Saturday, January 28 Some inspiring projects in the Cono Sur are the bio-huertas, or urban gardens, where those in surrounding low-income neighborhoods use vacant lots to grow fruits and vegetables. A video, From the Earth to the Pot, describes several...
A two-day visit in the Cono Sur – Part 3
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A two-day visit in the Cono Sur – Part 3
Convocation: GSWA Healthy Bodies Week
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This far by faith: GC names Welcome Center to honor first African-American graduate
On Friday, Feb. 10 -- during Black History Month -- Goshen College will officially dedicate the newly-named Juanita Lark Welcome Center in honor of Juanita Jewell Lark, the college’s first African-American graduate in 1943, following a special convocation about her…
A two-day visit in the Cono Sur – Part 2
A two-day visit in the Cono Sur – Part 2 Friday, January 27 For the rest of this afternoon the students engaged in sporting activities: Frisbee, volleyball, and, for 2 hours, soccer. The Frisbee and soccer took place in the...
Goshen College presidential letter to campus about recent immigration executive orders
Our Christ-centered core values — global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking, servant leadership and passionate learning — call us to seek the wellbeing of all people, including welcoming strangers (Matthew 25:43). For these reasons, we respectfully urge the president to rescind these…
Archaeology Study Abroad Opportunity: Kampsville Field School
From June 11 to June 22, 2017, experience hands-on experience with archaeological research design and implementation. Students will participate in the program in Kampsville, Illinois. Directed by Dr. Jane Buikstra, the field school will examine empirical and theoretical training in...
History as Stepping Stone into Pre-Law: An Interview with Lydette Assefa (’09)
Lydette Assefa (’09) is a student at Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois. What interested you in becoming a history major? I have always enjoyed learning and hearing about people’s stories from different cultures and time periods and learning...
Local students to compete at Science Olympiad regional tournament
More than 20 Science Olympiad teams from 15 area middle and high schools will gather on the Goshen College campus to compete in hands-on science events for the annual Science Olympiad regional tournament on Saturday, Feb. 11.
Celebrate Scholars Day
Prospective students visited campus to complete scholarship requirements and participate in celebratory activities on Jan. 28, 2017.
A two-day visit in the Cono Sur – Part 1
Friday, January 27 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...
Open Mic Night
Students gathered for an open mic night on Jan. 27, 2017.
ASI / SLS Inquiry Form (demo)
St. Olaf Choir to perform at Goshen College Feb. 8
The St. Olaf Choir will come to Goshen College for a concert in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. as part of their 2017 winter tour.
Peruvian ceramics and Fair Trade
Wednesday, January 25 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...
January Snapshots
Photos from around campus in January 2017.
Chapel: The Journey is Our Home
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo returns to Goshen College Feb. 10
Returning to the Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall for the first time since 2003, Ladysmith Black Mambazo will perform on Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Performing Arts Series.
An indigenous community rises from the ashes in central Lima
Monday, January 23 In the center of very urban Lima we visited Cantagallo, a tiny part of the Amazon jungle that lives in the hearts of a few hundred indigenous Shipibo people from the far eastern side of Peru. Their...
Baldanzi to present comics lecture on Valentine’s Day
Jessica Baldanzi, associate professor of English at Goshen College, will share her expertise on comics and graphic narratives on Feb. 14 at 1 p.m. in Sauder Concert Hall.
Dr. Tobin Miller-Shearer Leads Oral History Workshop
On January 16, 2017, Dr. Tobin Miller-Shearer, Director of the African-American Studies Program at University of Montana and an Associate Professor of History visited Goshen College to lead an Oral History Workshop for students interested in the art of...
New year brings launch of 12 new academic programs at Goshen College
Building on its academic distinctives, Goshen College faculty and administration recently approved 12 new undergraduate academic programs of study, including six majors, three minors, two concentrations and an education licensure add-on program, across five areas of study. The new opportunities…
Moving a mountain (or at least making a dimple in it)
Friday, January 20 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...
Win, Lose, Act
The GC Theater Department hosted a Win, Lose or Act event on Jan. 20, 2017.
Seven student musicians take the stage for 57th Annual Concerto-Aria Concert
Seven student winners of the 2017 Goshen College Concerto-Aria Competition will perform arias and individual concerto movements with the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra, directed by Associate Professor of Music Jose Rocha, in the 57th annual Concerto-Aria Concert on Saturday, Feb.…
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