Neave Trio, comprised of violin, piano and cello, will present the first Rieth Chamber Series concert on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Goshen College Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall.
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Neave Trio to perform Sept. 10
Auditions for Community School of the Arts youth choirs to be held Aug. 14 and 20, 2017
Three Community School of the Arts (CSA) youth choirs will hold open auditions for new members on Monday, Aug. 14 from 6 - 8 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 20 from 2 - 4 p.m. at the Goshen College Music Center.…
Cake Cutting
Christian Bechler and Kenan Bitikofer worked with David Housman on a Maple Scholars project examining cake cutting.
Biology and film students dive into legacy of GC’s marine biology program in Florida
Six film students joined the 12 biology students for the annual three-week Marine Biology course in Layton, Florida on Long Key.
Jess Raffel ’19
“I’m fascinated by sustainable agriculture because botany is one of my biggest passions,” explains Jess Raffel, an environmental science major with a concentration in agroecology. While a high school student in Indianapolis, Jess took an AP environmental science course and...
Tickets on sale for individual 2017-18 Performing Arts Series concerts
Beginning this Friday, Aug. 4, at 9 a.m., concertgoers have the opportunity to purchase individual tickets for all concerts in the Goshen College Performing Arts Series.
GC wins national marketing-recruitment excellence award
Goshen College received a national Marketing-Recruitment Excellence Award for turning around more than five years of declining enrollment by developing long-term strategies for recruitment, financial aid strategy, search and strategic enrollment planning.
14th annual Grief Seminar aims to help support families and foster resilience
The 14th annual Grief Seminar, "Good Grief: Supporting Families and Fostering Resilience," will take place on Friday, Sept. 22 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at College Mennonite Church on the Goshen College campus. Participants will explore topics related to…
Retreat
July 29-31. Students returned to Casa Goshen Saturday morning after spending the night at the homes of their Lima host families, sharing with them their experiences from the last 6 weeks on service. Then we all boarded a bus for...
All the students return from service assignments
July 28. Over a 9-hour stretch yesterday all 21 students safely returned from their service assignments to Casa Goshen in Lima. The house filled with sounds of joy as each successive returning group entered and was welcomed by friends they...
Chalhuanca and Caraybamba: Connor and Hans.
July 19-21. These two towns are reached by a 14-hour overnight bus ride from Lima through the Andes mountains. Chalhuanca, the larger of the towns, is the service home of Connor. Connor split his service work between teaching English at...
Curahuasi: Erin and Nathan
July 18-19, 26. Curahuasi is about a 90-minute drive from Cusco. It’s most famous claim to fame is as the home of the Sayhuite Rock, a large piece of granite carved by the Incas with more than 200 figures. Curahuasi...
Preparing for SST
Welcome to the first blog post for the Fall 2017 China Study Service Term! My name is Beverly Lapp. I’m a music prof at GC and just completed a four-year term as Core Curriculum director. My spouse Dale Klassen led...
Cusco: Mara and Maddy
July 17 Cusco, the high Andean city where the group’s journey to Machu Picchu began, is also the service location for two students. Maria began the visit with the service location of Mara, who is teaching at the private Mennonite...
Seven GC students awarded Everence scholarships
Seven Goshen College students have received scholarships from Everence, the financial services organization of Mennonite Church USA.
Sculpture for service: GC alumni display artwork at Wellfield Botanic Gardens
John Mishler, associate professor of art, along with five recent graduates, are displaying their sculptures in a show titled "Sculptures in the Garden: Heavy Metal" at the Wellfield Botanic Gardens through September 30.
San Miguel: Caleb and Christy
July 11. The Amazon region of Peru is home to more than 50 indigenous groups, the largest of which is the Ashaninka people, numbering about 80,000. Caleb and Christy are living in one of the communities, San Miguel, which welcomes...
Chanchamayo: Jordan, Meredith and Cassie
July 9-12. These three nursing students are all serving in different health clinics in Chanchamayo, a popular coffee-growing region directly east of Lima that is reached by a road that climbs from Lima (in the desert at sea level), up...
First Study-Service Theology Term participants reflect on future of church in Guatemala
For two weeks in June, a group of 20 high school students from Mennonite, Catholic, Baptist and nondenominational backgrounds and from across the country traveled to Guatemala for Goshen College’s first Study-Service Theology Term (SSTT) and reflected on what their…
San Roque: Anja and Austin
July 3-4. San Roque, where Anja and Austin are doing their service, is most notable for its size; whereas Arequipa and Ayacucho are major cities of several hundred thousand people, San Roque’s population is a mere 800. Another significant difference...
Quinua: Clara
July 1. Clara lives a 45-minute drive outside Ayacucho in the small village of Quinua, which has two claims to fame. It is most famous for having been the site of the 1824 Battle of Ayacucho, where South American forces...
Ayacucho: Marisa, Landon and Karina
June 30 – July 1. Ayacucho is the capital of one of the poorer departments in Peru, located in the Andes about 9000 feet above sea level. Marisa, Landon and Karina work here at a school, a museum, and an...
Maple Scholars explore varied topics in summer research projects
Sixteen Goshen College students are participating in the Maple Scholars research program this summer.
Gilberto Perez, Jr., named dean of students
Gilberto Perez, Jr., former senior director of intercultural development and educational partnerships, has been named the new dean of students at Goshen College.
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