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Jul 26 2017

John Mishler, associate professor of art, along with five recent graduates, are displaying their sculptures in a show titled "Sculptures in the Garden: Heavy Metal" at the Wellfield Botanic Gardens through September 30.

Jul 23 2017

July 11. The Amazon region of Peru is home to more than 50 indigenous groups, the largest of which is the Ashaninka people, numbering about 80,000.  Caleb and Christy are living in one of the communities, San Miguel, which welcomes...

Jul 22 2017

July 9-12. These three nursing students are all serving in different health clinics in Chanchamayo, a popular coffee-growing region directly east of Lima that is reached by a road that climbs from Lima (in the desert at sea level), up...

Jul 21 2017

For two weeks in June, a group of 20 high school students from Mennonite, Catholic, Baptist and nondenominational backgrounds and from across the country traveled to Guatemala for Goshen College’s first Study-Service Theology Term (SSTT) and reflected on what their…

Jul 21 2017

July 3-4. San Roque, where Anja and Austin are doing their service, is most notable for its size; whereas Arequipa and Ayacucho are major cities of several hundred thousand people, San Roque’s population is a mere 800.  Another significant difference...

Jul 21 2017

July 1. Clara lives a 45-minute drive outside Ayacucho in the small village of Quinua, which has two claims to fame.  It is most famous for having been the site of the 1824 Battle of Ayacucho, where South American forces...

Jul 19 2017

June 30 – July 1. Ayacucho is the capital of one of the poorer departments in Peru, located in the Andes about 9000 feet above sea level.  Marisa, Landon and Karina work here at a school, a museum, and an...

Jul 19 2017

Sixteen Goshen College students are participating in the Maple Scholars research program this summer.

Jul 19 2017

Gilberto Perez, Jr., former senior director of intercultural development and educational partnerships, has been named the new dean of students at Goshen College.  

Jul 17 2017

Goshen College and Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, Virginia) have partnered to offer an online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), the first doctoral degree program among the five Mennonite Church USA colleges and universities.

Jul 13 2017

The Mexican consulate in Chicago has awarded Goshen College $50,000 for scholarships from its Institute for Mexicans Abroad (IME) Becas fund to provide financial assistance to students of Mexican heritage.

Jul 13 2017

El consulado mexicano en Chicago ha premiado a Goshen College con $50,000 para becas de su fondo de Instituto para Mexicanos en el Extranjero (IME) Becas para proveer asistencia financiera a estudiantes de origen mexicano.

Jul 12 2017

Eleven juniors and seniors from area high schools recently participated in the week-long Conservation Leadership School (CLS) at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center, Goshen College’s 1,189-acre nature sanctuary in Wolf Lake, Indiana.

Jul 12 2017

Indiana’s 31 private, non-profit colleges and universities—including Goshen College—are opening their doors to students, parents and any others interested in the college selection process during Indiana Private College Week, July 17-21.

Jul 11 2017

While most GC students spent their May term in classrooms, labs or studios, 13 students embarked on a self-contained canoe trip in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA).

Jul 07 2017

June 25-27. Two other students in sunny Arequipa are Dez and Alia, and they’re both doing work in education.  In the mornings they each have separate jobs, Dez working at a Methodist elementary school assisting in English classes, and Alia...

Jul 06 2017

June 25-27. Olivia and Joshua are two of the four students doing their service assignments in Arequipa, the second largest city in Peru.  Situated on a plateau at about 8,000 feet above sea level it enjoys year-around comfortable temperatures, and...

Jul 05 2017

Wednesday and Thursday, June 14-15. Here are a few pictures of the students who opted to hike to the “Sun Gate,” a nearby mountain pass with ruins overlooking Machu Picchu.  Late that night we took a train back to Ollantaytambo,...

Jul 03 2017

Goshen College Provost Dr. Kenneth Newbold took over as interim president at Goshen College on July 1, and will serve through October 2017.

Jul 02 2017

Wednesday, June 14. The bad part of visiting Machu Picchu in June is that this is the tourist “high season,” meaning there are more crowds to contend with.  The good part of “high season” is the reason most tourists come...

Jun 29 2017

Tuesday, June 13. We awoke in this Incan village containing some of the oldest continually-occupied homes in the Americas.  After breakfast we made a 30-minute climb to the Pinkuylluna ruins, 3 curious-looking long buildings we had seen on the mountainside...

Jun 28 2017

Dr. Rebecca Stoltzfus has been jointly appointed as Goshen College’s 18th president by a unanimous vote from both the college’s board of directors and the board of the Mennonite Education Agency. She will officially take office on November 1.

Jun 28 2017

GC Associate Professor of Music Jose Rocha conducted the Elkhart County Symphony in collaboration with musician Ben Folds during a concert on Saturday, June 24.

Jun 26 2017

Goshen College President Jim Brenneman joined other college presidents, mayors, governors and business leaders by signing an open letter to declare institutional commitment to the 2015 Paris Agreement, despite withdrawal by the federal government.