Day 1: We went to English classes with our brothers at 8 a.m. Class started at 9:30. Every student practiced greeting us in English. Then we went to play futbolito (traumatic flashbacks to Caral). Then we went to the river,...
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A Journal Entry from Katie: “A collection of short stories about the first week in San Roque”
Lavender Jazz, All-Campus Band with Prairie View 5th graders
Prairie View Elementary fifth graders joined with GC’s Lavender Jazz and All-Campus Band on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016.
Service visits in San Roque: Katie, Josh, and Riley
Friday – Sunday, Nov. 11-13 San Roque, where these three students are doing their service, is most notable for its size; whereas Ayacucho, Cuzco and Arequipa are major cities of several hundred thousand people, San Roque’s population is a mere...
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A Journal Entry from Achieng: “Getting in touch with my spiritual ..”
Being a college kid is hard, you know. Assignments, group projects, trying to stay healthy, thinking about your future and all that mumbo jumbo. Then comes your spirituality. Goshen is a Christian school, thus you have many opportunities to interact...
Service visits in Arequipa: Brad, Achieng and Lane
Thursday – Friday, Nov. 3-4 Arequipa, the second-largest city in Peru, is home to 3 students for their service placements. Located in southern Peru, it sits in the middle of a desert, making the air very dry, but at an...
Chapel: Service of Thanks
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Annual Advent devotions begin Nov. 21
Beginning Nov. 21 (the Monday prior to the first Sunday in Advent) and culminating on Christmas Day, Goshen College students, faculty and staff will provide weekday reflections based on lectionary Scripture passages and the Advent theme: “The Holy Way: Walking…
Martha Yoder and Justin Johnson art exhibit
Artists Martha Yoder and Justin Johnson presented a joint exhibit titled “Revelation Images,” “Saints and Scarabs” and “Conflict” respectively, with a public reception on Sunday, Nov. 13, followed by an artist talk, in the Music Center’s Hershberger Art Gallery. The...
BSU Caribbean Party
The Black Student Union hosted a Caribbean party on Nov. 12 Photos by Sadie Gustafson-Zook
Lavender Jazz, All-Campus Band team up with fourth graders for Nov. 18 concert
Goshen College’s All-Campus Band and Lavender Jazz ensemble will perform in a joint concert on Friday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m in Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.
President’s Speech: The Intercultural Transformation of a Midwest Mennonite College: ¡Si Se Puede!
On Oct. 11, 2016, Goshen College President Jim Brenneman delivered the keynote address at the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) Dean’s Forum.
Service visits in Cuzco: Emily, Maddie and Alex
Monday – Wednesday, Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 Cuzco, the high Andean city where the group’s journey to Machu Picchu began, is also the service location for three students. We began our visit with the service location of Emily, an...
What Matters Most: We are Goshen College!
Perhaps the greatest gift we can hope to give to all future graduates is the profound experience of belonging to each other, no matter our color, class, creed or culture. Together, we are Goshen College, past, present and future.
Humanizing a Tech World
Young alumni are coding, strategizing and analyzing streams of data in the expansive technology field.
The second service visits in Ayacucho: Tim and John
Thursday and Friday, Oct. 27-28. Ayacucho has traditionally been famous for having 33 large Catholic churches, its large Easter week celebrations, and for being the site of a famous battle for South American independence. But in recent history it is...
Yoder Public Affairs conversation to center on storytelling and making culture
Ellah Wakatama Allfrey and Jan Bender Shetler will share an interview-conversation titled "The Development of Sustainable Creative Economies: Telling Stories and Making Culture" on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall.
The first service visits in Ayacucho: Rachel and Alex
Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 26-27. Doug and Maria’s first trip to visit students at their service locations was to the city of Ayacucho, high in the Andean mountains at an elevation of about 9,000 feet above sea level (and about...
Local Food Summit Inspires Michiana Attendees
A small contingent of folks from the Elkhart County region attended a statewide local food event in Indianapolis in early October. The Indiana Local Food Summit was organized by Purdue University and held at the Ivy Tech Culinary School in...
Realizing the Dream: Award winner hopes to travel, help others
Alia Byrd, a sophomore elementary education major with a double minor in TESOL and Spanish, was among a group of first-generation students from Indiana’s independent colleges and universities to be celebrated at the 27th annual “Realizing the Dream” banquet on…
Machu Picchu
[Doug and Maria have been traveling between Lima and service locations visiting students the past two weeks. Here is the last blog entry from the trip to Cuzco and Machu Picchu. Starting tomorrow entries will be posted from the first...
GC students teach Goshen middle schoolers how to code with Google grant
Goshen Middle Schoolers are learning how to code with the help of Goshen College students and a grant from Google.
Requiem For Peace Concert
On Nov. 5, 2016, Goshen College choirs and orchestra performed an hour-long piece, sung in a dozen different languages, written by Mennonite composer Larry Nickel titled “Requiem for Peace.” Learn more about Requiem for Peace Photos by Kate McKinnell ’17
Requiem For Peace Symposium
On Nov. 5, 2016, GC hosted “Requiem for Peace — Stories & Songs of Conflict and Renewal.” Participants heard from Latina women caught in the U.S. justice systems, local immigration lawyer and 1999 Goshen College alum Lisa Koop, members of...
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