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Three Goshen College students' 'This I Believe' essays aired February 2, 2012

GOSHEN, Ind. – The public radio station in Elkhart, Ind., WVPE-88.1 FM (www.wvpe.org), again selected essays by three Goshen College students, and aired them between Jan. 10-24 on the "This I Believe" segment of its program. This is the sixth year that WVPE and Goshen College Communication Department have collaborated on this popular project.

Goshen College announces Fall 2011-12 Dean's List January 24, 2012

Goshen College recently recognized 215 students, for excellence in academics, on the 2011-12 fall semester Dean's List.

Ted & Company Theater Works coming to Goshen Feb. 8-10 January 20, 2012

Ted & Company Theater Works is coming to Goshen from Feb. 8-10, with the help of College Mennonite Church, Just Peace Seminars, Goshen College, and Oaklawn.

Goshen College students sit down with close friend of MLK to talk January 20, 2012

It's not often that Goshen College students have the opportunity to pick the brain of a close friend of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. But that's exactly what happened during a convocation on Monday, Jan. 16, when senior Yolo Lopez-Perez sat down with Dr. Vincent Harding to ask him questions about race, multiculturalism, identity and servant leadership.

Goshen College graduate looks to a new year of seeking justice for refugees in Ecuador January 4, 2012

The new year marked more than just a chance to reflect on 2011's unkept resolutions for David Shenk. Looking back on the last year, the 2009 graduate of Goshen College has a lot to consider and process. Now, one year into his two-year term of working with Colombian refugees in Quito, Ecuador through the Mennonite Mission Network, he has encountered countless people whose stories have illustrated the best and worst in human nature.

Goshen College Peace Play contest still accepting submissions December 13, 2011

The Goshen College Theater Department once again is hosting a Peace Play contest, and submissions will continue to be accepted until Dec. 31. This biennial one-of-a-kind Peace Play contest challenges playwrights around the world to tell a story about peace in a one-act play.

Online Advent devotions with Goshen College student and faculty voices begin Nov. 21 at blog.goshen.edu/devotions November 14, 2011

As churches and individual Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Christ's birth, Goshen College is again offering an online spiritual resource to help believers make time and space in their hearts and minds to welcome Advent and celebrate Christmas.

Sun showers will pour from Goshen College's Rec-Fitness Center November 8, 2011

People taking showers in Goshen College's Roman Gingerich Recreation-Fitness Center will soon have the sun – and the Goshen College Physics Department – to thank for their warm water. Members of the Sun Shower Collective, consisting of GC students, faculty and staff, planned and are building solar panels to heat the water in the RFC.

Kiplinger's names Goshen College in top 100 best values in private liberal arts colleges November 1, 2011

Goshen College has been named one of the top 200 best values in private colleges by Kiplinger's Personal Finance. The magazinerecently announced the top private universities and liberal arts colleges that combine outstanding quality with affordability. This year, Goshen College was ranked 80th among liberal arts colleges.

Professor James S. Miller remembered with love and appreciation for his three decades of service to Goshen College October 19, 2011

Members of the Goshen College community reacted with shock, disbelief and sorrow when they learned about the homicide of Professor of Biology James S. Miller. Since then, a candlelight vigil and convocation on campus and visitations and two church services have helped students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends cope with the tragic death and given them a deeper appreciation for Professor Miller's many contributions to Goshen College.

Two recent GC grads lead Guam's first-ever children's deaf camp October 11, 2011

Four years ago, Heather Zimmerman came to Goshen College from Guam to study American Sign Language. Now, she has graduated and is taking her passion for ASL to give back to the country from which she came.

Goshen College mourns the death of Professor James S. Miller October 9, 2011

Goshen College President James E. Brenneman today sent the following statement to students, faculty and staff: "It is with profound sadness that I inform you of the death this morning of Professor James S. Miller, 58, a professor of biology at Goshen College since 1980.

Six notable Goshen College alumni are honored with awards during Homecoming Weekend September 30, 2011

Some work in business, some in theater and music, and others in medicine. But no matter what kind of work they do, they have all been active peacemakers, taking the values they learned years ago at Goshen College and applying them to their daily lives. During Goshen College's Homecoming Weekend 2011 on Oct. 7-9, the college will honor six exceptional alumni with awards for their commitment to the college's core values.

Rankings include Goshen College among best liberal arts colleges September 22, 2011

The annual college rankings have hit the presses, and Goshen College was again included by "U.S. News & World Report," "Forbes" and "Washington Monthly" publications on their lists of best U.S. colleges. It was also again named a "College of Distinction."

Students spend the summer in Kenya researching fire ecology September 19, 2011

While most college students spent their summers working a summer job and taking a break from studies, four Goshen College students and recent alumni spent the summer riding around the African savanna in a Land Rover, spotting elephants and studying fire ecology with their professor.