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Oct 19 2010

Our visit to the district of Villa Maria del Triunfo in southern Lima showed us what a pueblo jóven looks like as it grows up. The area, which was founded almost 50 years ago, is now home to approximately 360,000...

Oct 15 2010

Scott Hochstetler, Conductor  Scott Hochstetler, DMA, is associate professor of music at Goshen College, where he teaches in the choral, vocal and opera theater programs. He is also the musical director of St. Joseph Valley Camerata, an area professional choir....

Oct 15 2010

Debra Brubaker, conductor Debra Brubaker is professor of music at Goshen College, where she is involved in the choral and opera theater programs, teaches church music courses and serves as department co-chair. Since coming to Goshen in 1999, Debra has...

Oct 15 2010

Christopher Fashun, DMA, is an assistant professor of music at Goshen College where he conducts the Symphony Orchestra, directs the Lavender Jazz Ensemble, oversees the music education program, conducts the orchestras for musicals and opera, and teaches applied percussion.  In...

Oct 15 2010

Goshen College alum Esther Kern will speak about her recent time on CPT’s (Christian Peacemaker Team) Al-Khalil project in the West Bank city of Hebron. She will speak from Micah 6:8 and engage the audience through story-telling and photos. Click...

Oct 14 2010

Presented by Rebecca Buchan This workshop was designed to educate participants on their personality preferences and characteristics as framed within the structure of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator.  Objectives included: Incorporating MBTI into various areas of interpreting & Gaining an...

Oct 14 2010

Presented by Rebecca Buchan This workshop was designed to educate participants on their personality preferences and characteristics as framed within the structure of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator.  Objectives included: Incorporating MBTI into various areas of interpreting & Gaining an...

Oct 14 2010

Myrl Nofziger and Marlin Hershey recently traveled to Ukraine to visit MEDA’s Horticulture Development Project.  The purpose of this project is to enable Ukrainian individuals, organizations, and public and private institutions to sustainably support and promote a thriving and equitable...

Oct 13 2010

This is the fourth seminar of the Business Health Check: Securing the Health of your Business series. This session will cover: Understanding your target market Customer relationship management Understanding your vendor base Vendor relationship management Strengthening ties to your community...

Oct 13 2010

Just 50 years ago, Lima’s population was close to 1 million. Today the greater metro area is approximately 8.5 million, or nearly one in three Peruvians. The stories behind that spectacular growth are sometimes tragic: earthquakes and floods that decimated...

Oct 12 2010

Discovering Resources at the Public Library This presentation will include pointers to practical resources that are readily available at the Goshen Public Library and free online on a range of topics for working smarter and more efficiently, whatever one’s job...

Oct 11 2010

Even if the SSTers were able to try a different Peruvian dish for each breakfast, lunch, and dinner of their semester here, they’d still miss many of the country’s hundreds of traditional offerings. Peru is known in culinary circles for...

Oct 11 2010

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Oct 08 2010

The 2010 Ministry Inquiry Program student participants will share of their summer experiences through singing, prayer, sharing, and also offer a time of anointing to the GC community.2010 MIP Participants: Caleb Detweiler, Nikita Zook, Reuben Sancken, Audrey Engle, Jessica Camacho,...

Oct 06 2010

This is the third seminar of the Business Health Check: Securing the Health of your Business series. This session will cover: Finding talent (the recruitment process) Keeping talent (integration, benefits, flexibility and support) Nurturing talent (employee development) Measuring and incentivizing...

Oct 05 2010

Beginning with the End in Mind: An Evaluation of Goshen College’s Colloquium Program Hannah Miller, Devon Rouse and Luke Yoder SOC 392: Methods of Social Research II Spring Semester 2010 Goshen College Abstract The purpose of this study was to...

Oct 05 2010

We donned our hiking shoes, grabbed our cameras, and headed out to some fantastic archaeological sites during our trip to Cusco and the nearby Sacred Valley. Of course one stop was Machu Picchu, the magnificent “lost city” that was (re)discovered...

Oct 05 2010

Knit One, Purl Two: Knitting New Identities Together This seminar provides information, tools and skills for how to work with families and individuals who have experienced grief and loss. It will be held Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 8:30 a.m. to...

Oct 05 2010

Oct 05 2010

Stressed Out by your Memory? Forgetting names? Can’t find your car keys? Forgot what you wanted from the other room? Memory is one of the most unique and fascinating functions of the human brain. And, so critical to how we...

Oct 04 2010

Juana Bordas is an acclaimed author and speaker. She is president of Mestiza Leadership International in Denver, vice president of the board of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership and founder of Mi Casa Women’s Center. Click for audio file

Oct 03 2010

We recently spent a week in the Andean city of Cusco, a short flight and a world away from our base in Lima. Most tourists visit Cusco to explore its archaeological sites—the city was the capital of the Incan empire...

Oct 02 2010

John Blosser: Retrospective Exhibit John Blosser has taught in Goshen College’s Art Department for 10 years and before that at Hesston College for 20. This exhibit features the work he has done throughout his career as he nears retirement in...

Oct 01 2010

Winner of the biennial peace play competition at Goshen College, A Gentler Place is a thought-provoking play that attacks, uproots, and threatens to expose a buried secret nestled deep within a rural township.