Pioneer women weave a mosaic of life in
Goshen College musical 'Quilters,' May
18-20 May 13, 2008
The struggles and joys of frontier life
for women will come to life at Goshen
College with the production of the
musical "Quilters" by the college's
music and theater departments on the
Umble Center stage May 18, 19 and 20
at 7:30 p.m.
Goshen College mourns with Chinese
friends after Sichuan Province
earthquake May 13, 2008
Goshen College is mourning the loss
of life and devastation from China's
worst earthquake in three decades.
The college has sent students to a
university in Chengdu, China, for 25
years as part of its Study-Service Term
program and was the first U.S. college
to arrange an undergraduate exchange
with the People's Republic of China in
1980.
Maria Melendez to give poetry reading at
Goshen College May 1 April 29, 2008
Poet Maria Melendez will give a poetry
reading at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May
1 in the Yost Room of the Goshen
College Umble Center. Melendez's
reading will include work from her
recent book, "How Long She'll Last in
this World," published by the
University of Arizona Press. Melendez
teaches creative writing and American
literature at Utah State University, and
formerly taught at St. Mary's College in
South Bend, Ind.
Local children's choirs to perform
selection of sacred and secular music in
May 4 spring concert April 28, 2008
Two Community School of the Arts
(CSA) Children's Choirs will perform
their spring concert in the Goshen
College Music Center's Sauder Concert
Hall on Sunday, May at 4 p.m.
Performing are Rejoice!, for grades
3-5 and directed by Rosemary Rupp,
and Shout for Joy!, for grades 6-8 and
directed by Diane Schrock Hertzler.
The choirs will perform individually
and together.
110th Goshen College commencement:
story and photos April 28, 2008
Goshen College's Class of 2008
received degrees Sunday — the
culmination of years of hard work and
prayer — after being encouraged to be
life-long learners and to reach for
high goals by President James E.
Brenneman and Mukarabe Makinto-
Inandava, an advocate for poor people
in Africa.
Merry Lea hosts fifth annual NatureFest
June 6-7 for children and adults April 25, 2008
This year, campers who attend the
fifth annual NatureFest, held by Merry
Lea Environmental Learning Center of
Goshen College, won't have to worry
about cold toes. The date of this
weekend adventure in local
ecosystems has been moved from the
first weekend of May to June 6-7,
2008.
May 2008 events at Goshen College April 25, 2008
All events are open to the public and are
free unless otherwise noted.
Goshen College announces six
President’s Leadership Award recipients
for 2008 April 23, 2008
Goshen College has announced the
names of the six college-bound students
chosen to receive its 2008 President’s
Leadership Award (PLA), the college’s top
merit scholarship.
John D. Yordy honored for his service
as a professor, provost and interim
president April 22, 2008
Goshen College Provost and Executive
Vice President John D. Yordy was honored
for his 31 years of service to the college
at a reception attended by more than 250
current and former colleagues and
community members.
Goshen College going green with
grease and holding celebration on
Earth Day for recently completed
campus biodiesel plant created by
students April 18, 2008
A campus celebration on Earth Day of a
recently completed campus biodiesel
plant, created by four students.
Goshen College Gospel choir, Voices-n-
Harmony, to present tribute concert to
Kirk Franklin April 17, 2008
Voices-n-Harmony, Goshen College's
gospel choir, will pay tribute to Texas-
based gospel singer and composer Kirk
Franklin with its spring program on
Sunday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall.
Touring play 'My Name is Rachel Corrie'
brings story of young activist in Israel/
Palestine to Goshen April 17, 2008
Twenty-three-year-old activist Rachel
Corrie was an American member of the
International Solidarity Movement (ISM)
who traveled to the Gaza strip in
Israel/Palestine. She was killed on
March 16, 2003, when she tried to
stop an Israeli bulldozer in the
Palestinian residential area of Rafah.
The circumstances of Corrie's death
are disputed and sparked controversy.
It led to international media coverage,
in part because she was an American,
and in part because of the highly
politicized nature of the conflict itself.
Mennonite first-time voters share
views on faith and politics with CNN and
Chicago Tribune April 17, 2008
CNN wanted to speak with Mennonites
who are first-time voters this year and
learn their views on the presidential
election. With the Indiana presidential
primary happening on May 6, they
decided to visit Goshen College and
hear from students about what
political issues are important to them,
as well as how their Mennonite faith
informs their politics.
Planet + people + profit + God =
teaching the economics of going green April 14, 2008
The environmental movement and the
business community haven’t always
been great friends. But new Associate
Professor of Economics Jerrell Ross
Richer is finding that his expertise on
sustainability and business is the
perfect fit at Goshen College as the
campus and students work to be
greener to save the planet, to save
money and to practice Christian faith.
Merry Lea to offer trip to Ohio's Oak
Openings;
Registration deadline May 9 April 14, 2008
Merry Lea Environmental Learning
Center of Goshen College is
sponsoring an all-day bus trip to the
Oak Openings region of northwestern
Ohio on Saturday, May 17. The trip is
planned to coincide with the peak
bloom of the wild lupines and is also a
good time to see migrating songbirds.
Student-made documentary on
immigration receives a Telly Award April 14, 2008
A group of Goshen College students
produced the documentary "Fuerza" in
2006 about the effects of immigration
on the small cities of Goshen, Ind.,
and Apan, Hidalgo, Mexico. Recently
the documentary received a nod of
approval from top advertising and
production professionals with of a
Silver Telly Award for the film.
Goshen College choirs to perform spring
concert of music from around the globe April 14, 2008
Singing music from almost every
continent, the Goshen College choirs
will explore the large palette of
sounds available to the human voice,
including from Finland, Sweden, South
Africa, Latvia, India, Republic of
Georgia, Ukraine, Puerto Rico,
Appalachia and in the African-
American tradition.
Merry Lea to offer birding trip to south-
central Indiana in May;
Registration deadline April 20 April 14, 2008
McCormick's Creek State Park and
nearby sites in south-central Indiana
are this year’s destination for the
Midwest Birding Expedition offered by
Merry Lea Environmental Learning
Center of Goshen College. The group
will leave from the Merry Lea
Farmstead on Friday, May 9 at 8 a.m.
and return Monday, May 12 by 6 p.m.
Brian McLaren and ‘Everything Must Change’ tour coming to Goshen, May 9-10 April 11, 2008
Brian McLaren and his “Everything Must Change” tour will conclude an 11-city tour of the United States this year, at Goshen College on May 9-10.
Grammy-winning a cappella group, the Swingle Singers, to perform April 18 April 9, 2008
Five-time Grammy-winning a cappella group, the Swingle Singers, will continue a 45-year tradition as part of the 10th anniversary Performing Arts Series lineup at Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall on April 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Goshen College Orchestra to perform April 12 spring concert April 9, 2008
The Goshen College Orchestra, directed by Brian Mast, will perform its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 12 in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.
Advocate for needs in Africa, Mukarabe
Makinto-Inandava, to speak at Goshen
College Commencement April 27 April 2, 2008
A native of Burundi, East Africa, who is
an advocate for issues challenging
developing countries will present the
110th graduating class of Goshen
College with a final address of their
undergraduate careers during the
2008 commencement on April 27.
Sweatshop workers from Cambodia and
Costa Rica to speak at Goshen College
April 6 April 1, 2008
Phal Savin, from Cambodia, spent
many years sewing clothing for Wal-
Mart. A mother of five, she was
recently fired for trying to form a
union, and is now vice president of the
Coalition of Cambodia Apparel
Workers Democratic Union. Didier
Leiton, from Costa Rica, worked for 17
years on pineapple and banana
plantations and is now an organizer
with the Union of Agricultural and
Plantation Workers.
College students to spend First Friday
night on courthouse lawn April 1, 2008
A group of Goshen College students
will spend the night of Friday, April 4
in cardboard boxes on the Goshen
Courthouse lawn to increase
awareness about the realities of
homelessness and the need for more
affordable housing, and to raise funds
for Habitat for Humanity of Elkhart
County, during the fourth annual
Shack City project sponsored by the
college's Campus Ministries.
Top advertising executive Keith Reinhard
to speak at April 3 business luncheon April 1, 2008
Lavender Jazz returns to stage for spring
world music concert, April 5 April 1, 2008
Lavender Jazz, Goshen College's big
band, will perform its final concert of
the 2007-08 season on Saturday, April
5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Center's
Sauder Concert Hall. Titled "World
Beat," the concert will include a
diversity of styles and cultures in the
jazz world, featuring works from
Sammy Nestico, Duke Ellington,
Thelonius Monk and Miles Davis.
Members of the Goshen College
Women's World Music Choir will also
perform with Lavender Jazz on one
piece.
President announces Center for
Intercultural Teaching and Learning
project director March 31, 2008
President James E. Brenneman announced
Monday that an administrator, researcher
and university professor from Oregon has
accepted a faculty appointment as project
director of the Goshen College Center for
Intercultural Teaching and Learning.
Chicago's premier Mexican folk group,
Sones de México, to perform in Goshen
April 8 March 26, 2008
Sones de México, a unique ensemble
of seasoned Mexican folk musicians
and educators that hails from Chicago,
will perform at Goshen College in the
Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall on
Tuesday, April 8 at 8 p.m., following a
7:15 p.m. panel discussion about
Mexican folk music. This concert will
be free and open to the public, though
tickets are required and can be
reserved by calling the Goshen College
Welcome Center at (574) 535-7566.
Pioneer of environmental ethics
Holmes Rolston III to speak at
conference March 28 and 29
March 26, 2008
At the eighth annual Goshen College
Religion and Science Conference on
March 28-30, the keynote speaker will
be Holmes Rolston III, regarded as the
pioneer of environmental ethics.
Rolston will speak on "Generating Life
on Earth: Five Looming Questions" on
Friday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. and on
"Human Uniqueness: Spirited Mind" on
Saturday, March 29 at 10:30 a.m. in
the Church-Chapel. The lectures are
free and open to the public.
