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Goshen College experiences 26-year high for giving toward GC Fund
Donors to Goshen College contributed nearly $2.2 million to the Goshen College Fund during the 2018-19 fiscal year, a 26-year high, providing resources that directly impact the student experience at Goshen College.
Mariachi Herencia de Mexico to bring traditional Mexican sounds to Goshen College
A youth ensemble from Chicago’s Mexican-American barrios, Mariachi Herencia de Mexico will bring their traditional Mexican music to Goshen College’s Sauder Concert Hall on Friday, Sept. 13 to kick of the 2019-20 Performing Arts Series.
Goshen College ranked #2 nationally by Washington Monthly, cited as ‘the face of successful twenty-first-century higher education’
Goshen College has been ranked second nationally in the Bachelor’s College category of the 2019 Washington Monthly magazine’s annual college rankings.
New student check-in and move-in
New students arrived on campus Aug. 24, 2019.
An unlikely career: Jared Zook ’15 finds success in online games
For Jared Zook ’15, video games have become the source of his income and full-time job. Zook has grossed over 68 million views and has 379,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.
Study-Service Theology Term seeking high school applicants to travel to Guatemala
Goshen College’s Study-Service Theology Term (SSTT) is currently seeking high school applicants for a two-week study experience in Guatemala in June 2020.
Goshen College celebrates 125 years in Elkhart County
This year, Goshen College celebrates its 125 anniversary － the quasquicentennial － of being Elkhart County’s first and only four-year, residential, private college.
Union Renovation Preview
On Aug. 20, all employees and retirees were invited to a Union Renovation Preview to see the renovated Union: the Leaf Raker Cafe, the Hunsberger Commons featuring the Hunsberger Haitian Art Collection and the Juanita Lark Welcome Center.
GC to offer continuing education classes in Apple’s Swift programming language
Goshen College will begin offering a new class this fall for adult and continuing education students focusing on Apple's Swift programming language. Classes meet once per week on Thursday evenings, between Sept. 19 and Nov. 21. Learn more at goshen.edu/swift.
Faculty & Staff Retreat 2019
On Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, Goshen College faculty and staff gathered at Shanklin Park for fun, games, food, worship and the president's "state of the college" address.
Heather Gabel ‘21
Heather is double majoring in art and sustainable food systems. During her 2019 Agroecology Summer Intensive (ASI), she brought art onto the farm in a very concrete way. A sculpture that Heather made during the program now stands in the…
Olivia Downey ’22
Imagine you were kept in the same room 24 hours a day with nothing in particular to do except eat. Human beings would experience a rapid decline in both physical and mental health under these circumstances. Likewise, most farm animals...
Stephen Lowe ’21
Stephen Lowe approaches agriculture with an appreciation for the complexity of the profession and an educator’s eye.
Cailin Smith ’21
What’s a biochemistry major doing in Merry Lea’s Agroecology Summer Intensive (ASI)? Cailin Smith, a rising sophomore from Knightstown, Ind., says she joined the group because a lot of biochemical research is agricultural.
Lily Kauffman ’21
Lily Kauffman, a rising junior from Mountain Lake, Minn., has a wide range of hands-on interests. She knows she enjoys being with plants and working outdoors but is still weighing her options regarding a major.
Georgia Ringle ’20
Georgia Ringle, a senior from Burlington, Mich., came to Goshen College’s sustainable food systems major by way of a culinary program. Georgia attended a technical high school where she received training in culinary skills and chose her first college with...
After 14 years, Peru partnership comes to a close
Since 2005, more than 600 students have traveled to Peru in 37 units, forging connections with host families, teachers, colleagues and friends that cross cultural boundaries.
Baldanzi draws lessons from graphic novels
Jessica Baldanzi, professor of English, published an essay titled “Beyond Hair Bows and Cleavage: Helping Women Draw Their Iconic Selves,” in the collection “Lessons Drawn: Essays on the Pedagogy of Comics and Graphic Novels."
Widmer family’s spirit of generosity paid forward in nursing, pre-med scholarship
Glen ’42, Reuben ’40 and Esther ’37 Widmer, are three of nine siblings from Wayland, Iowa, who attended a one-room school, walked four miles a day to high school and continued their education at Goshen College before entering the medical…
Our Peruvian sojourn is at its end
On Friday morning, we left for Kawai, a retreat center two hours south of Lima. We had time to share our stories, reflect on what we have experienced, and to prepare for our return home. Students also presented the interview-based...
July 2019 Snapshots
Photos from around campus in July, 2019.
Shetler authors book on women’s generational ‘network of knowledge’ in Tanzania
Jan Bender Shetler, professor of history and director of international education at GC recently published "Claiming Civic Virtue: Gender Network Memory in the Mara Region, Tanzania" (University of Wisconsin Press, July 2019), looking at the history of the Mara Region…
Back Together Again
Early this morning, students began converging on Casa Goshen laden with suitcases and stories to swap. Weary travelers from Ayacucho and Arequipa arrived first, after a long night on the bus, followed by their friends from Chincha a few hours...
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