Week Four of our Study-Service Term in China was reminiscent of a familiar academic phenomenon: the increasing weariness that sets in as a mid-term recess approaches. The accumulation of input and content becomes weighty in combination with the routines, deadlines,...

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October 2017 Table of Contents
Contents of Volume XCI October 2017 Number Four In This Issue Overview by John D. Roth, editor The Theology of English Anabaptist Martyr Joan Bocher Kirk R. MacGregor “The Knife of Daily Repentance”: Toward a Religious History of Calligraphy and Manuscript Illumination...
Capital Semester Spring 2018 – International Affairs and Public Policy
CAPITAL SEMESTER SPRING 2018 – INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS & PUBLIC POLICY WASHINGTON, D.C. www.DCinternships.org/CS EARLY DEADLINE: October 5, 2017 FINAL DEADLINE: November 10, 2017 Sponsored by The Fund for American Studies, Capital Semester combines substantive internships, 12 academic credits, career development activities, site...
The Historical Commission of the U.S. and Canadian Mennonite Brethren Churches announces FIVE research and writing grants for 2017–2018
The Historical Commission of the U.S. and Canadian Mennonite Brethren Churches announces FIVE research and writing grants for 2017–2018. Click on the highlighted URLs below for details. Grants of up to $2,000 to support ARCHIVES DEVELOPMENT of Mennonite archives around the world—one specifically for...

Author and speaker Eboo Patel to visit Goshen College Oct. 26
Eboo Patel, an author and former a member of President Obama's inaugural Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships, will present a Yoder Public Affairs lecture on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Church-Chapel. This event is…

Sophomore Londyn Feasel wins big on the Price is Right
Goshen College sophomore Londyn Feasel, a sophomore elementary education/special education major from Plainfield, Indiana, appeared on "The Price is Right" Friday, Sept. 22.

Goshen College application fees waived as part of College GO! Week
During Indiana College GO! Week, Sept. 25-29, Goshen College will waive application fees for all Indiana seniors during College GO! Week is sponsored by Learn More Indiana.
Convocation: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with Latino Student Union
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150 gather for Believer’s Church Conference
Fifty years after the first Believers’ Church conference in 1967, more than 150 people representing nearly a dozen different denominational traditions gathered on the campus of Goshen (Ind.) College, September 14-16, to participate in “Word, Spirit, and the Renewal of…

Musical couples share talents at Community School of the Arts faculty recital
Event: Community School of the Arts Faculty Recital: Jessica Bennett, violin; Brook Bennett, cello; Luke & Mary Rose Norell, piano Date/Time: Sunday, Oct. 1 2017, 4 p.m. Location: Sauder Concert Hall Cost: $8 adults, $6 seniors/students. Online at goshen.edu/tickets or...

Ted & Company Theaterworks to perform Discovery: A Comic Lament Oct. 6-7
Play: “Discovery: A Comic Lament” by Ted & Company Theaterworks Date & Time: Friday, Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 7 at 4 p.m. Location: Goshen College Umble Center Tickets: $5 general admission. Available online or at the...
Weekend in Langzhong
We met Saturday morning at the Nanchong north station and with our program assistant Wang Ying continued north on the high speed train to Langzhong, a continuously-preserved ancient city of the Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.). Within 90 minutes we...

Free FAFSA help available during College Goal Sunday, Nov. 5
During College Goal Sunday, Nov. 5, from 2-4 p.m., financial aid professionals will be volunteering to help college-bound Indiana students and their families complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form and open the door to financial aid.…

GC welcomes largest incoming class in eight years
Goshen College welcomed its largest incoming class since 2009, enrolling a total of 215 first-year students and 55 students transferred to Goshen, bringing total enrollment up to 950 students.

Donor endows Atlee and Winifred Beechy Peace Peace, Justice and Reconciliation Lectureship
Atlee ’35 and Winifred Beechy ’38 dedicated 34 years of their lives to counseling and educating Goshen College students while promoting peace and justice in our communities, our nation and our world.

Goshen College honors five alumni during Homecoming Weekend
The 2017 Culture for Service Awards will be presented to Sheri Hartzler ’73 and Philip Thomas ’87. The 2017 Young Alumni Award will be presented to Nicole Cober Bauman ’08, the 2017 Dr. Ruth Gunden Champion of Character Award will…

Lavender Jazz at First Fridays
Stroll the streets of Downtown Goshen and visit shops, restaurants and art galleries at this monthly celebration of all that is good about Goshen. Visit the GC table in the Goshen Theater where GC’s Lavender Jazz Band will perform.

Homecoming Music Gala
Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall | Cost: $8, GC students free | The music department presents its annual showcase of student and faculty musicians.

Homecoming Music Gala
Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall | Cost: $8, GC students free | The music department presents its annual showcase of student and faculty musicians.

Exhibit Reception: Eugene Alexander: The Fashion of Eugene Stutzman
Fashion designs by Goshen College alumnus Eugene Stutzman ’73 will be on display, including the dress worn by Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex And The City: The Movie and the dress worn by Whitney Houston on the cover of Life…

Champions of Character Reception
Celebrate GC 2017 Champions of Character Stan King ’61 and Justine Pletcher ’72 at noon in the RFC turf room.

GC Block Party
Enjoy lunch from local food trucks and interact with retired faculty members from your department. Games, music, face painting and more! No registration required, food can be purchased directly from the vendors. Location: RFC parking lot.
Mid-week update
Keeping up with the pace of life in the bustling and vibrant city of Nanchong brings regular reminders that time for rest is important. The class schedule is demanding and there is so much to see and experience outside of...

U.S. News & World Report again ranks Goshen College among best in Midwest
Goshen College remains among the top ten schools on the U.S. News & World Report list of the Best Regional Colleges in the Midwest, according to the annual rankings.
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