Early this morning a massive fire started in this shantytown that we visited about a month ago. About 300 homes burned down and an estimated 2,000 people are homeless now. We heard that the school we had visited did not...
Tragic fire at Shipibo community we visited in Cantagallo
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Tragic fire at Shipibo community we visited in Cantagallo
Thirteenth annual Festival of Carols scheduled Dec. 2-4
Concert: A Festival of Carols Date and time: Dec. 2 (live-streamed) and 3 at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 4 at 4 p.m. Location: Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall Cost: $15, reserved seating. Call the Goshen College Welcome Center at...
Four students earn honors at state singing competition
Four GC students placed in their divisions at the annual National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) competition in Fort Wayne.
The Bulletin – Fall/Winter 2016
For this issue of the Bulletin, we talked with a number of alumni who are leaders in their technological fields. Armed with their liberal arts degrees, these alums are solving problems with technology in new and colorful ways by building…
Chapel: Stories from Summer Inquiry Program Student Participants
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ASL Coffeehouse
On September 16, the Goshen College ASL Program and Deaf Christian Fellowship of College Mennonite Church came together for an ASL Coffeehouse. Chad Ettinger from Council Bluffs, Iowa was our presenter for the evening. It was a wonderful evening of...
ASL Kick-Off 2016 Pictures
Tradition! ASL Kick-Off The ASL Students & Faculty gathering together at the beginning of every year to get to know each other. We play games, eat and in general have a great time all without using our voices!
Ollantaytambo, one of the oldest continually-inhabited towns in the Americas.
Tuesday, Oct. 11 This town, sitting halfway between the Incan capital of Cuzco and Machu Picchu, was originally inhabited by pre-Incan tribes before the Incas renovated it. Structures built before the Spanish arrived are still in use today. We visited...
President Brenneman delivers Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities keynote address
President Brenneman delivered a keynote address at the Dean’s Forum of the 30th annual Conference of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) in San Antonio, Texas on Oct. 11.
Presidential Search Committee names student representative
Dona Park, a senior art and history double major from Abbotsford, British Columbia has been selected to serve as the student representative for the Presidential Search Committee. She is a member at Emmanuel Mennonite Church, and completed the Ministry Inquiry...
Presidential search committee listening sessions Nov. 1-3
The Goshen College Presidential Search Committee would like to seek input from the Goshen College campus community regarding the qualifications and priorities for the next President of Goshen College. You are invited to join members of the Presidential Search Committee...
October 2016 Snapshots
Photos from October 2016 at Goshen College
Convocation: Personal and Community Wellness in the Midst of Political Divide
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Visit to a textile workshop and the ruins of Chinchero
Monday, Oct. 10 After breakfast and bidding adios to our Mennonite host families in Lucre and Huacarpay, we traveled to the small town of Chinchero. At many of the other tourist sites we had been impressed by vendors selling clothing...
Peruvian Mennonites in Lucre; Incan terracing at Tipon
Sunday, Oct. 9 At the end of yesterday we headed for the outskirts of Cusco and two small towns – Lucre and Huarcapay – that have Mennonite congregations. Half of the students stayed in one of 3 homes in Huarcapay,...
Presidential Search Committee meets Oct. 11-12
The Goshen College Presidential Search Committee gathered for their first meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 11 and 12. The meetings were led by Faith Penner, Chair of the Goshen College search committee, and Carlos Romero, Executive Director at Mennonite Education...
Careers in History Symposium at IUPUI
The National Council on Public History and the IUPUI History Department invite faculty and undergraduate and graduate students to attend the Careers in History Symposium on November 12, 2016 at IUPUI Campus Center, Indianapolis. Aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, the...
Summer 2017 LIVE. LEARN. INTERN. program in Washington, D.C.
Spend your summer in Washington, DC for an 8-week program at the The Engalitcheff Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems (ICPES). Students intern in the field of public policy while earning academic credit in economics and government. The program...
Goshen College and Goshen Health partner to provide bachelor’s degrees for registered nurses
Goshen College and Goshen Health are working together to help registered nurses who work for Goshen Health to complete their bachelor’s of science in nursing (BSN).
GC names buildings to honor trailblazing alumni
Two buildings on the Goshen College campus will be renamed to honor alumni Octavio Romero and Juanita Lark, two of the first intercultural students to attend Goshen College.
Cuzco: capital of the Inca Empire
Saturday, Oct. 8 On Friday we took a short flight from Lima to Cuzco (a trip by bus through the mountains takes 21 hours!). Saturday was dedicated to visiting sites in Cuzco, the capital of the Incan empire that once...
Goodbye despedida for our Lima families
Thursday, Oct. 6 To mark the end of the study portion of their SST the students hosted a goodbye (despedida) and thank-you party for their host families. Instead of a regular afternoon lecture on Thursday, the students prepared a large...
Combined exhibit examines religious imagery using modern approaches
Two artists, Martha Yoder and Justin Johnson, will present a joint exhibit , titled “Revelation Images” and “Saints and Scarabs,” respectively, with a public reception on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m., followed by an artist talk, in the Music…
Expect fun, laughter with fall mainstage ‘Red Herring’
Fall Mainstage: “Red Herring” Dates and times: Nov. 11, 12, 19 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 13, 20 (ASL interpreted) at 3 p.m. Location: Goshen College Umble Center Runtime: Two hours, with intermission Cost: $10 general, $5 students/seniors/GC employees. Tickets...
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