Selling a house We close the semester with a question from the 1869-70 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Entrace Examination. By selling a house and lot for $5,790, the owner lost 3 1/2 per cent. What was their cost?
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Economics of the Environment
You are invited to attend the student research presentations for this course. The topics pertain to the work of the Ecological Stewardship committee and will span three days. The presentations are scheduled from 12-12:50 pm in Newcomer Center, room 17. ...
Chapel: “Advent Service of Hymns & Scripture,” led by students from 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
Lasting Ties: Planting a Heritage For Future Generations
From the day in June 1903 that Jesse Smucker’s team drove away with a load of soil excavated from a field that was to become the Goshen College campus, the college land has been dug, poked and shaped by many...
Economics of the Environment
You are invited to attend the student research presentations for this course. The topics pertain to the work of the Ecological Stewardship committee and will span three days. The presentations are scheduled from 12-12:50 pm in Newcomer Center, room 17....
Departure
Nine of the 11 Peru SSTers departed tonight from Lima’s Jorge Chávez International Airport–first to Atlanta, and then on to Chicago O’Hare (the remaining two leave tomorrow for travel in Bolivia). ¡Vaya con Dios, amigos!
Beyond burgers and fries: Campus dining hall incorporates care for the earth and students’ bodies
College dining halls are known for large amounts of food thrown away by students, for grease-laden burgers and chicken nuggets and for preparing mass quantities of food straight from the freezer section that would never be considered "fresh." But something…
last days in Peru
After six weeks of service the SSTers said goodbye to their host families and work in Cusco, Huaraz, San Ramon, La Merced, and Azulís and returned to Lima for the final exam. A few hours later we headed south on...
Economics of the Environment
You are invited to attend the student research presentations for this course. The topics pertain to the work of the Ecological Stewardship committee and will span three days. The presentations are scheduled from 12-12:50 pm in Newcomer Center, room 17....
Convocation – Best Oral Comm speeches of the semester
Students who will speak: Becca Augsburger, Ellie Hershberger, Madi Ouedraogo, and Daisy Gaspar Click for audio file
Conflict is Good
Read an interview with Professor Carolyn Schrock-Shenk
Seniors analyze waste to energy proposal
Students meet business leaders and county officials while learning about a promising new technology.
service in cusco
Kim, Erin, and Mike have been in the Cusco region for their service. They got to know the area (and even their host families) back in September, when the whole SST group visited Machu Picchu. All three were happy to...
Stephanie Short '03
Stephanie's study abroad experience gave her the edge when finding a job
Waste to Energy in Elkhart County
Can we find a way to generate clean energy from the hundreds of tons of waste delivered to the Elkhart County landfill each day? What’s in it for the county, the contractor, the community, the environment? Senior business and accounting...
Convocation – Senegal SST, summer 2010
Student coordinators: Andrea Detweiler, Josh Hertzler, Katie Gencay. Faculty leaders: Ron & Sally Jo Milne Click for audio file
Student receives entrepreneurship grant
Funds to be used for another advertising van.
Service in Azulis
It’s a rustic six weeks of service for SSTers Nate and Serena, who are living about as far off the grid (no phone, no Internet, no electricity, no road access) as they can in Azulis, a community of about 30...
Student Art Show: “Tolerance & The Other”
Student Art Show: “Tolerance & The Other” From Nov. 19 to Dec. 6, Goshen College student artwork will be on display in the Fall Student Art Show, “Tolerance and the Other,” in the college’s Good Library Basement Gallery. The opening...
2011 Writing Workshop
Guest fiction-writer Manny Martinez will lead the 2011 Writing Workshop January 14-16.
Birthday
Birthday Fifty traditional age college students are gathered in a room. What is the probability that there is at least one pair of students who share the same birth date (year, month, and day)?
Entrepreneurship grants for students
Have a business idea? Apply for an entrepreneurship grant.
Convocation – “Meditation Practices: Buddhist & Christian Perspectives” Meditation Practice
Senior Ross Weaver will introduce Sanyatha Thawalanthanne, a Buddhist monk. San and English professor Ann Hostetler will both speak about meditation practices.San will also lead a meditation and Q & A session at 4:30 p.m. in NC 19. Buddhist monk...
Mikey Burton: Graphic Design
Mike Burton: Graphic Design, Illustration and Letterpress Reception: Sunday, Nov 14, 2010, 2-3:30 p.m. Graphic designer, illustrator and letterpress printer Mikey Burton will be exhibiting at the Hershberger Gallery Oct. 31, 2010-Jan. 12, 2011. Originally from Canton, Ohio, Burton earned...
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