Award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson to
give poetry reading at Goshen College
April 1 March 25, 2008
Known for her sensitive and evocative
treatments of African-American
history and experience as well as her
mastery of poetry, Marilyn Nelson will
present her work at Goshen College on
Tuesday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Music Center's Rieth Recital Hall as the
37th annual S.A. Yoder Lecturer. The
poetry reading is free and open to the
public, and will be followed by a
reception and book signing.
Female singer-songwriters Ferron and
Barbara Higbie to perform at Goshen
College, April 11 March 25, 2008
The Goshen College radio station,
91.1FM The Globe, and the weekly
radio show "A Women's Circle" are
sponsoring female musicians Ferron
and Barbara Higbie in concert on
Goshen College's Umble Center stage
on Friday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Experience the sights, flavors of
Cambodia with international luncheon
April 15 March 25, 2008
The international luncheon, which has
been an annual part of Goshen College
Afternoon Sabbaticals, will introduce
Cambodia this year. On Tuesday, April
15, at noon in the College Mennonite
Church Fellowship Hall, Professor of
Bible, Religion and Philosophy Keith
Graber Miller and his spouse Ann, a
self-employed design consultant, will
present a nation rich with history, a
unique culture and smiling faces. The
registration deadline is April 4.
Canadian Brass to perform baroque, jazz
at Sauder Concert Hall on March 29 March 24, 2008
Canadian Brass, a classical brass
quintet, has entertained audiences
with their baroque and jazz music for
more than 35 years, and will perform
during the 10th year of the Goshen
College Performing Arts Series on
Saturday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall.
April 2008 events at Goshen College March 24, 2008
All events are open to the public and are
free unless otherwise noted.
Gossip and truth the focus of Goshen
College spring mainstage, March 28-
April 6 March 20, 2008
Do any of us ever have a complete
knowledge of the truth? This is the
focus of the Goshen College Theater
Department's spring mainstage play
"Absolutely! {perhaps}," by Luigo
Pirandello and adapted by Martin
Sherman. Directed by Professor of
Theater Doug Liechty Caskey, the
production is scheduled for March 28
and April 4, 5 at 8 p.m. and March 29,
30 and April 6 at 3 p.m. in Umble
Center.
Folk musician Peggy Seeger to offer
concert and special live local radio
broadcast, April 6-7 March 20, 2008
The Goshen College radio station,
91.1FM The Globe, is sponsoring two
local events with folk musician Peggy
Seeger, sister of legendary folk musician
Pete Seeger, on April 6 and 7.
Goshen College adds three new majors:
broadcasting, journalism and public
relations March 19, 2008
Goshen College has created three new
majors: broadcasting, journalism and
public relations in the Communication
Department. The new offerings go into
effect in the fall of 2008. As part of
the new curriculum, new minors also
will be available in these areas of
study.
Multicultural Interfaith Candlelight
Vigil – Lament the Deaths; Pray for
Peace March 18, 2008
On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War
‘Amish Grace’ named a 2008 Christianity
Today Book Award of Merit March 18, 2008
The topics of forgiveness and the
Amish continue to widely resonate,
one and a half years after the killings
of five Amish schoolgirls in Nickel
Mines, Pa. Christianity Today
announced its 2008 Book Awards
today and “Amish Grace: How
Forgiveness Transcended
Tragedy” (Jossey-Bass, A Wiley
Imprint, Sept. 2007) received an award
of merit in the “Christianity and
culture” category.
Violin and piano recital to feature Soroka
and Hill, March 30 March 14, 2008
Goshen College Assistant Professor of
Music and violinist Solomia Soroka and
Associate Professor of Music Matthew
Hill, on piano, will present a Faculty
Showcase Recital at Goshen College on
March 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Rieth Recital
Hall.
Goshen College Spring Open House to
feature chance to meet with faculty,
students March 14, 2008
Students interested in attending Goshen
College will get a chance to meet with
faculty members and students, stay
overnight in a residence hall and watch a
play or track meet at a Spring Open
House on March 28-29.
Goshen students present at 10th annual
research symposium, March 15 March 12, 2008
Every year Goshen College students
devote hours to research and
experimentation in laboratories or in the
field, as well as labor over research
papers. Too often, only their professors
can appreciate the efforts.
Spring seminar on changing course with
Iran March 12, 2008
A JustPeace Seminar: "Grassroots
opportunities for making a difference."
This is the third in the series "Changing
Course in Iran."
Former ambassador to Mexico to speak
at Goshen College March 18 as Yoder
Public Affairs lecturer March 11, 2008
In his book titled "The U.S. and
Mexico: The Bear and the Porcupine,"
Jeffrey Davidow, former U.S.
Ambassador to Mexico, wrote, "I will
make this flat statement: No nation in
the world has a greater impact on the
daily lives of average Americans than
Mexico."
Columbia University art critic, Carol
Becker, to speak at Goshen College
March 13 March 11, 2008
Carol Becker, an art critic and dean of
faculty at Columbia University in New
York’s School of the Arts, will be at
Goshen College Thursday, March 13 to
speak on "Educating Creative
Practitioners for the 21st Century" at
7:30 p.m. in the Music Center's Rieth
Recital Hall, as a Yoder Public Affairs
lecturer. The event, free and open to
the public, will include a question and
answer time, and will be followed by a
reception.
Maple Leaf defends national title in
racewalk March 11, 2008
Continuing the recent surge of
championships by the Goshen College
Women's Track and Field Team,
sophomore Tina Peters defended her
2007 title with another historic win
March 6-8 at the NAIA Indoor National
Championships in Johnson City, Tenn.
Center for Healing and Hope receives
local nursing honor society gift March 11, 2008
Chapter officers Brenda Srof and Vicky
Kirkton from the Nu Omicron Chapter
At Large, member of The Honor
Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau
International, presented a gift of $500
to the Center for Healing and Hope of
Goshen. The gift, presented March 4,
was the second year that the chapter
has been committed to community
outreach through providing a gift to a
community health agency. Kirkton is
the director of the Goshen College
Department of Nursing and Srof is
professor of nursing at Goshen
College and president of the local
chapter.
Goshen College seniors showcase artistic
endeavors in capstone exhibit, March 9-
April 27 March 10, 2008
Eleven Goshen College art majors will
display the results of their studies and
work in the annual Senior Art
Exhibitions in the Goshen College
Hershberger Art Gallery between
March 9 and April 27. Pieces from
both exhibits will be included in a
Senior Commencement Exhibit April
24-27.
Civil Rights activist Ruby Sales to speak
on faith and activism March 12 and 14 March 10, 2008
As an African-American who grew up
in Alabama during the U.S. Civil Rights
Movement, Ruby Sales participated in
the 1965 Selma to Montgomery
marches. And then her life was
changed in an instant when she was
threatened by a man named Tom
Coleman with a gun. Her fellow
marcher, white seminarian Jonathan
Daniels, pushed her out of the way
and was instantly killed by the bullet.
Despite death threats, she testified at
the trial of Coleman, who was
acquitted by a jury of 12 white men.
The outcome of the trial though led to
reform of the segregated procedures
that were used to pick juries in
Alabama.
Shirley Sprunger King to present Goshen
College organ recital March 16 March 10, 2008
Shirley Sprunger King will perform in
the 2007-2008 Organ Recital Series at
Goshen College on Sunday, March 16
at 4 p.m. in Rieth Recital Hall. King's
recital will be highlighted by the world
premiere of Mennonite composer and
1979 Goshen College alumnus H.
Brent Weaver's "Soliloquy on a Gospel
Hymn," a work that was commissioned
by King for this concert. The work is
based on F.M. Lehman's "The Love of
God," a favorite hymn of the
composer's.
President Brenneman says Middle East trip may prompt new educational exchanges March 7, 2008
Goshen College President James E. Brenneman called for greater dialogue and exchanges between Christians and Muslims as he concluded a trip in which he led Goshen College board members and supporters to Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
Loud sounds Friday: Goshen College to
evaluate a campus warning system
March 5, 2008
Sirens and loud voices will ring out
across Goshen College and into some
nearby neighborhoods on Friday,
March 7, but it won't be an emergency.
As part of a study of improved
emergency communication, the
college will be evaluating a campus
warning system.
Men’s Chorus offers music for Lenten
journey for March 11 Afternoon
Sabbatical March 3, 2008
Mirroring the Lenten journey from
darkness to light, the Goshen College
Men's Chorus will perform an "Out of
the Depths" concert on March 11 at 1
p.m. as part of the Goshen College
Afternoon Sabbatical Series in the
Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall.
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United
Farm Workers organization, to speak
March 10 March 3, 2008
Prior to the organizing work Dolores
Huerta and Cesar Chavez did as the
co-founders of the United Farm
Workers organization, farm laborers in
this country were primarily anonymous
and seen as expendable. Huerta
continues to speak out on justice
issues and is coming to Goshen
College on Monday, March 10 to
address the issues of immigration and
human rights, at the invitation of the
Center for Intercultural Teaching and
Learning at Goshen College.
Lecture to focus on public speaking and
performing, March 5 February 29, 2008
The 2008 Roy H. Umble Master Class
in Communication and Theater at
Goshen College will feature Shoshana
Simons, an associate professor in the
Transformative Leadership and Studies
program at the California Institute of
Integral Studies, and Nika Quirk, a
doctoral student in the same program,
talking about "Bringing Voice and Body
into the Academy" on Wednesday,
March 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Umble Center.
The lecture is free and open to the
public, and a reception will follow.
Library Gallery to display heirlooms from
Mennonite and Amish families, March 3-
Aug. 15 February 29, 2008
Until the mid-20th century, Mennonite
and Amish groups in North America
produced little fine art, but much folk
art. Though much has been sold off to
the highest bidder over the years,
many items have stayed in families
and been passed on through
generations as heirlooms.
Students spring into customized shoe
and apparel business February 28, 2008
A shift in trends led two Goshen
College senior business majors toward
custom shoe and apparel design
business that culminated in the
conception of Springer Design, Inc.
