Welcome!

Welcome to the Environmental Sciences Department of Goshen College.  We believe that the environmental needs in our world require education that links people with scientific information; nurtures relationships between people, locally and globally; and connects our communities with the land on which we are dependent as part of God's creation.   Program highlights include:

•  Students have opportunities to become environmental scientists by doing science.

Our curricula provides extensive opportunity for students to engage in field work through labs, to participate in collaborative research with faculty, and to gain field experience through internships and the summer Maple Scholars research program.

•  Goshen College manages an outstanding collection of field stations and natural areas

The Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center provides a 1,189 acre field laboratory which serves students in most field classes and offers the chance for residential programs during May-term and summer courses.   Rieth Village is a Platinum certified LEED building that includes offices and student cottages and models innovations in sustainable design.  The college also owns and manages a Marine Biology Field Station in the Florida Keys where students take classes and perform research in marine systems during May-term.

•  Our faculty bring a wealth of interdisciplinary knowledge related to addressing solutions to environmental challenges

Addressing solutions to environmental problems requires an integration of multiple disciplines.  Goshen College currently has scholars studying ecological economics, environmental history, and the sociology of food production.   Environmental Science students join a community of students and professors committed to fleshing out God's call to live at peace with one another and the creation for which we are called to care.