The world got a close-up look at the Sichuan province of China in May after a massive earthquake left 90,000 people dead or missing and destroyed much of its infrastructure. The news media returned last month for the spectacular Beijing…
More than Olympics and earthquakes: With host families, students gain in-depth look at China
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More than Olympics and earthquakes: With host families, students gain in-depth look at China
Goshen College president opens school year with a call to live out core values
Goshen College President James E. Brenneman opened the new academic year Sept. 3 by challenging students to live the college's five core values, which he described as ideal for navigating life and nurturing body and soul.
Chapel: “Sensing God’s Hope, Claiming God’s Hope”
Members of Campus Ministries introduces the special theme for 2008-09, centered on “Sensing God’s Hope, Claiming God’s Hope.” Come out for a time of worship, singing, and connecting with the Goshen College community. Click for audio file
President’s speech: “Living the Core”
Opening Convocation of the 2008-2009 academic year, delivered by Dr. James E. Brenneman, president of Goshen College, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008 at Sauder Concert Hall.
Opening Convocation with Pres. Brenneman: “Living the Core”
The annual Opening Convocation will be held in Sauder Hall in the Music Center this year. The entire campus community is warmly invited to this special event to launch the school year. Click for audio file
Goshen College introduces new teaching and administrative faculty for 2008-09
Goshen College is pleased to announce and welcome new administrative and teaching faculty members for the 2008-09 academic year.
Goshen College excels in 2009 ‘U.S. News & World Report’ rankings; listed as 149th best liberal arts college and one of top study abroad programs
In a report eagerly anticipated by incoming college students and their parents, Goshen College placed high in the third tier of Best Liberal Arts Colleges for the eighth straight year in the "U.S. News & World Report" 2009 edition of…
Forbes ranks Goshen College 159th best college in the nation
In its first ratings of America's Best Colleges, Forbes.com ranked Goshen College 159th out of all U.S. colleges and universities, based on the quality of education provided, how much students achieve and several other key factors. Sixteen Indiana schools made…
Goshen College professors of nursing and biology retire after 67 years
Their educations began in the same place and their careers ended in the same place. Coincidentally, Goshen College Professor of Nursing Evelyn Driver and Professor of Biology Stan Grove went to the same elementary school, graduated the same year from…
Deanne Binde
At the end of the 2008 school year, Deanne Binde — one of the theater department’s most beloved members — died in a car accident.
Giving to Goshen College Fund surpasses goal and alumni participation rate rises
Goshen College reports that annual giving for the 2007-08 fiscal year, which ended June 30, reached a 15-year high, which will allow the college to provide more student aid, promote academic excellence and innovation and foster greater spiritual development.
Maple Scholars 2008
Gina Richard explored monotonic power indices and Jason Yoder explored automated intelligent play of coalition games.
Earning my global citizenship badge
Just before I left for Study-Service Term (SST) in Nicaragua this past summer, some of my friends got back from the spring Tanzania trip and were showing me their pictures. They had all the stereotypical Goshen College website pictures: hordes...
Still my father’s SST
We celebrate 40 years of Goshen’s Study-Service Term (SST) this year, but SST began influencing me even earlier, when it was still just a gleam in the eyes of the Committee on the Future of the College. In the fall...
Still on SST, 28 years later
The official understanding was that Goshen College was sending my family and me to Peru for one year as faculty directors of the Study-Service Term (SST) program based in Lima. In some respects, though, the college was simply allowing a...
Lasting Ties: WGCS Hosts A Request-A-Song For FIFI Relief
On Oct. 15, 1974, the 91.1 FM evening broadcast featured Khatchaturian’s Violin Concerto. Off-air, WGCS student general manager Jon Kennel (future general manager) and others had spent the day fielding dozens of request calls for classical and rock music as...
Octavio and Guadalupe Romero Scholarships: Embracing Goshen College Culture
Peeling potatoes in the Goshen College kitchen one afternoon in 1949, Octavio Romero ’52 switched on the radio to a local station. He was enjoying the music until college dietician Phyllis Roose made him turn it off. She explained that...
Planting ‘Seeds Of The Kingdom’
What could be more fun for a group of young adults than a road trip together? For Matt Troyer-Miller ’05, Elizabeth Troyer-Miller ’06, Mark Gingerich ’05, Randy Keener ’08 and Jessica Roth ’06, such a road trip took them this...
Alumnus Gets Youth Excited About Writing
After spending his career around professional athletes and sportswriters, it was only natural for Byron Yake ’61 to tap his full Rolodex for a cause greater than himself. The former Associated Press sports editor – who was at the wire...
Fulbright Allows Two Recent Alumni to Travel Abroad, Again
Kathryn Stutzman ’07 spent six weeks of her Study-Service Term (SST) in the Dominican Republic working on an iguana farm and Scott Barge ’99 spent three years in Lithuania with Mennonite Mission Network (MMN) teaching English at Lithuania Christian...
Plays about historic saints honor the memory of former student
Last fall, Goshen College student Deanne Binde performed as the lead in the college’s fall mainstage play, “Step on a Crack.” This fall, her very good friend Angie Noah performed as Binde in the fall mainstage play. After Binde’s life...
Historical Library purchases rare piece of Anabaptist history
To add to its already extensive list of original Anabaptist writings, the Mennonite Historical Library (MHL) and Goshen College have recently purchased a rare book of Anabaptist martyr accounts and hymns that pre-dates "Martyrs Mirror" (first edition, 1660)- the famous…
Goshen College announces Spring 2007-08 Dean’s List
Goshen College recently recognized 260 students for excellence in academics, on the 2007-08 spring semester Dean's List.
Quilters, May 2008
The GC music and theater departments collaborate through the direction of Debra Brubaker and Doug Liechty Caskey to bring you the stories, dances and songs of pioneer women that lead to the creation of their quilts.
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