GC sophomore Mariane Grace crowned the 2018 Miss Apple Blossom queen
Goshen College sophomore Mariane Grace was crowned the 2018 Miss Apple Blossom queen at the annual pageant Thursday night, opening night of the Nappanee festival.
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Merry Lea students forage on canoe trip along Elkhart River
Every year in September, Joel Pontius leads students in Goshen College’s Sustainability Leadership Semester on an eight-day canoe trip from the headwaters of the Elkhart River at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center to Lake Michigan.
Q and A: Watson “overly excited” for challenge at Goshen College
Harold Watson was announced as the new athletic director for Goshen College last week. Watson, 35, has most recently spent time working in Georgia Southern University’s athletic department, serving as the assistant athletic director for strategic marketing.
Student-athletes work to beautify Goshen College campus
School may not be in session yet at Goshen College, but student-athletes on campus are already hard at work in the community.
Goshen College, Notre Dame among colleges pushing for hate crime laws
Dozens of colleges across Indiana are joining the fight to create a hate crime law in the state, including Notre Dame and Goshen College.
Five students finish summer intensive
Five college students have just finished the Agroecology Summer Intensive program at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center's Rieth Village. It's been a broad ranging experience for them, from visiting area farming enterprises to leading lunch discussions to caring for goats.
Animals, fruits and nuts coexist in Merry Lea pasture
In a 5-acre pasture at the Merry Lea Sustainable Farm, you’ll find cows and chickens sharing the land with some unusual roommates — nut trees, fruit trees, grapevines and raspberries.
Goshen College licensing program boosting teachers’ ability to help English learners
This past year, Goshen College offered an 11-month program for full-time teachers to get an English Learner’s license, also known as TSOL or ENL. The license provides teachers with background of how a second language develops. Teachers learn specific strategies for instruction, assessment, and identifying areas of concern.
ICE quest for detention sites puts Trump county on tightrope – The Associated Press
Immigrants have filled much of the gap in the workforce, yet residents remain divided on issues including immigration. More than 7,000 packed an Elkhart school gym in May to cheer Trump. But the county seat of Goshen — dotted with multilingual yard signs proclaiming “No matter where you are from, we’re glad you’re our neighbor”— is a counterweight, home to a Mennonite college and large Latino population. The proposal for a detention center would jab at those complexities. Yoder jumped in first, trying for a dialogue instead of a dispute.
Merry Lea featured on Farmerama podcast
The Farmerama podcast talks to John Mischler, Merry Lea’s Director of Agroecology, and Ellie Schertz, the Assistant Farm Manager, as well as two students who’ve chosen to return to Merry Lea and volunteer for another summer (begins at 21:30).