Mark Springer and Tyler Springer were
recently awarded an entrepreneurship
grant of $5,000 to help get their
customizing shoe business kicking as
a result of their innovative idea.
Basketball players named to All-
Conference Teams February 27, 2008
Two members of the Goshen College
Men's Basketball team and two
members of the Women's Basketball
team were selected to the All Mid-
Central College Conference Teams, as
announced by league officials this
weekend.
John D. Roth says Christian
denominations will not disappear February 25, 2008
John D. Roth, a Goshen College
professor of history and director of the
Mennonite Historical Library, says that
Christian denominations continue to
have great relevance despite evidence
of declining membership and eroding
loyalty to traditional institutions.
Contrary to claims that
nondenominational churches
represent the most authentic form of
Christianity, Roth argued that
Christian faith will always be
expressed in specific doctrines and
visible institutions.
Diverse talents featured at Goshen
College International Coffeehouse on
March 8 February 25, 2008
Talent from around the world will be
offered close to home again this year at
the International Student Club
Coffeehouse variety show at Goshen
College on Saturday, March 8.
Alumnus artist, Ingrid Hess, display
celebrates heritage and bookmaking with
exhibit February 25, 2008
Children's book illustrator and cut
paper artist Ingrid Hess, a 1990
Goshen College alumna, has returned
to campus to display her recent work
which is heavily influenced by her
roots. An exhibit of her mixed media
art opened earlier in February and will
be on display until March 6 in the
Goshen College Music Center's
Hershberger Art Gallery. The exhibit is
free and open to the public.
First SST group in Tanzania for semester February 22, 2008
President George W. Bush has recently
received a warm welcome in Tanzania,
as have 20 Goshen College students.
For the first time, during this spring
semester, Tanzania is the location for
the college's study abroad program,
Study-Service Term (SST).
March 2008 events February 22, 2008
All events are open to the public and are
free unless otherwise noted.
Softball season won't take place in 2008 February 21, 2008
After careful deliberation, the decision
has been made to not field a Goshen
College softball team for the 2008
spring season, which had been
scheduled to begin March 13. Interim
Athletic Director Doug Yoder said the
decision was made because of a
shortage of student-athletes. As of
Feb. 13, the team had eight student-
athletes, including one injured player;
a minimum of nine players are
required to start softball games.
Local youngsters to tap sugar bush, enjoy
sticky-sweet syrup at Merry Lea February 20, 2008
Some 1,400 elementary students from
29 area schools and home school
groups along with their parents and
teachers will find environmental
learning to be sugary-sweet at Sugar
Bush 2008, sponsored by the Merry
Lea Environmental Learning Center of
Goshen College. This day-long,
hands-on experience in maple syrup
making takes place at the Yoder Sugar
Bush near Huntertown, Ind.
Women's basketball game on Feb. 20 to
be broadcast live on the Web February 19, 2008
The Goshen College Athletic
Department, along with the
Communication and Information
Technology Services-Media
Departments and WGCS-91.1 FM The
Globe, has announced that the
women's basketball game on
Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. will be
available live in real video via a free
Internet Web cast. The women's
broadcast follows a successful
showing of the men's basketball
team's 79-71 win over Taylor
University Saturday afternoon.
Women's World Music Choir to
perform concerts on first tour February 18, 2008
Four years after forming, the 57-voice
Goshen College Women's World Music
Choir is touring for the first time,
sharing spiritual music from many
cultures at churches and schools in
Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York City
during its 2008 spring break tour, Feb.
21-March 2, as well as performing a
concluding home concert in Goshen.
Rieth Village is awarded a prestigious
Platinum LEED rating February 12, 2008
"You have set the bar high for the rest
of the state of Indiana," remarked Mac
Williams, chair of the Indiana Chapter
of the U.S. Green Building Council
(USGBC) as he unveiled a glass plaque
announcing Indiana’s first platinum-
rated LEED building on Monday, Feb.
11.
President announces Provost's
retirement and new V.P. for
Enrollment Management February 8, 2008
Goshen College President James E.
Brenneman announced Friday that
John D. Yordy, the college's provost
and former interim president, will
retire June 30. Brenneman also
announced that Executive Director of
Enrollment Lynn Jackson has been
promoted to the new position of vice
president for enrollment management
and that the president will supervise
campus vice presidents starting next
month under a new leadership
structure.
Winner of 2008 peace speech contest
focuses on ending child labor February 8, 2008
The community and college convened on
Feb. 5 to hear speeches by five Goshen
College students on subjects concerning
principles of peace in the 2008 C. Henry
Smith Peace Oratorical Contest.
Pioneer of environmental ethics, Holmes
Rolston III to highlight Religion and
Science Conference, March 28-30 February 8, 2008
At the eighth annual Goshen College
Religion and Science Conference on
March 28-30, the keynote speaker will
be Holmes Rolston III, regarded as the
pioneer of environmental ethics.
Rolston will speak on "Generating Life
on Earth: Five Looming Questions" on
Friday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. and on
"Human Uniqueness: Spirited Mind" on
Saturday, March 29 at 10:30 a.m. in
the Church-Chapel. The lectures are
free and open to the public.
President Brenneman to lead delegation
to Middle East February 8, 2008
Goshen College President James E.
Brenneman will lead Goshen College
board members and supporters on a
trip to Egypt and the United Arab
Emirates, Feb. 19 to March 5, to foster
understanding across cultures and
spread the college's influence in the
world.
Fall 2007-08 Dean's List February 7, 2008
Goshen College recently recognized 227
students for excellence in academics on
the 2007-08 fall semester Dean’s List.
Goshen College nurses to discuss 'the art
of nursing' during annual mock
convention Feb. 8 February 5, 2008
During their 37th annual Nursing
Mock Convention on Friday, Feb. 8,
Goshen College nursing students and
faculty will debate and vote on some
of the more controversial subjects in
the field of nursing – including
voluntary active euthanasia,
mandatory immunization for attending
school and nurses leading by example
in combating obesity – giving the
students real-world experience
outside of a hospital setting.
Goshen College Concerto-Aria Concert
featuring four student soloists and
orchestra Feb. 9 February 5, 2008
The annual Goshen College Concerto-
Aria Competition Concert, featuring
four outstanding music student
soloists – two pianists, a violinist and a
cellist – accompanied by the Goshen
College Orchestra, will be in Sauder
Concert Hall on Saturday, Feb. 9 at
7:30 p.m.
Finding sweet lemons and bitter oranges
in Iran February 4, 2008
Why would U.S. Christian college
students travel to Iran, a country
labeled as an "Axis of Evil" by
President George W. Bush? Goshen
College seniors, Rebecca Fast and Paul
Shetler, went to understand better
what the country and Iranian people
are like and ended up finding the
unexpected: sweet lemons, bitter
oranges and a warm welcome.
Local athletic rivals turn academic co-researchers January 31, 2008
They both grew up in Elkhart County just miles apart, were star athletes on competing junior high and high school
teams, and graduated from Goshen College the same year. Since then, one spent 23 years in Ireland as a peace scholar and practitioner and the other
earned a doctorate at Harvard
University and knows 15 languages.
Completion of apartments
culminates years of housing
improvements January 31, 2008
Goshen College announced completion Thursday of the second phase of a major
apartment building – the culmination of a six-year initiative to improve housing to accommodate a growing number of students living on campus.
Goshen College students to speak in
annual peace oratorical contest Feb. 5 January 30, 2008
Five Goshen College student speakers
will continue the college's near-century-
old tradition by participating in the 2008
C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest
on Feb. 5 in Umble Center at 7 p.m. The
event is free and open to the public.
Roth explores future of Christian
denominations through Afternoon
Sabbatical, Feb. 12
January 29, 2008
John D. Roth, Goshen College
professor of history and editor of
"Mennonite Quarterly Review," believes
the Christian church is changing in a
significant way and will discuss his
ideas in a lecture called, "Boundaries
and bridges: Do denominations have a
future?" as part of the Afternoon
Sabbatical series on Tuesday, Feb. 12
at 1 p.m. in the Music Center's Sauder
Concert Hall.
Online Lenten devotions offer campus voices January 29, 2008
Everyone needs a bit of silence and spiritual reflection to renew hope.
Goshen College again offers an online spiritual resource to help Christian believers make time and space in their
hearts and minds to reflect on the season of Lent.
Goshen College one-act ‘Street Scenes’
to combine theater and opera Feb. 1-3 January 28, 2008
For the first time the Goshen College
one acts will be a combination of what
have been in the past separate events,
one-act plays and opera scenes. Titled
"Street Scenes," because all of the
pieces take place outdoors in some
sort of a street scene, this production
will be in Umble Center on Feb. 1 and
2 at 8 p.m., and on Feb. 3 at 3 p.m.
McCutcheon & Newcomer return for
Feb. 8 concert; Choral Terrace tickets
available on Jan. 28 January 24, 2008
John McCutcheon and Carrie
Newcomer, both hailed as singer-
songwriters and storytellers for our
time, will perform Friday, Feb. 8 at
7:30 p.m. in Goshen College Music
Center's Sauder Concert Hall, as part
of the Performing Arts Series in its
10th season.
February 2008 events January 24, 2008
All events are open to the public and are free unless otherwise noted.
Goshen College to participate in national
teach-in focusing on solutions for global
warming January 23, 2008
Goshen College will join more than 1,000
other colleges and universities in all 50
states for "Focus the Nation: Global
Warming Solutions for America," an
unprecedented teach-in on global
warming solutions on Jan. 30-31.
AfriCaribe and African-American
theologian to highlight Goshen
College's 15th annual Martin Luther
King Jr. Study Day January 15, 2008
Goshen College will honor the life and
work of Martin Luther King Jr. during
its 15th annual all-school Martin
Luther King Jr. Study Day, emphasizing
the values and ideals that
characterized the civil rights leader's
work, on Monday, Jan. 21. The college
has again cancelled all classes during
the day, and all these events are open
to the public.
