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Apr 26 2010

Seven mathematics majors graduated on April 22, 2010.

Apr 25 2010

Baccalaureate sermon, delivered by Dr. James E. Brenneman, President of Goshen College on Sunday, April 25, 2010 at the Goshen College Church-Chapel

Apr 19 2010

If it’s the last Phriday of the semester, then that nattily dressed student crossing GC’s campus must be a physicist.

Apr 16 2010

The sign, directly across the Pan American highway from Casa de Goshen, says it all.  We’ve been settling into Casa de Goshen  and Jinotepe for the past two weeks.  This has included finding our way to the mercado and Supermercado...

Apr 16 2010

Come on out to sing some of the “favorite hymns” of GC students. Click for audio file

Apr 12 2010

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Apr 10 2010

Hindsight is 20/Something, Nov. 2010 Here Lies Hope – A Study on Human Loneliness in the 21st Century By Patrick Maxwell   Home of the Trojans – AN Everyday Musical of Mythical Proportions By Patrick Ressler    

Apr 09 2010

Come hear the various stories and experiences of GC students who participated in the Spring Break trip to Alterna Community near Atlanta, Georgia sponsored by Campus Ministries, and Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning. Click for audio file

Apr 08 2010

Nine of the students in our group traveled to Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima Tuesday evening to board a jet bound for North America.  The others will spend another week or two traveling in Peru before they return home. ...

Apr 07 2010

By Joshua Delp It is still before dawn.  But in the growing half light, I can begin to make out shapes undreamed.  On either side of the road that’s been running downward since before I was awake and before I...

Apr 07 2010

We finished our program back where it began three months ago — at the edge of the Pacific Ocean.  Kauai is a retreat center operated by the Biblical Union Church, a two-hour drive from Lima.  The facilities include simple accommodations,...

Apr 07 2010

When we realized the railroad to Machu Picchu would be closed this season due to heavy rainfall and flooding, the students and directors began discussing alternatives.  We immediately reached a consensus.  If we couldn’t visit the capital of the Inca...

Apr 07 2010

Within the next three hours, the first five Cambodia SSTers will be returning to campus. Kelly, Phil, Seth, Trisha, and Jake boarded their Korean Airlines plane at about 11 p.m. last evening for their two lengthy flights back to the...

Apr 05 2010

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Apr 04 2010

Easter Sunday was the second day of project presentations and reorientation events for Cambodia SSTers. The highlight of the day were afternoon project presentations. Charlie, who with Jake spent the six weeks of service in a Cham Muslim village in...

Apr 03 2010

All of the Cambodia SSTers returned to their Royal University of Phnom Penh classrooms Saturday morning for final language testing, meeting with their teachers for discussions about what they did in the provinces. Nearly everyone showed marked improvements in language...

Apr 02 2010

All 19 Cambodia SSTers arrived back home in Phnom Penh sometime Friday, checking in at the Graber Miller home before returning to their host families. Everyone was healthy and happy to be back, though some were melancholy about leaving their...

Apr 01 2010

During the 112th Goshen College commencement Ronnie A. Yoder, the chief administrative law judge of the U.S. Department of Transportation, will present a commencement address to graduating seniors, titled "A Niche for You- Immortality," in Goshen College's Roman Gingrich Recreation-Fitness…

Mar 31 2010

The 2010-11 season of the Goshen College Performing Arts Series will again bring an incredible breadth of top quality arts performances to the college, including Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Conspirare, Wailin' Jennys, Shawn Colvin and Loudon Wainwright III, BeauSoleil avec…

Mar 31 2010

One of the Graber Miller family activities this week — in addition to bumper cars and bowling — was getting our photos taken in the Cambodian style, with traditional Cambodian clothing and excessive amounts of makeup and even hair extensions...

Mar 29 2010

Holy Week or Passion Week marks the week between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. Good Friday, the day of Jesus’ crucifixion, is a campus holiday. This chapel service will draw from our GC online devotions’ theme of ” Holding On...

Mar 29 2010

Our students returned to Lima this weekend after finishing their six-week service terms, a happy reunion. While living in the provinces each had an opportunity to research a topic of interest, using personal interviews as their primary source of data. ...

Mar 29 2010

Reflections by Julia Baker: “It was our second day here at Yurac Yacu and we had a lunch invitation. Nancy, one of the Peruvian women that works at The Lazy Dog Inn, was having a birthday and it was being...

Mar 26 2010

Two Goshen College faculty members united in their commitment to pacifism, the teachings of the Mennonite church and extending Christian hospitality to others presented conflicting opinions on playing the national anthem before sports events at the college.