Photos from around campus in May 2017.
May Snapshots
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May Snapshots
Visit to New Caral
Friday, May 26. Today was part of a two-day field trip visiting two locations with a shared name but separated by 5,000 years of history. A five-hour bus ride took us past seemingly endless mountains of arid sand and stone,...
Bursting with life: the greening of May
Picture a plant pushing upwards its unfurling leaves and stalks, bit by bit, reaching for more light, pulsing with the moisture of spring rains and warming soil. It happens each day in spring as we sit in front of computers,...
Museum visits and lectures
Tuesday-Thursday, May 23-25. This week included two afternoon field trips to study the history of art in Peru and the many, but lesser-known, indigenous cultures that preceded the Incas. And, as usual, the week included lectures and quizzes that, although...
Making music to change lives
In the first undergraduate program of its kind, Goshen College students are learning to teach music based on the principles of El Sistema.
Dr. Rebecca Stoltzfus announced as candidate of choice for Goshen College’s 18th president
The Goshen College Presidential Search Committee announced alumna Dr. Rebecca Stoltzfus as its candidate of choice to become the college’s 18th president during a special all-campus gathering on May 24. Dr. Stoltzfus is vice provost for undergraduate education at Cornell…
Overnight trip to Cono Sur – Part 2
Saturday, May 20. On Saturday morning we had our main activity, working in bio-huertas, or urban gardens, where those in surrounding low-income neighborhoods use vacant lots to grow fruit and vegetables. A video, From the Earth to the Pot, describes...
Ahead of 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 that helped them achieve higher education.
GAMEO finds new home at Goshen College
The Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO), the most trusted online source for information on Anabaptist groups around the world, has found a new home with the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism (ISGA) at Goshen College.
Candidate of choice announcement coming
We are very pleased to extend an invitation to join us for a significant announcement to our campus community with the naming of the presidential candidate of choice this Wednesday, May 24 at 1:30 p.m. in the Church-Chapel. If you...
Longtime Concord Schools art teachers exhibit work
Two Concord Junior High School art teachers, Mary Amador and Neil Boston, will showcase their work in the Music Center’s Hershberger Art Gallery between June 11 and Sept. 17, 2017. They will host a reception on Sept. 17, from 2-3:30…
Overnight Trip to Cono Sur – Part 1
Friday, May 19. We spent Friday and Saturday in the Cono Sur, the southern region of Lima that, like the area we visited on Friday of last week, saw explosive growth in recent decades from massive influxes of people from...
Forging their Futures
Armed with a great idea, an entrepreneurial spirit and a liberal arts education, our young alumni are finding ways to make a living doing what they love. Some studied business or earned one of GC’s entrepreneurship grants right out of…
Overwhelmed with Gratitude: A Final Interview with President James E. Brenneman
Interview by Jodi H. Beyeler ’00 and photos by Brian Yoder Schlabach ’07 On June 30, 2017, at the end of the 2016-17 academic year, Dr. James E. Brenneman ’77 will step down from his role as the 16th president...
What Matters Most: Thank the makers and Maker!
I have come to more fully realize during my presidential tenure that one of the greatest gifts a liberal arts education can give anyone — be it metaphorical, mechanistic, scientific, literary, literal, historical or spiritual — is an ever-deepening lifelong…
The Bulletin – Spring/Summer 2017
In this issue, meet 15 young alumni entrepreneurs who are innovating, taking risks and building their own businesses from the ground up. And read a final interview with President James E. Brenneman.
Peruvian Ceramics and Fair Trade
Wednesday, May 17 We have all seen stores like Ten Thousand Villages that sell artisan crafts from abroad, but this week students learned what it means to buy those handicrafts via fair trade principles, meet some of the artists that make the crafts, and...
Perez, Aguirre given 2017 Liberty Bell Award from Elkhart City Bar Association
Gilberto Perez, Jr., and Richard R. Aguirre, received the Elkhart City Bar Association’s 2017 Liberty Bell Award for their leadership and numerous outreach activities to provide resources, education and support within the local immigrant, Latino and wider communities.
Social Events
Even Chemists know how to have fun! Throughout this year, the department has hosted movie and game nights for our students, roommates, friends, and families. From a competitive game of Dutch Blitz to Despicable Me 2, it’s always a good...
High School Students Visit Goshen College
Goshen College has modern analytical instrumentation including NMR, IR, GC-MS, and UV-Vis Spectrometers. One of the benefits of having this instrumentation is that we are able to share it with those around us, particularly our local high schools. In 2017, 64...
Research Opportunities in Chemistry
The chemistry department is pleased to provide opportunities for students to be involved in ongoing research projects. Our students work in the labs to complete independent research and present their findings to both on and off campus audiences through oral...
Pick-axes, brooms, and paint brushes in the Cono Norte
Friday, May 12. Today we drove 25 miles north to Puente Piedra, an area more typical of where most people live in this sprawling capital city of 10 million. The outer regions of Lima, known as the conos, didn’t exist...
Homecoming Test Form
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Fall Internship at U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly’s Office in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly’s Washington, DC office is seeking a full-time press intern, who can work 30-40 hours a week this fall. Responsibilities include assisting the press team with media monitoring, drafting social media, research, and other day-to-day operations and...
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