Learn supervisory leadership skills
through Goshen College afternoon
course January 14, 2008
As a new manager or supervisor, you
may feel as if you need all the help
you can get. Through the Goshen
College Business Department's
Management Development Program
"Developing Supervisory Leadership –
Part II" course, you can learn to
cultivate productive relationships with
employees while maintaining control
of the company's operations.
Seminar on Iran to feature recent local
delegates January 14, 2008
A JustPeace Seminar: “TWO WEEKS INSIDE
IRAN.” The second seminar in a series on
“CHANGING COURSE WITH IRAN”
President Brenneman opens spring
semester with a call for sound choices in
life January 11, 2008
Goshen College President James E.
Brenneman welcomed students, faculty
and staff back to campus for the spring
semester with a call to make wise choices
when facing key life decisions and
recognizing the need for faith and prayer.
Community prayer breakfast to kick off
Martin Luther King Jr. Study Day Jan. 21,
reservations due Jan. 14 January 11, 2008
The Goshen College Martin Luther
King Jr. Study Day on Jan. 21 will begin
with prayer and remembrance at the
eighth annual Martin Luther King Jr.
Day Community Prayer Breakfast,
beginning at 7:30 a.m. in the Church-
Chapel Fellowship Hall.
College offers weeklong study tour to
Mexico for nontraditional students in
April and May January 11, 2008
After a successful first year “pilot” tour
in 2007, Goshen College again is
offering a continuing education study
tour for adults titled “Our Mexican
Neighbors.” Intended for business
leaders, elected officials, teachers,
church staff and citizens of Elkhart
County, the tour-course is offered at a
discounted price for continuing
education students, or may be taken
for college credit for an additional fee.
College offers workshop on encouraging
young organists in the church Jan. 19 January 10, 2008
The Goshen College Music Center is
sponsoring a daylong workshop,
“Nurturing Young Organists for the
Church,” on Saturday, Jan. 19. The free
event (registration required) will
explore the challenges of attracting
and preparing young organists for
musical leadership in the church.
Professor Carole Terry, from the
University of Washington-Seattle, will
be the workshop’s resource person
and recitalist.
Oyer’s ‘African Arts’ exhibit engages
viewers with instructive art and music January 10, 2008
Goshen College Professor Emerita of
Music Mary K. Oyer’s world of art
widened after spending years in Africa
during which she immersed herself in
the history and practice of African
music and hymnody. Her cross-
cultural experiences transformed the
classically trained Mennonite musician
into an explorer and teacher of world
music and its influences on Western
music.
January 2008 events at Goshen College January 8, 2008
All events are open to the public and are
free unless otherwise noted.
New Yorker brings Mennonite heritage
paintings to Goshen, reception Jan. 13 January 8, 2008
At her exhibit opening in the New York
City gallery Margaret Thatcher
Projects, Jayne Holsinger's worlds
collided. Many of the Lancaster County
Mennonites in her paintings were on
hand and "having them near their
portraits created a spectacle,"
Holsinger said. "New Yorkers were
thoroughly delighted by this unusual
treat. It was special." And the show
also was favorably received with good
press coverage, sales, interest and
feedback.
ASSETS Elkhart County kicks off spring
2008 entrepreneurship training class
January 8, 2008
The spring session of ASSETS Elkhart
County, a nonprofit entrepreneurship
training program, will begin on Jan. 17
and will run through the beginning of
April. Classes are held Tuesday and
Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. on the Goshen College campus
for 12 weeks.
Healing touch, Cuban medicine, Hoosier
basketball and immigrant experiences
among spring lecture series for seniors December 21, 2007
The Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI) of
Elkhart County invites the public to a free
six-part series of lectures at Greencroft
Senior Center in Goshen on Wednesdays
from Jan. 23-Feb. 27. The lectures are
from 1:30-2:30 p.m.
GC Christmas concert, ‘A Festival of
Carols,’ to be aired on public television
Dec. 25 December 21, 2007
Anyone who missed Goshen College’s
fourth annual “A Festival of Carols”
concert earlier this holiday season
should not despair. And those who
were able to attend one of the three
sold-out performances in the Music
Center’s Sauder Concert Hall on Nov.
30, Dec. 1 and 2 will enjoy seeing it in
this format.
Merry Lea at forefront of 'creation care'
discussion December 12, 2007
Christians have not only a responsibility
to care about how the world was created
but also whether people living on it give
importance to "creation care" and
ecological responsibility.
Maple Leaf volleyball athletes receive
post-season conference and regional
awards December 6, 2007
The Goshen College volleyball
program made history in the 2007
season as Peni Acayo, a first-year
outside hitter from Kampala, Uganda,
received multiple awards, including
Region VIII Freshman of the Year, Mid-
Central College Conference (MCC)
Freshman of the Year and MCC All
Conference First team.
ASSETS Elkhart County to offer
entrepreneurship training course in
January 2008 December 6, 2007
You may have heard the saying,
"People don't plan to fail; they fail to
plan." Failure from inadequate
planning presents a sobering reality
for many new business enterprises.
Whether someone wants to start a
business, be self-employed as an
artist, a computer consultant, a baker,
a bed-and-breakfast owner or an
electrician, or strengthen an existing
business, a good business plan and
advice from experienced business
owners can mean the difference
between success and failure.
December 2007 events at Goshen College November 30, 2007
All events are open to the public and are
free unless otherwise noted.
Lavender Jazz, GC Flute Choir to perform
afternoon Christmas program, Dec. 4 November 29, 2007
Lavender Jazz, Goshen College's Big
Band directed by Sonny Carreño, and
the newly formed Goshen College
Flute Choir, directed by Rebecca
Hovan, will perform together at 1 p.m.
on Tuesday, Dec. 4 (previously
scheduled for Dec. 11) in the Music
Center's Sauder Concert Hall as part of
this year's Afternoon Sabbatical Series.
Fourth annual Goshen College Christmas
concert, 'A Festival of Carols,' to be held
Nov. 30-Dec. 2 November 21, 2007
Goshen College will present its fourth
annual musical celebration of
Christmas, "A Festival of Carols," on
Friday, Nov. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 1,
at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 2 at 4
p.m. This special celebration of the
holiday season will feature
performances by Goshen College
Music Department ensembles, faculty
members and students, all in the
Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall
festively decorated with garlands,
lights and trees.
Online Advent devotions offer college
faculty and student voices, Nov. 26-Dec.
28 November 14, 2007
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. No
other college or university is known to
do anything quite like this.
Pulitzer Prize nominated author Jonathan
Schell at Goshen College, Nov. 13 November 12, 2007
Jonathan Schell, author of many books
with his most recent being, "The
Seventh Decade: The New Shape of
Nuclear Danger," will be at Goshen
College on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 12:30
p.m. to speak in a class held in Wyse
Building, Room 318.
Grammy-winning Sweet Honey and the
Rock® return to Goshen Nov. 17;
Group member to lead 'Singing in the
African-American Tradition' Nov. 18 November 8, 2007
The Grammy award-winning a
cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the
Rock®will perform their unique blend
of gospel, blues and jazz rooted in the
African-American tradition on Nov. 17
at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College
Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall as
part of the 10th anniversary Goshen
College Performing Arts Series.
Anabaptist experts study pacifism in
"Mennonites, Amish and the American
Civil War" November 7, 2007
A collaborative work by two experts in
Anabaptist studies examines the
deadliest war in America and provides a
window into the moral dilemmas of
pacifists during military conflict.
Goshen College professor edits new
'Journal of Religion, Conflict, and Peace' November 6, 2007
The "Journal of Religion, Conflict, and
Peace" debuted in October at
www.religionconflictpeace.org and is
edited by Goshen College Associate
Professor of Peace, Justice and Conflict
Studies Joe Liechty. The online
scholarly journal, published by a
collaborative of Indiana's three historic
peace colleges, is a forum for
discussion of the role of religion in
both conflict and peacebuilding.
Lavender Jazz returns to stage for fall
concert with Bethany Christian jazz band,
Nov. 10 November 6, 2007
Lavender Jazz, Goshen College's big
band, will perform its ninth concert in
Sauder Concert Hall on Saturday, Nov.
10 at 7:30 p.m. Titled "Sound Bites,"
the program will feature jazz
standards, Latin, funk, blues and rock
classics from the 1930s to the
present. The band will perform works
by Sammy Nestico, Gene Thorne,
Frank Forster, White/Bailey/Dunn,
Dominic Spera and others.
Duo violin recital to feature Soroka and
Gazeau, Nov. 7 November 5, 2007
Sylvie Gazeau, instructor of violin at
the Paris Conservatory of Music, will
perform a duo-violin recital with
Goshen College Assistant Professor of
Music and violinist Solomia Soroka and
Associate Professor of Music Matthew
Hill on piano at Goshen College on
Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Rieth Recital
Hall.
Mother and daughter co-authors present
on writing "More than Petticoats:
Remarkable Indiana Women" book November 1, 2007
An old Chinese proverb says that
women hold up half the sky, but
throughout history the voices of
women were often carried away on the
wind rather than captured for
posterity. For Indiana citizens and
others interested in the Hoosier state,
however, there is a newly consolidated
source of information about the lives
of 10 Hoosier women in history. The
mother-daughter team that
researched and wrote the book "More
Than Petticoats: Remarkable Indiana
Women" will discuss their work, in a
presentation of the same title, as part
of Goshen College’s Afternoon
Sabbatical series on Tuesday, Nov. 13.
The free event begins at 1 p.m. and
community members are warmly
invited to attend.
Scientist peacemaker visits Goshen
College, sparks interdisciplinary dialog October 29, 2007
"Science and religion are the two most
powerful forces in the world. It makes
no sense for them to be quarreling,"
renowned Harvard biologist and two-
time winner of the Pulitzer Prize Dr.
E.O. Wilson told the crowd of over 800
people that filled the main floor of
Goshen College's Sauder Concert Hall
and spilled into the balcony on Oct.
