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…
A Goshen College family tradition born of love and faith
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A Goshen College family tradition born of love and faith
Nifty Assignment of the Week
Lynn Osborne recently completed this game where a player attempts to save babies from a bunch of snakes that are about to eat them.
No Exit – Phil Weaver-Stoesz, December 2012
The play is a depiction of the afterlife in which three deceased characters are punished by being locked into a room together for eternity. It is the source of Sartre’s especially famous and often misinterpreted quotation “L’enfer, c’est les autres” or...
Goshen Students Design Cystic Fibrosis Website
Connor Histand and Kyle Laker recently designed a web site for the Cystic Fibrosis Council in Elkhart. The Cystic Fibrosis Council provides educational, financial, nutritional and emotional support to people with Cystic Fibrosis. They support and educate families as they...
What Recent Graduates are Doing
What Recent Graduates are Doing Restoration and Outreach National Park Service A 2011 grad, Tori Yoder is currently interning with the National Park Service in Arizona. She divides her time between restoration projects and working with children through the NPS...
Cloud Based Computing Research at Goshen
Dr. Kent Palmer recently presented his research on developing a Cloud-based Cyberlearning Environment for Introductory Computing Programming Education at the International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies. Dr. Palmer’s research focused on using the Google App Engine to develop cyber learning...
Homework Project of the Week
Seth Yoder recently brought Dungeon Explorer to the iPad! Not all of the features of the TurboGrafx game were implemented in the iPad game. In the iPad Game, a player explores the rooms of the Dungeon by tapping on one…
Goshen College Peace Play contest still accepting submissions
The Goshen College Theater Department once again is hosting a Peace Play contest, and submissions will continue to be accepted until Dec. 31. This biennial one-of-a-kind Peace Play contest challenges playwrights around the world to tell a story about peace...
The Bulletin – Winter 2011
Gathering to Celebrate
How to Complete Your Internship
Internships are a fundamental way for you to hone your skills, gain career experience, and simultaneously improve your community. Internships can have a significant influence on your ability to get into graduate school and the career directions you choose. The Department of...
Two GC alumnae return for violin, piano recital in Rieth Recital Hall
Goshen College music alumnae Leslee Smucker '09, violin, and Anna Showalter '10, piano, will return to campus to present a music recital in Rieth Recital Hall.
Chapel – Advent Service of Hymns & Scripture, led by Deb Brubaker’s Song Leading Class
Christmas might seem far away, but come prepare your hearts and minds for Advent through singing and scripture as students from Professor Deb Brubaker’s Song Leading class lead us in worship. Click for audio file
Alumni Coordinate Emergency Response After Haiti Earthquake
Kathy Troyer ’75 and Virgil Troyer ’74 felt the aftershocks of Haiti’s tragic January earthquake first hand, but left the disaster feeling inspired. The Troyers, in their second year as regional disaster coordinators, in Honduras for Mennonite Central Committee, were...
Leaving China: The Great Wall
Our final day as a group in China was crisp and relatively clear. We headed out by bus to the Jinshanling section of the fabled Great Wall. This section is located in Hebei Province, about 130 km outside of Beijing. ...
Leaving China: Beijing, Second Day
To start off Sunday, we all went to the Chongwenmen Christian Church. Originally a Methodist mission congregation, the congregation today has about 10,000 worshipers each Sunday, spread across 5 services. We attended the third service. Green-jacketed volunteers gave us an...
Leaving China: Beijing, First Day
After locating the bus that would shuttle us about Beijing for the next few days, we stopped for a nice Chinese breakfast (porridge for some, dumplings for others) along our route. Despite cold temperatures, our first destination in Beijing was...
Leaving China: Overnight Trains
After our visit to Xi’an, on Friday evening, Nov. 25, we again boarded an overnight train, this time headed for China’s capital Beijing. Although the distance we had to cover was greater, the train was faster so we were looking...
Leaving China: Visit to Xi'an
On Nov. 23, we met at the Nanchong train station, bid farewell to our generous host families, and boarded a fast train to Chengdu. There we met a friend who kindly offered to babysit our luggage while we headed out...
Leaving China: Visit to Xi’an
On Nov. 23, we met at the Nanchong train station, bid farewell to our generous host families, and boarded a fast train to Chengdu. There we met a friend who kindly offered to babysit our luggage while we headed out...
Celebrate Christmas in art during upcoming Goshen College Afternoon Sabbatical
Afternoon Sabbatical: “Celebrating Christmas in Art,” by Merrill Krabill, professor of art Date and time: Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 1 p.m. Location: Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall Cost: Free and open to the public As Christmas approaches, Professor...
Goshen College English Department, Better World Books present ‘Goshen Graphix’
The Goshen College English Department and Better World Books will present "Goshen Graphix," a collection of short graphic memoirs by Goshen College students from their May 2010 Graphic Novel class, at the store on Dec. 2.
December 2011 events at Goshen College
All events are open to the public and are free unless otherwise noted
Maple Scholars Present Honeybee Research
Biology students Lynn Weaver and Lisa Weaver presented the results of their summer research with Dr. Andy Ammons at the annual Ohio Valley Entomological Association. Lynn received second place in the undergraduate division competition - congratulations!
Homeward Bound
The return trip to the North America began with a 3:30 a.m. departure from Home Peru. There is not much traffic at that hour so we arrived at Jorge Chávez International Airport ahead of schedule. The students got checked in...
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