awareness, the event raised over $170 for the MCC AIDS relief fund.
Getting Ready
Our family is eagerly awaiting the arrival of our next group of students. Over Christmas we traveled with our program assistant, Alicia, and her husband, Oswaldo, to their home communities near Huancayo. We had lunch near a trout farm, spent...
Their love for their alma mater runs skin deep
For Daryl Groff ’83 and his daughter, Sara ’09, wearing a Goshen College T-shirt, scarf or hat isn’t enough to show how much they love their alma mater. Their love for Goshen runs skin deep — literally. Daryl and Sara…
Alumna pops up a new career rooted in Goshen’s values
Angie (Miller) Bastian ’83 and her husband, Dan, a former teacher, have built their former garage business into Angie’s Kettle Corn, a multi-million company rooted in the values of family, treating people fairly and giving back to the community. They…
A Goshen College family tradition born of love and faith
When I was growing up, an annual winter tradition for the Rohrer family was driving from eastern Ohio to Goshen to visit “the cousins” – those in the family enrolled at Goshen College. From an early age, these family trips…
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