23.
Ensemble cast brings mainstage play
'Step on a Crack' to Goshen College Nov.
2-11 October 26, 2007
Children will love Ellie and her imaginary
friends. Adults will appreciate the serious
topics of family changes conveyed
through whimsical perspectives.
E.O. Wilson, undaunted by climate
change, speaks to large crowd October 25, 2007
More than 800 people packed the main
floor of Goshen College's Sauder Concert
Hall and spilled into the balcony. The
book-signing line stretched for 75 feet.
College faculty recital features flute and
piano combination, Nov. 3
October 24, 2007
Goshen College studio specialist and
flutist Rebecca Hovan and Assistant
Professor of Music Christine Larson
Seitz will perform a Faculty Showcase
Recital in Goshen College Music
Center's Rieth Recital Hall on Saturday,
Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m.
November 2007 events October 23, 2007
All events are open to the public and are
free unless otherwise noted.
Fall choir and orchestra concert to
feature guest conductor Vance George,
Oct. 27 October 23, 2007
It isn't every day that the San Francisco
Symphony Chorus (SFSC) Director
Emeritus directs the Goshen College
choirs and orchestra.
Author Courtney Martin to speak about
girls' bodies, identity and eating
disorders Oct. 30 October 23, 2007
Courtney E. Martin, author of the 2007
book "Perfect Girls, Starving
Daughters" (Simon & Schuster's Free
Press), will talk about her book and
the personal and generational
challenges young adult women face in
the 21st century at Goshen College on
Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. in
Newcomer Center Room 17. Martin
offers a broad context for considering
issues of body, identity and
spirituality.
Artist Carol Ann Carter to offer 2007 Eric
Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist lecture and
exhibit October 23, 2007
Professor of Art at the University of
Kansas and Indiana native Carol Ann
Carter is the Goshen College Art
Department's 2007 Eric Yake Kenagy
Visiting Artist and will offer a public
lecture, "Mapping Transformation," on
Sunday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Music
Center's Rieth Recital Hall, with a
reception for her art exhibit following
in the Hershberger Art Gallery at 8
p.m. An exhibit of her works,
"Mapping the Interior Landscape," will
be on display in the Hershberger Art
Gallery from Oct. 25 to Nov. 29. She
will then speak on Oct. 29 at 10 a.m.
in the Church-Chapel on "Creative
Transformations: Whose Work Is it?"
The presentations and exhibit are free
and open to the public.
Parables worship group again sharing
talent and testimony through stories and
songs October 16, 2007
Together, eight Goshen College
students will use their musical,
theatrical and spiritual talents to
present worship services this year rich
with a blend of music and drama
reaching back from 16th century
Britain and moving forward to current
day Africa.
Art major and entrepreneur receives
grant for local art magazine October 16, 2007
Goshen College senior Gabe Baker
recently was awarded an
entrepreneurship grant from the
Entrepreneurship Learning Center of
$5,000, the maximum amount, in
order to pursue his business and bi-
monthly magazine, the "Maple City Art
Review," which examines and endorses
artists, exhibits and events in the
Goshen area.
Goshen College adult degree-completion
programs grow with fall enrollment October 16, 2007
Area working adults are continuing to
see the value of returning to college to
get or complete their degrees and fall
enrollees in Goshen College's two
adult degree-completion programs are
finding programs that meet their
needs as adult students.
Goshen College: First college in Indiana
to license American Sign Language
teachers October 16, 2007
This fall, Goshen College became the
first college in the state of Indiana to
offer a license in American Sign
Language (ASL) Teacher Education.
This new four-year program will
prepare Goshen College graduates for
positions in classrooms (grades 5-12)
teaching ASL.
Gallery to display photographs of
Northern Indiana Amish culture and
landscapes, Oct. 21-Dec. 7 October 15, 2007
When one travels some of the back roads
of Northern Indiana, the view and
landscape is dominated by Amish life and
culture. In a new exhibit at the Goshen
College Good Library Gallery, visitors will
travel these back roads for a unique tour.
Merry Lea and seminary class join for
discussion on reclaiming the source of
food October 8, 2007
A group of adults of mixed ages knelt
around a heap of dirt dug from a pit
two foot deep in a former farm field.
They examined the heavy clay soil,
squeezing fistfuls to see if it would
form clumps in their hands. Earlier,
they had paced the length of several
parcels of land: the square footage
needed to feed one person a
subsistence diet, a vegetarian diet and
a typical American diet for one year.
College faculty recital features tenor and
soprano couple, Oct. 13 October 8, 2007
Assistant Professor of Music and tenor
Scott Williamson will be joined by his
wife, noted soprano Amy Cofield, and
pianist Christine Larson Seitz in a
Faculty Showcase Recital in Goshen
College Music Center's Rieth Recital
Hall on Saturday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m.
New flavor of Brubeck to grace the
Sauder Concert Hall Stage, Oct. 12 October 8, 2007
As part of the 10th year of Goshen
College's Performing Arts Series, the
Brubeck Brothers will perform at Sauder
Concert Hall on Friday, Oct. 12 at 7:30
p.m., a year after their father entertained
a packed hall.
Goshen College honors six
exceptional alumni during Homecoming
Weekend October 3, 2007
Their lives have been focused on
rehabilitating prisoners, educating
educators about the needs of children
in poverty, changing the way
researchers think about genetics,
assisting Iraqi refugees, preaching and
serving a family in need. During
Goshen College's Homecoming
Weekend 2007 on Oct. 5-7 the college
will honor six exceptional alumni with
awards for lives and dedication to
service that has inspired others.
Amish forgiveness rang around the
world, and continues a year later October 2, 2007
A year ago, on the first Monday in
October 2006, a horrific shooting at
an Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines,
Pa., became news around the world.
"Very quickly the media story shifted
from one of lost innocence to one of
bewilderment and even consternation,"
said Goshen College Professor of
History Steve Nolt, during a campus
lecture on Oct. 1. "The victimized
Amish community were reacting in
very strange ways. … While other
neighbors said they hoped [the killer]
was enjoying burning in hell, the
Amish said they trusted he had met a
merciful God."
Hostetler to use magic and stories to talk
about power of joy in Oct. 9 Afternoon
Sabbatical October 2, 2007
Jep Hostetler, an author and noted
speaker on humor, joy and health, will
talk about "The Magic of Joy" at
Goshen College on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at
1 p.m. in Sauder Concert Hall of the
Music Center as part of the Afternoon
Sabbatical program,
Fifth annual grief seminar to focus on
traumatic death, Oct. 19 October 1, 2007
Many people will be remembering the
tragedy of the Nickel Mines, Pa., Amish
schoolhouse shooting on Oct. 2, one year
later. And in Elkhart County, more
families are grieving at the loss of a loved
one to suicide as the rate has increased.
Goshen College Homecoming Weekend
2007 set for Oct. 5-7 September 28, 2007
Goshen College alumni are warmly
invited back to campus for Homecoming
Weekend on Oct. 5-7, devoted to sharing
the different journeys experienced since
college and rediscovering common
ground.
EMU-Goshen clash, celebrate on playing
field September 27, 2007
Perhaps more significant than what was
taking place on the playing field was
what was happening in the surrounding
area.
October 2007 events at Goshen College
September 26, 2007
All events are open to the public and are
free unless otherwise noted.
One of the most respected scientists in
the world to speak at Goshen College
Oct. 23 September 26, 2007
Goshen College's first annual Christner
Memorial Lecture will feature the
celebrated E. O. Wilson, professor of
biology at Harvard University, and one
of the most respected scientists in the
world today. Wilson will speak on
biodiversity, the irreversible harm
done to the planet and to the human
race when species are lost, and the
actions we can take to prevent mass
extinctions.
Experts on Amish, including GC's Steve
Nolt, explain forgiveness of killer September 25, 2007
The Amish response to the murders of
five schoolgirls in Nickel Mines, Pa., last
Oct. 2 was even more surprising than the
intrusion of evil into bucolic Lancaster
County.
GC celebrates ninth annual day of service
to the community Sept. 19 September 17, 2007
Most of the Goshen College campus
will choose serving the community
over studying Sept. 19 during the
college's ninth annual Celebrate
Service Day. Students, faculty and staff
will volunteer a day of work for 39
agencies and organizations
throughout Michiana, after gathering
for a campus sendoff at 9 a.m. in
Schrock Plaza. Most groups will arrive
at their sites by 10 a.m., or soon after,
and work until 4 p.m. After their
service, the volunteers will return to
campus for a 5 p.m. picnic. Media are
welcome to attend the events on
campus, as well as visit the locations.
Pastor passionate about media and faith
to talk at Goshen College Sept. 26-29 September 14, 2007
Shane Hipps, pastor and author, will
be on the Goshen College campus
Sept. 26 to 29 as a pastor-in-
residence and presenter of themes
from his book, "The Hidden Power of
Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes
Faith, The Gospel and Church."
Krabill's sabbatical art exhibit features
mixed media of ceramics and
photography, Sept. 11-Oct. 18 September 14, 2007
During the 2006-07 school year,
Goshen College Professor of Art Merrill
Krabill spent his sabbatical working
with mixed media pieces – particularly
ceramics and photography – that
explore boundaries. An exhibit of
Krabill's work will be on display at
Goshen College in the Hershberger Art
Gallery from Sept. 11 to Oct. 18, with
a reception on Friday, Oct. 5 from 5:30
to 7:30 p.m., coinciding with
Homecoming Weekend.
Hodel-Lehman Duo returns to Goshen
College for organ and trumpet recital
Sept. 23 September 14, 2007
The Hodel-Lehman Duo – Martin
Hodel, trumpet and Bradley Lehman,
organ – began performing together at
Goshen College 25 years ago. They
will return together to perform on
Sunday, Sept. 23 at 4 p.m. in the
college Music Center's Rieth Recital
Hall for the first concert of the
2007-08 Organ Recital Series.
