Monday, June 12. After breakfast with our families in Lucre and Cusco we headed through the Andean mountains for three stops on our way winding towards Machu Picchu: Chinchero: Although the remains of an ancient Incan temple and terraces are...
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Peruvian Mennonite church and the terraces of Tipon
Sunday, June 11. Last night all the students were left in pairs at the homes of Mennonite families in Cusco or the village of Lucre. In the morning students had breakfast with their respective families and then went together to...
Graduate Projects from 2016 – 2017
DO TEACHERS ATTRIBUTE INCREASED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION LESSONS IN THEIR K-12 CLASSES AS A RESULT OF A PRE-SERVICE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FIELD COURSE AT MERRY LEA – Ken Bauer I investigated the long-term effects of the Goshen College BIOL-340 Field Experiences in...
Ruins around Cusco
Saturday, June 10. During our first full day we visited four places with odd-sounding names — Tambomachay, Pukapukara, Q’enko, and Saqsayhuaman – which after the visits became identified with different Incan purposes, designs, construction styles, and histories. After a...
Ancient Cusco
Friday, June 9. We left early this morning for a 90-minute flight (vs. a 20-hour bus ride!) to Cusco, the capital of the Incan Empire, whose name means “navel” (as in “the belly button of the Incan world”). While...
A look inside the criminal justice system: Q&A with Inside-Out students
In its fourth year, Goshen College’s Inside-Out Exchange Program has quickly become known for the deep and powerful connections that are made between inside and outside students and has become one of the most popular May term classes at the…
“Farewell to Lima” Week
June 4-8. We have safely returned from a busy week of travels in Cusco, the Sacred Valley, and Machu Picchu. On Friday the students departed for their service locations on overnight buses. By Saturday they had all arrived at the...
Geraldine Chan: Passing along charitable acts
Dr. Geraldine Chan ’64 is the kind of person who will decide to take her whole graduating class out for dinner, set up a scholarship or donate custom handmade furniture to her alma mater when the thought strikes.
Prior to graduation, students and donors connect over scholarships
Just days before their graduation, three recipients of several unique scholarships were able to connect with the families responsible for the scholarships pushing them through higher education.
SPEECH: Presidential Candidate of Choice Dr. Rebecca Stoltzfus
On Wednesday, June 14, Presidential Candidate of Choice Dr. Rebecca Stoltzfus spoke to the campus community about how she is prepared to lead Goshen College.
Twelve students participate in summer Inquiry Programs
This year, 12 students have chosen to participate in the summer Camping, Service or Ministry Inquiry Programs.
Inside-Out: Prisoners and College Students studying together
Inside-Out is a national program that Goshen College and PJCS have been participating in for five years, originally under the leadership of Professor Carolyn Schrock-Shenk, and has since grown into two classes, focusing on different concepts. Though challenging to implement,...
Presidential Candidate of Choice Dr. Rebecca Stoltzfus to visit GC June 14-15
Goshen College Presidential Candidate of Choice Dr. Rebecca Stoltzfus will be on campus June 14-15 to meet with constituents including students, employees, retirees and alumni.
Afro-Peruvian Rhythms and History – Friday
Thursday, June 2. Today was dedicated to learning more about the history and lives of African descendants in Peru. We made a sad but insightful visit to a former slave plantation that grew sugar cane and later cotton, a crop...
Save the date: 14th Annual Grief Seminar with Donna Schuurman
Save the date for Goshen College's 14th annual Grief Seminar on Friday, September 22, 2017. Internationally recognized speaker, Donna Schuurman, Senior Director for Advocacy and Training and Executive Director Emeritus at The Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families, will share…
Registration open for 18th Believers’ Church Conference, Sept. 14-17
Keynote speakers include Miroslav Volf, Joel A. Carpenter, Nancy Bedford and Frank A. Thomas.
GC ranked among best nationally for preparing teachers
Goshen College’s Education Department has been ranked in the 96th percentile nationally for its undergraduate secondary education program in the National Council on Teacher Quality’s (NCTQ) latest ratings of 717 undergraduate programs that prepare high school teachers.
2017 Exercise Science Graduates
In April, the Exercise Science program graduated the most students since it’s inception in 2013-14. Graduates in this program are studying for the ACSM personal training exam, attending graduate school in athletic training or other exercise science programs and some...
Hi Line Play Nine Golf Scramble
Kinesiology students in the Teaching Sport Skills and Strategies class hosted a golf clinic and scramble tournament on May 9 in conjunction with the USGA promotional campaign to “Play 9” (http://www.usga.org/play-9.html). Dr. John Ingold and Dr. Jewel Lehman led this...
Exercise Physiology
Exercise science majors studied responses and adaptations to exercise in lab experiences on and off campus this spring. We examined heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen consumption, ventilation and blood lactate among other variables while running, leg cycling and arm cycling. ...
Afro-Peruvian Rhythms and History – Thursday
Thursday, June 1. We took a 2-day field trip to a small community of Afro-Peruvians, descendants of the slave trade that had existed in Peru, just as it had in the U.S. A four-hour ride south of Lima, in the...
May term in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota
May term in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota This May marked the tenth year Associate Professor Hershberger has taken students to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) of Minnesota for a self-contained canoe trip. Hershberger, alumnus Gretchen Nyce, thirteen students...
‘Nuestras Memorias’ chronicles growing up Mennonite in Puerto Rico
A new book titled “Growing Up Mennonite in Puerto Rico: Nuestras Memorias,” was released in May, chronicling the experiences of Mennonites growing up in Puerto Rico in the mid-20th century.
Visit to Old Caral
Saturday, May 27. Before heading out of new Caral to see the ruins of the 5,000-year-old Caral, we walked to the health center to learn about medical care in small towns (pop. 1,200) like this. Because of the limited...
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