By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 The morning after we arrived in Tarma, we found ourselves standing in the Fe y Alegria school yard with Christian and Maria, part of a large circle of students, teachers,...

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Lea and Micah: Serving in Cusco
By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 When Lea and Micah joined us for supper near the Plaza de Armas, or central park, in Cusco, it was the first time they had seen each other two weeks...
Machu Picchu Bathed in Fog, Till the Sun Broke Through
By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 On the evening before we visited Machu Picchu, we talked about how we wanted to make the most of the chance to see this mountaintop retreat; few people have this...
International connection: Goshen Rotary Club supports GC international students
Whether its members are sharing a meal together, singing “Home on the Range” as is tradition, or providing financial support, the Goshen Rotary Club has enabled GC students from Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Korea, Mongolia and various other countries to…
Spektral Quartet to mix music and imagery in Haydn’s “Seven Last Words of Christ”
The Chicago-based Spektral Quartet returns to the Goshen College campus to perform Joseph Haydn’s “The Seven Last Words of Christ” on Sunday, March 29 at 4 p.m. This Palm Sunday concert in Sauder Concert Hall will mix outstanding string quartet…
Goshen College choirs to perform Verdi’s Requiem with Fort Wayne Philharmonic and Chorus
Sauder Concert Hall will resound with Giuseppe Verdi’s mighty Requiem Mass on Sunday, March 22, 2015 as more than 150 singers from Goshen College and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus combine with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, under the baton of…
Crossing the Sacred Valley: Ollantaytambo
By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 More than 500 years ago, Ollantaytambo served as an important rest stop and administrative and religious center for the Incas. For our group, it proved to be a perfect place...
Spring 2015 Math Meeting
Several students competed in the Indiana Colleges Mathematics Contest and attended the Indiana Section Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Spring 2015 meeting held at Taylor University. Featured speakers included Francis Su, Harvey Mudd and MAA President, telling us about some of his favorite Math...
Crossing the Sacred Valley: Chinchero to Moray and More
By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 Early on Monday morning, students said good-bye to their Cusco area host families and we made our way into the Sacred Valley by bus, accompanied once again by Amadeo, our faithful...
ICRID’s Annual Silent Retreat
Deaf, hearing, students, interpreters all came together for 24 hours of fun! The Voices off event began by showing the movie ‘Audism Unveiled” games & an ice cream social followed. Saturday was packed with workshops, food & learning. It was...
Pressed Into Service for a TV Star
by Duane Stoltzfus Bryan shares a journal entry: My final weekend here in Lima was as it should’ve been, eventful. This past Saturday, after an afternoon spent traveling, I found myself traveling some more, to Puente Piedra. It was just...
Goshen College bands to present joint concert in Sauder Concert Hall, March 21
Goshen College’s All-Campus Band will perform alongside GC’s Lavender Jazz ensemble in a joint concert, Saturday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will take place in Sauder Concert Hall. Each ensemble will present one half of the concert.
ASL Medical & Religious Interpreting W/S
April 18, 2015 Medical Interpreting: Meeting the Standard of Care & Religious Interpreting: A Call to Excellence. Daniel Burch ws flyer final Check out the flyer to see all the details. Dr. Daniel D. Burch is Vice President of Sign Language Services...
Spring Mainstage “The Boys Next Door” to feature theatrical realism
The Goshen College Theater Department will present Tom Griffin’s “The Boys Next Door” on March 20, 27 and 28 at 8 p.m. and on March 22 and 29 at 3 p.m. in Goshen College’s Umble Center. **Please note that the…
Chapel: ¡Encuentro! #srfaithjourneys
Graduation seniors will share parts of their faith journeys during their time at college. Speakers include Gretchen Geyer, Reuben Ng, Stefen Baumgartner, and Dominque Chew. You’ll not want to miss this! Click for audio file
FiveCore Media racks up awards
The GC Communication Department and FiveCore Media continue to be recognized for high-quality video work, both regionally and nationally, with awards from both educational and professional associations.
A Sunday Outing: Tipón and Trout
By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 The first Mennonite church in Peru, La Iglesia Evangelica Menonita de Lucre (Lucre Mennonite Evangelical Church), was founded in this small mountain town of a few thousand people in 1990. We traveled...
‘Small but mighty’ WGCS brings home more national awards
WGCS was a finalist for “Best College Radio Station” among institutions with fewer than 10,000 students enrolled at the 75th annual Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) conference on March 7. The Globe also received three national individual first place honors and four other…
Globe-trotting Students Win National Awards in NYC
“You came from where?” “You rode a train for 20 hours?” “I’ve never heard of that school.” These are pretty common statements and questions our Goshen College and 91.1 The Globe students and faculty got when they visited New York...
The Boys Next Door, March 2015
THE BOYS NEXT DOOR by Tom Griffin A play in two acts, directed by Doug Liechty Caskey Performance Dates: March 20, 22 and 27-29, 2015 The Boys Next Door follows the lives of four adult men as they navigate living together, meeting new...
Walking Where the Incas Walked (and Maybe Went Rock Sliding)
By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 Lima may be a metropolis of 10 million people, one third of Peru’s total population, but to visit Cusco is to be reminded why the Incas regarded this Andean capital...
C. Henry Smith the topic of namesake peace lecture
Perry Bush, professor of history at Bluffton (Ohio) University, will present the 2015 C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture on Tuesday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Administration Building Room 28. Bechtel will speak on “The Professor as…
Peace Farm: A new experiment in Christian discipleship
Krista and Tim Showalter Ehst, both 2008 GC grads, have begun Peace Farm, a new voluntary service program born out of a collaborative effort between Quakers and Mennonites in Pennsylvania. This six-month apprenticeship brings together the practical work of farming…
Conference on Religion and Science to examine ideas of ‘personhood’
Goshen College’s 14th annual Conference on Science and Religion will be held March 20-22 and will feature speaker Wentzel van Huyssteen, professor of theology and science at Princeton Theological Seminary.
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