Enrollment and retention rise again at
Goshen College September 12, 2007
Enrollment, retention and the number of
first-year students and minorities
continue to rise at Goshen College,
college officials said.
Business experts press for closer ties
between Western and Islamic cultures September 11, 2007
Fostering better relationships between
companies — and countries — in the
West and the Middle East will require
setting aside stereotypes and developing
a higher level of mutual understanding
and trust.
Harriet Lapp Burkholder, a community
leader and wife of the former president,
has passed away September 7, 2007
Harriet Lapp Burkholder, a longtime
community leader and the wife of former
Goshen College President J. Lawrence
Burkholder, died Thursday afternoon at
the Greencroft Healthcare Center in
Goshen after a long illness.
Merry Lea to host Sept. 28-30 conference
about connections between faith, soil and
food September 6, 2007
To "treat someone like dirt" is to be
rude and disrespectful. "Getting the
dirt" on political figures involves
discovering their embarrassing
secrets, and no one wants to be "dirt
poor." Yet our lives are totally
dependent on dirt. Every meal we eat
depends on healthy soil. Like the
Banana Slugs song says, "dirt made my
lunch."
Continued research rings a bell for
summer scholar September 6, 2007
The Goshen College physics lab echoed
with the sound of handbells when science
and music had an unusual collision as
part of a summer research project.
Summer scholar helps design virtual
Mennonite writing resource September 6, 2007
Goshen College junior Matt Yoder spent
the summer with the Maple Scholars
research program designing a one-of-a-
kind online writing resource.
Bible scholars hope to find a path to
peace through the study of revenge September 6, 2007
Is there a peaceful way to exact
revenge? Can studying "eye for an eye"
theologies inform a "turn the other
cheek" theology? Two Goshen College
Maple Scholars explored these
questions and others this summer
through: "The Vengeance, Vindication
and Justice Project."
Students research wetlands at
environmental center through summer
program September 6, 2007
A summer as Goshen College Maple
Scholars meant measuring the affect
human hands can have on the earth
for two environmental science majors,
and more specifically about one of the
earth’s natural water-cleansers:
constructed wetlands.
Goshen College Athletic Director moving
to new job in Development Office September 5, 2007
Goshen College Athletic Director Ken
Pletcher will leave his position later this
year and move into a new role as a major
gift officer in the college’s Development
Office.
President James Brenneman and family
describe journey to Goshen College in
Sept. 11 Afternoon Sabbatical, first
program of year September 5, 2007
Goshen College President James
Brenneman and spouse Dr. Terri Plank
Brenneman, will describe the events in
their lives that brought them to
Goshen as part of the 2007-08
Goshen College Afternoon Sabbatical
Series premier event on Tuesday, Sept.
11 at 1 p.m. in the Music Center’s
Sauder Concert Hall. Brenneman
became the college’s 16th president in
July 2006 after having lived in
Pasadena, Calif., for 26 years and
worked as a Mennonite pastor and Old
Testament scholar.
Goshen College to host Sept. 8 forum on
Western and Islamic business cultures September 3, 2007
Efforts to foster better relationships
between the United States and countries
in the Middle East and to reconcile their
distinct business styles and systems will
be the focus of a major public forum later
this week at Goshen College.
Goshen College explores supervisory
leadership skills in afternoon course August 29, 2007
Enrollment is open for Goshen College
Business Department's continuing
education program "Developing
Supervisory Leadership – Part I"
course, designed for newly appointed
supervisors and managers who feel
the need to refresh and improve the
skills necessary to their performance
as a leaders of organizations.
Individual tickets available for concerts in
the Goshen College Performing Arts
Series August 29, 2007
Opportunities are still available to
secure individual tickets for the Jan. 26
Smothers Brothers performance and
Choral Terrace tickets for all other
concerts in the 10th anniversary of the
Goshen College Performing Arts
Series. The 2007-08 season will begin
Sept. 28 and will feature performers
who have appeared as part of the
series over the past 10 years, and were
voted to return by audience members.
Goshen College president opens school
year with a call to embrace core values August 29, 2007
Goshen College President James E.
Brenneman called on students, faculty
and staff Wednesday to embrace the
college's core values and to work for the
common good.
Goshen College 'Lunch and Learn' series
to support and encourage administrative
staff August 29, 2007
This year Goshen College's
Management Development Program
will continue its six-week "Lunch and
Learn" series targeted to
administrative support staff looking to
improve work habits and the work
environment through lunchtime
seminars in Goshen piloted by
experienced community leaders.
September 2007 events at Goshen
College August 28, 2007
All events are open to the public and are
free unless otherwise noted.
Center for Intercultural Teaching and
Learning announces appointments and
developments August 28, 2007
Goshen College's Center for
Intercultural Teaching and Learning
(CITL) – funded by a $12.5 million
grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. and
announced in October 2006 – now has
administrative faculty in place for
three positions and the building
blocks in place for a successful
program aimed at showing how small
liberal arts colleges can best serve the
rapidly growing Latino population in
the United States.
Goshen College introduces new faculty
for 2007-08 August 27, 2007
Goshen College is pleased to announce
and welcome new administrative and
teaching faculty members for the
2007-08 academic year.
Student scholars submerge selves in
summer studies August 27, 2007
Students immersed themselves in
subjects from the physics of bells to
theories of love and justice this summer
through Goshen College’s Maple Scholars
program.
Goshen College welcomes Class of 2011
this weekend, classes to begin August 22, 2007
The 2007-08 academic year is ready to
start and members of the Goshen College
Class of 2011 are beginning their college
journeys this weekend when they move in
and participate in orientation activities.
Merry Lea to host nature photography
workshop Oct. 11-14 August 20, 2007
"What makes a good photograph of a
mushroom? A deer?" "How can I control
lighting in the wild?" "Help! My new
digital camera has at least five gizmos I
haven't figured out yet."
Goshen College in the third tier of 2008
U.S.News ‘Best Colleges’ rankings August 17, 2007
Goshen College placed in the third tier of
the category of “Best Liberal Arts
Colleges” for the seventh straight year in
the 2008 U.S.News & World Report
“America’s Best Colleges” ranking.
Goshen College faculty in Perú are safe;
College will send students on Aug. 30 as
planned August 16, 2007
Goshen College administrators are
monitoring the death and destruction
caused by a major earthquake
Wednesday in Perú and evaluating the
impact the disaster may have on the
college’s Study-Service Term (SST)
program.
Next class for entrepreneurship training
through ASSETS of Elkhart County begins
Sept. 13 August 15, 2007
You may have heard the saying,
"People don't plan to fail; they fail to
plan." Failure from inadequate
planning presents a sobering reality
for many new business enterprises.
Whether someone wants to start a
business and be self-employed as an
artist, a computer consultant, a baker,
a bed-and-breakfast owner or an
electrician, a good business plan and
advice from experienced business
owners can mean the difference
between success and failure.
Ministry Inquiry student thrives in New
York City August 14, 2007
Morgan Kraybill got a taste of what
pastoral ministry is like when she
interned in New York City this summer
at Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship.
She had been toying with idea of the
ministry since she entered Goshen
College two years ago.
Fall classes for senior adults offered
through Lifelong Learning Institute August 14, 2007
Senior adults will be returning to classes
this fall also, and can study digital
photography, movies, local history,
hymns and World War II stories.
Three professors involved with recently
published scholarly books on Amish and
Africa August 1, 2007
One of the two newly released books by
Goshen College professors describes
Indiana's Amish, a group known for its
stance on peace, while the other
compiles stories from African
peacemakers.
Register for fifth annual grief seminar to
focus on traumatic death, Oct. 19 August 1, 2007
The fifth annual all-day grief seminar to
be held at Goshen College on Oct. 19,
will focus on grieving after traumatic
death and will feature noted authority on
the topic Robert Baugher.
Goshen College films telling stories of
hope win awards July 31, 2007
Two films produced with the help of
Goshen College students and faculty each
won awards at the oldest independent
film and video festival in the world.
Giving to Goshen College Annual Fund
reaches new high July 31, 2007
During the 2006-07 fiscal year, which
ended June 30, the unrestricted
Goshen College Annual Fund received
the largest amount of contributions on
record, a total of $1,962,113,
according to Vice President for
Institutional Advancement Will Jones.
This is $244,087 more than last year
and 9 percent above the college's goal
of raising $1.8 million.
Substantial award aids accomplished
social entrepreneur July 31, 2007
A pony-powered environmental lawn-
mowing service established Kathryn
Birky as a socially conscious
entrepreneur when she was only 12.
And this year, the business plan for
the service helped the Goshen College
sophomore win a $24,000 young
entrepreneur scholarship.
Library Gallery to display artwork from
first area Latino arts celebration, Aug. 8-
Oct. 12 July 30, 2007
As part of the first annual "Nuestras
Artes: Semana Cultural 07," a
weeklong Michiana Latino arts
celebration, an exhibit of artwork
produced by local artists, children and
youth will be displayed in the Goshen
College Good Library Gallery through
Oct. 12 and will open with a reception
on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
Bus trip to Stratford Theater offered as
part of Goshen College Afternoon
Sabbatical series, Sept. 14-16;
registration deadline Aug. 10 July 27, 2007
The deadline is approaching to register
for three days of theater at the Stratford
Festival in Ontario, Canada on Sept.
14-16, a bus trip included in the
2007-08 Goshen College Afternoon
Sabbatical series.
Young adults hoped to bridge convention
age gap, with support from college July 25, 2007
Beyond singing hymn number 118
(better known as "606"), discussing
some of Menno's stranger stances and
seeking alternatives to name
hyphenating in the hopes of protecting
future generations of Yoder-Graber-
Miller-Roths, young Mennonite adults
are defining their place in the church
as more and more 19- to 30-year-
olds join in official church decision-
making. Ten such young adults were
able to act as delegates at the biennial
Mennonite Church USA convention in
San Jose, Calif., (July 2-6) thanks, in
part, to the support and
encouragement of their college or
alma mater.
