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Nov 24 2014

During service, for at least one journal entry students pursued experiential learning through a strategy called action-reflection-response. The idea is to learn from daily life by noticing something that you don’t understand, gathering more information and responding by changing your...

Nov 24 2014

Marcia Good, adjunct history professor, teaches a Mexico History this fall at Goshen College. Part of the purpose for this class is to raise awareness through “News Flashes” assignments.  Through this they became aware of the missing 43 students from...

Nov 24 2014

We spent November 20 and 21 in Xi’an, today the capital of Shaanxi Province, but once the imperial center of all of China. The city, and its predecessors, served as the capital for the Qin, Han, and Tang dynasties. It…

Nov 24 2014

Professor Solomia Soroka’s son, Anton Greene, stars in “The Guide,” a Ukrainian drama that was recently submitted to the Oscars for consideration in the Best Foreign Film category. A special showing of the film will take place on Saturday, Dec.…

Nov 24 2014

We spend the final week of China SST traveling to visit a number of key cultural sites in the country that has been our home this semester.

Nov 21 2014

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Nov 21 2014

In Ayacucho, the Andean city known for having an abundance of churches, Elizabeth and Mariah have an extra measure of family members. Elizabeth lives with Pastor Dionicio Bautista Gomez and Elizabeth Huarcaya Yarasca and their five children: Luis, Herbert, Diego,...

Nov 20 2014

When Bobby Switzer started the Goshen College Hymn Club in 2012, little did he know that he would end up singing through every verse of all 658 hymns in “Hymnal: A Worship Book,” in a 30-hour marathon of song.

Nov 19 2014

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Nov 19 2014

For those of you who have been to a Goshen College men's or women's soccer match in the last 15 years, you've probably been entertained by students singing a hymn with 6:06 remaining in the second half of the match.

Nov 18 2014

Rafael Falcón, professor emeritus of Spanish at Goshen College, and Tom Lehman, a 1969 Goshen College graduate, released a book last month titled “Mennonite Memories of Puerto Rico” (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Oct. 2014), detailing the experience of Mennonites in…

Nov 18 2014

As churches and individual Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Christ’s birth, Goshen College will again offer an online spiritual resource at www.goshen.edu/devotions to help believers make time and space in their hearts and minds to welcome Advent and…

Nov 16 2014

Graphic design artists Anne H. Berry ’99 and Penina Acayo ’11 will display their artwork at the Goshen College Music Center’s Hershberger Gallery from Nov. 16, 2014 through Jan. 18, 2015. A reception will take place on Sunday, Nov. 16,…

Nov 16 2014

Goshen College alumni often have the opportunity to use their teaching talents at a variety of higher education institutions. Here are the stories of four of the 38 current teaching faculty who chose to return to their alma mater to...

Nov 14 2014

The Goshen College Symphony Orchestra (GCSO) will present a family-friendly concert featuring music inspired by the children’s book “Old Turtle,” on Friday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will take place in the Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert…

Nov 14 2014

Young Elkhart County string and wind musicians in the Community School of the Arts (CSA) Youth Honors Orchestras, along with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Youth Symphony, will perform during their annual fall concert on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 4 p.m.…

Nov 12 2014

Reception: Sunday, May 5, 2-4:00 pm, Hershberger Gallery. Awards ceremony and door prize drawing for money towards a piece from the show will take place at 3:00.

Nov 11 2014

On Friday, Nov. 14, high school students have an opportunity to visit the Goshen College campus during a fall open house. Students can tour campus, talk with faculty, participate in an information fair, learn about financial aid and scholarships, spend…

Nov 11 2014

We post a few photos here from recent visits to Yilong and Langzhong. During our afternoon in Yilong none of the SSTers were teaching, and our time was spent in conversation and catching up on what has been happening in…

Nov 11 2014

We arrived in Chiclayo, a coastal city about 12 hours north of Lima, on a Friday, after an overnight bus trip. We stopped at a hotel only long enough to drop off our bags and then headed out on the...

Nov 10 2014

From GoLeafs.net Goshen College has been recognized as an NAIA Champions of Character Five-Star Institution for the 2013-14 academic year, the national office announced Friday. The Champions of Character Scorecard measures each institution’s commitment to the NAIA Champions of Character program....

Nov 10 2014

Four of the six students who are doing service in the Cusco area are working at schools that serve deaf children: San Martin (public) and San Francisco (private). On the day that we visited St. Martin School for Special Education...

Nov 10 2014

Goshen College music professor and pianist Matthew Hill will present a solo piano recital on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall.

Nov 10 2014

Three Community School of the Arts (CSA) youth choirs will perform in the Fall CSA Showcase Concert, Sunday, Nov. 16 at 4 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.