Spring Pinchpenny publications explore
interaction between creative writing and
art June 26, 2007
Goshen College's Pinchpenny Press has
released two publications that combine
the artwork and creative writing of nearly
30 students.
Service Inquiry Program participants
selected June 25, 2007
Nine Goshen College students are
spending the summer with a faith-based
service organization through the
college’s Service Inquiry Program (SIP).
Ten Goshen College students participate
in Ministry Inquiry Program June 25, 2007
As the Mennonite Church continues to
call young people to ministry, 10 Goshen
College students are examining God's
call in their own lives by participating in
the Ministry Inquiry Program (MIP) over
the summer.
Three Goshen College students receive
the second annual Reuben Savanick
Memorial Scholarship June 22, 2007
Three Goshen College students, Hilary
Mayhew, of Hutchinson, Kan., Emily Iehle,
of Sandusky, Ohio, and Chet Franklin, of
Antwerp, Ohio, are the recipients of the
2007 Reuben Savanick Memorial
Scholarship.
Camping Inquiry Program participants
selected June 22, 2007
Six Goshen College students are
spending the summer pursuing an
interest in outdoor ministry at a church-
related camp or retreat center through
the college's Camping Inquiry Program
(CIP).
Recipients of entrepreneurship grants
graduate and businesses still going
strong June 14, 2007
As their first taste of life after college,
two recent Goshen College graduates
have had the opportunity to become their
own bosses with help from grants given
by the Business Department's
Entrepreneurship Learning Center (ELC).
Professor of Psychology and Merry Lea
faculty member bid farewell to Goshen
College June 13, 2007
The close of this school year marks
the retirement of two valued Goshen
College faculty. Professor of
Psychology Duane Kauffmann
completed his 40th year of teaching.
Larry Yoder will retire after working 26
years at Merry Lea Environmental
Learning Center of Goshen College.
Merry Lea offers week of nature camp,
June 25-29 June 13, 2007
Merry Lea Environmental Learning
Center of Goshen College is offering
children in grades three to five the
opportunity to explore nature, science,
birds and bugs during a one-week
camp June 25-29, from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. each day. Campers will spend
much of their time outdoors exploring
Merry Lea's 1,150 acres and learning
what it is like to be a scientist.
Goshen College business students
awarded for their exceptional
achievements June 13, 2007
The Goshen College Business Department
recently recognized five senior students
with honors for their academic
achievements and excellent work in the
field.
Community School of the Arts recital
features violinist Azusa Chapman June 14 June 7, 2007
Azusa Chapman, a violin performance
major at Indiana University and a
graduate of Goshen College's Strings
Preparatory Program, will perform a
Community School of the Arts (CSA)
recital on Thursday, June 14 at 7 p.m.
in Goshen College Music Center's Rieth
Recital Hall. The recital is free and
open to the public.
Local artist leads plein air painting
workshop at Merry Lea June 5, 2007
Diane Overmyer, proprietor of the
Sycamore Fine Arts Gallery at the Old
Bag Factory, Goshen, Ind., will lead a
plein air painting workshop at Merry
Lea Environmental Learning Center of
Goshen College, Saturday, June 9, 9:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. Plein air is a French
term which means, "painting from life
in the outdoors."
Lady Leafs' track and field has best-ever
finish at national championships June 4, 2007
The Goshen College women's track
and field team boasts a pair of
national champions, three All-
American performances and an
eighth-place team finish at the NAIA
Outdoor Track & Field National
Championships, held May 24-26.
Along the way it set a variety of
program records.
Summer 2007 events at Goshen College May 30, 2007
All events are open to the public and are
free unless otherwise noted.
Chupp named men's basketball coach at
Goshen College May 30, 2007
Gary Chupp is returning to his hometown
to serve as Goshen College's new men's
basketball coach.
Goshen College announces Spring
2006-07 Dean's List May 23, 2007
Goshen College recently recognized 239
students, for excellence in academics, on
the 2006-07 spring semester Dean's List.
Goshen College history professor
awarded Fulbright to study what makes
for peace in Africa May 22, 2007
"What kind of insights would we get
about complex ethnic conflicts if we
asked, 'Why is there peace?' instead of
'Why is there conflict?'"
Goshen College reports computer
security breach May 11, 2007
Goshen College joined the ranks of
other notable colleges and universities
as the latest victim of compromised
computer security by hackers. From
May 5 to 7, a college computer was
remotely accessed with the suspected
motivation of using the system to send
spam e-mails.
BikeMovement Asia begins: Cyclists
explore global Anabaptist community May 8, 2007
From May 1 to July 1, 2007, six young
adults from Anabaptist communities in
the United States and Canada,
including four Goshen College
students and recent graduates, will
ride their bicycles from Phnom Penh,
Cambodia – through Vietnam,
Thailand and Laos – to Chengdu,
China. Touring participants of this
group, BikeMovement Asia (BMA), will
connect with Anabaptist and other
Christian congregations, as well as
individuals and communities affiliated
and working with Anabaptist agencies.
Notre Dame's Gail Walton to present final Goshen College organ recital for 2006-07 May 4, 2007
Gail Walton, director of music at the
Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the
University of Notre Dame will perform
the final concert in the 2006-2007
Organ Recital Series at Goshen College
on Sunday, May 13 at 4 p.m. in Rieth
Recital Hall. She will perform works by
J.S. Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, Jean
Titelouze, Girolamo Frescobaldi and
Jehan Alain.
Local children's choirs to perform
selection of sacred and secular music
in May 6 spring concert, which will
also feature Crimsonaires May 4, 2007
Two Community School of the Arts (CS)
children's choirs will welcome the Goshen
High School Crimsonaires as part of their
spring choral concert on Sunday, May 6
at 4 p.m. in Goshen College's Sauder
Concert Hall.
Professor of history to present new
book about the Serengeti at the May
15 Afternoon Sabbatical Series
May 3, 2007
The Serengeti in East Africa has long
been seen primarily as a place for wild
animals, and the people who live on its
borders have been mostly forgotten.
These contrasting ways of thinking
about this landscape have had
profound effects on how the land was
used and preserved.
Goshen College men’s basketball coach
resigns May 2, 2007
Stan Daugherty has resigned as men's
basketball coach, associate athletic
director and professor of physical
education at Goshen College, the school
announced Wednesday.
Goshen College to offer master's degree
in nursing this fall May 1, 2007
Building on its 57-year history of
educating nurses known for their
excellent clinical knowledge, high
ethical standards and caring attitudes,
the Goshen College Nursing
Department will offer a Master of
Science degree in Nursing starting this
fall, President James E. Brenneman
announced Tuesday, May 1.
Goshen College's Merry Lea featured in
Christianity Today article on 'green'
campuses April 30, 2007
The May 2007 issue of "Christianity
Today" includes a feature article about
the trend among Christian colleges to
be more environmentally conscious,
and includes a prominent photo of and
information about Goshen College's
Merry Lea Environmental Learning
Center.
At 109th Goshen College
Commencement, the Rev. Joy Carroll
Wallis encourages graduates to "dare
to dream big things and don't be
afraid to take risks" April 30, 2007
Years of hard work, study, sacrifice
and prayer culminated April 29 when
members of the Class of 2007
received degrees after hearing
inspirational messages from Goshen
College President James E. Brenneman
and the Rev. Joy Carroll Wallis, one of
the first women to be ordained as an
Anglican priest in England.
May 2007 events at Goshen College April 23, 2007
All events are open to the public and are
free unless otherwise noted.
Merry Lea hosts fourth annual NatureFest
May 4-5 for children and adults April 18, 2007
You've heard Joni Mitchell, you've
heard the Banana Slugs but have you
heard the Bufflehead Jamboree? Merry
Lea’s Fourth Annual NatureFest kicks
off Friday, May 4 at 7 p.m. with a
joyful musical jam. Come hear Merry
Lea's tuneful environmental educators
share their favorite nature songs. Then
pitch a tent and prepare for a weekend
outdoors.
College students to spend night on lawn
to raise money for Habitat for Humanity
and awareness about local homeless April 17, 2007
At least 10 Goshen College students
will spend the night of Wednesday,
April 18 in a cardboard box on the
lawn of campus to increase awareness
about homelessness and raise funds
for Habitat for Humanity of Elkhart
County, during the third annual Shack
City project sponsored by the college's
Campus Ministries.
Goshen College president commits to a
'climate neutral' campus April 16, 2007
Goshen College plans to sharply
reduce and eventually eliminate all of
the college's global warming
emissions and is supporting more
research and educational efforts to
help stabilize the earth's climate.
Goshen College newspaper, television
and radio bring home state awards April 16, 2007
Goshen College communication students
recently were awarded with top honors
for their efforts in state competitions for
college communicators.
A FUN, WEATHER-RELATED CAMPUS
EVENT April 10, 2007
Goshen College Orchestra to perform
April 21 spring concert April 5, 2007
The Goshen College Orchestra, directed
by Associate Professor of Music John
Graulty, will perform its spring concert at
7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 21 in the
Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.
Fort Wayne Philharmonic to join local
college and high school choirs in April 15
concert April 5, 2007
The Fort Wayne Philharmonic
Orchestra will be joined by the
combined Goshen College Choirs and
Goshen High School Advanced
Crimson Chorale in a special concert
on Sunday, April 15 at 4 p.m. in
Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College
Music Center.
Bluffton professor to talk about value of Catholic writers for Mennonites, April 16 April 5, 2007
Talking about the value of Catholic literature for non-Catholics – and specifically for Mennonites – Bluffton (Ohio) University Professor of English Lamar Nisly will present the annual C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture at Goshen College on Monday, April 16 at 10 a.m. in the Church-Chapel and at 7:30 p.m. in the Administration Building Room 28.
International Luncheon offers a taste of
Senegal on April 10 April 2, 2007
Despite its economic hardships and
with a diverse ethnic population,
Senegal is known worldwide by
travelers as the land of teranga, or
hospitality in Wolof, one of its official
languages. As part of the Goshen
College Afternoon Sabbatical Series,
on April 10 an international luncheon
will be offered at noon in the College
Church Fellowship Hall focusing on
this welcoming country.
Notre Dame African American poet,
Cornelius Eady, to present on April 10 April 2, 2007
Distinguished African American poet
Cornelius Eady will read from his work
during the annual S.A. Yoder Lecture
at Goshen College on Tuesday, April
10 at 7:30 p.m. in Rieth Recital Hall at
the Goshen College Music Center. Eady
is the author and editor of numerous
poetry collections and associate
professor of English and director of
the Creative Writing Program at the
University of Notre Dame.
Goshen College business students to
develop ad campaign for local Habitat for
Humanity March 29, 2007
Goshen College students studying
advertising don't waste time with case
studies from textbooks. They have gone
to work in the real world, developing ad
campaigns for Habitat for Humanity of
Elkhart County.
Goshen College study abroad program to
return to Nicaragua, after 30 years March 29, 2007
Goshen College will return to
Nicaragua as a location for its unique
study abroad program, Study-Service
Term (SST), after 30 years in the
summer of 2008, according to
Director of International Education
Tom Meyers. In 1978, the college
stopped sending students to the
Central American country because it
was experiencing great civil unrest
that would result in 12 years of war
and a devastated economy.
Goshen College Gospel choir, Voices-n-
Harmony, to present spring concert
March 31 March 28, 2007
Voices-n-Harmony, Goshen College's
gospel choir, will present a spring
program of praise and worship favorites
on Saturday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall.
Goshen College choirs perform spring
concert of music from around the globe March 28, 2007
Singing music from a dozen regions of
the world, the Goshen College choirs
will explore the large palette of
sounds available to the human voice,
including: the strident tones of Eastern
European song, the powerful chants of
the Inuit tribes, the dulcet sweetness
of Finnish "yoiks," the spirited
"huapango" of southern Mexico and
the vibrant vitality of songs from
Brazil, Mongolia, Nigeria, New
Zealand, Israel, Hungary and the
British Isles.
Merry Lea to host spring nature
photography workshop April 7 March 26, 2007
What's the difference between good
nature photography and just snapping
pictures? "Lighting and composition,"
says Dave Miller, program director at
Merry Lea Environmental Learning
Center of Goshen College. "A hundred
little things," says Paul McAfee, Fort
Wayne, Ind.
April 2007 events at Goshen College March 26, 2007
All events are open to the public and are
free unless otherwise noted.
Twenty years of women's music radio
show celebrated with Holly Near concert,
April 11 March 23, 2007
Exactly 20 years to the day that Wilma
Harder began broadcasting her radio
show "A Women's Circle," she and
many others will celebrate the
occasion appropriately, with a concert
by singer-songwriter and activist Holly
Near in Goshen College's Umble
Center on April 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Goshen College announces nine
President's Leadership Award recipients
for 2007 March 20, 2007
Goshen College has announced the
names of the nine college-bound
students chosen to receive its 2007
President's Leadership Award (PLA), the
college’s top merit scholarship.
Sales began March 14 for 2007-08
season tickets to Goshen College's
Performing Arts Series March 19, 2007
In preparation for the 2007-08 season
– the 10th anniversary of the series – a
survey was taken of the Goshen
College Performing Arts Series
audience of their favorite performers
from the past 10 years. Several of the
top picks – Canadian Brass, Sweet
Honey in the Rock and Chanticleer – as
well as others from the list, will return
to the college's Music Center and
Sauder Concert Hall in 2007-08.
Lavender Jazz returns to stage for spring
concert with gospel and women's choirs,
March 24 March 19, 2007
Lavender Jazz, Goshen College's "big
band," will present their spring concert
"Truth Be Told!" at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday,
March 24 in Sauder Concert Hall at the
Goshen College Music Center.
Honors Wind Symphony to perform
spring concert March 27, featuring the
Goshen High School Crimson
Percussion Ensemble March 19, 2007
The Goshen College Honors Wind
Symphony will present a spring concert in
Sauder Concert Hall on Tuesday, March
27 at 7:30 p.m.
Pioneer female Anglican priest, Rev. Joy
Carroll Wallis, to speak at
commencement April 29 March 19, 2007
The Rev. Joy Carroll Wallis, one of the
first women to be ordained as an
Anglican priest in England, will present
the 109th graduating class of Goshen
College with a final address of their
undergraduate careers during the
2007 commencement on April 29.
Cantus to perform concert with local
students, March 20 March 19, 2007
Over 75 young male singers from 10
high schools in Indiana and Ohio will
participate in a choral workshop and
concert with Cantus, a renowned a
cappella men's vocal ensemble, on
Tuesday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m. in
Goshen College’s Sauder Concert Hall.
Goshen College seniors showcase artistic
endeavors in capstone exhibit, March 18-
April 29 March 15, 2007
Fourteen Goshen College art majors will
display the culmination of their studies
and work in the annual senior art
exhibitions in the Goshen College
Hershberger Art Gallery between March
18 and April 29.
Chekhov's 'The Sea Gull' to be performed
at Goshen College, March 23-April 1 March 15, 2007
The Goshen College Theater
Department's spring mainstage play will
be Anton Chekhov's "The Sea Gull," which
is a tragicomedy that explores the subtle
humor, drama and deep, honest truth of
everyday interactions.
Six professors write new books March 13, 2007
Goshen College faculty have been
especially busy outside of the
classroom recently with their scholarly
research and writing. Six professors
authored books on topics ranging
from an advertising-free newspaper to
Mennonite history to the Serengeti. As
well, President James E. Brenneman's
introductions for the Pentateuch were
included in the just-released "College
Study Bible" by Saint Mary's Press.
Ted Peters to highlight Goshen College
Religion and Science Conference, March
16-17 March 9, 2007
At the seventh annual Goshen College
Religion and Science Conference on
March 16-17, the keynote speaker will
be Ted Peters, professor of systematic
theology at Pacific Lutheran
Theological Seminary and the
Graduate Theological Union in
Berkeley, Calif. Peters, who is co-
editor of the journal Theology and
Science, will speak during lectures on
Friday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. and
Saturday, March 17 at 10:30 a.m. in
the Church-Chapel. The lectures are
free and open to the public.
Good Library Gallery to display aspects of
Hutterite culture March 11-July 13 March 9, 2007
Various aspects of Hutterite history,
faith and culture, from their European
beginnings in the 16th century until
their contemporary life in the
Canadian and American West, will be
on display in the Goshen College Good
Library Gallery from March 11 to July
13. There will be a reception on March
11, from 2 to 5 p.m. in the gallery, at
which four persons from Hutterite
communities will be present and give
comments. The exhibit and reception
are free and open to the public.
Goshen College grieves for Bluffton
student-athletes during prayer service March 5, 2007
The Goshen College community
paused solemnly Monday – the day
students returned to class from spring
break – to pray for Bluffton University
student-athletes and their families
who are grieving and recovering from
a tragic charter bus crash late last
week.
Goshen College “home concert” to benefit
Bluffton student-athletes March 3, 2007
An offering will be taken to benefit
Bluffton University student-athletes and
their families during the “Home Concert”
by the Goshen College Men’s Chorus,
7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 4, in the
Church-Chapel.
College faculty recital features piano duo,
March 17 March 2, 2007
Goshen College Associate Professor of
Music Beverly Lapp and Assistant
Professor of Music Christine Larson
Seitz will perform a piano duo as part
of the college's Faculty Showcase
Recital on Saturday, March 17 at 7:30
p.m. in the Goshen College Music
Center's Sauder Concert Hall.
Spring courses for senior adults feature
symphonies, wildflowers, storytelling and
India March 2, 2007
Spring short courses for interested senior
adults include symphonies, wildflowers,
writing your own story and today’s India.
Goshen College prays for Bluffton
students, staff, families and community March 2, 2007
Goshen College students, faculty,
administrators and staff are praying for
the families of Bluffton University
student-athletes and staff injured or
killed in a charter bus crash in Atlanta
early today.
Goshen students present at ninth annual
research symposium, March 10 March 1, 2007
Every year Goshen College students
devote hours to research and
experimentation in laboratories or in the
field, as well as labor over research
papers. Too often, only their professors
can appreciate the efforts.
Tastes and talents from around world
featured in annual International
Coffeehouse March 10 March 1, 2007
There are few opportunities to
experience the tastes and traditions of
countries and cultures around the
world in a single evening. But the
International Student Club at Goshen
College will offer a lively journey
around the globe on Saturday, March
10.
Composer Alice Parker to join Heiks for
rescheduled Afternoon Sabbatical on
March 6 March 1, 2007
The Goshen College Afternoon
Sabbatical featuring Associate
Professor of Music James Heiks,
"Hand-Me-Down Songs – The Power of
Melody," has been rescheduled for
Tuesday, March 6 at 1 p.m. in Sauder
Concert Hall (due to the weather on
Feb. 13). In addition, because of the
date change, acclaimed composer
Alice Parker will be able to join Heiks
to talk about their work on the "Hand-
Me-Down Songbook."
Soweto Gospel Choir to close college's
2006-07 arts series February 28, 2007
The famed Soweto Gospel Choir will
bring the tradition of South Africa's
powerful and beautiful a cappella
music to Goshen College's Sauder
Concert Hall on Tuesday, March 13, at
7:30 p.m. It will be the last concert for
this season's Performing Arts Series.
Merry Lea's green building outperforms
energy projections February 28, 2007
Somewhere in Appalachia, there is a
big pile of extra coal: about 3.5 tons,
or enough to fill five pick-up trucks.
That’s how much coal Rieth Village, a
biological field station owned and
operated by Merry Environmental
Learning Center of Goshen College,
didn’t use in the past six months. The
five-plus tons of carbon dioxide that
are not in the atmosphere are harder
to visualize but also important in light
of mounting concerns over global
warming.
March 2007 events at Goshen College February 26, 2007
All events are open to the public and are
free unless otherwise noted.
Goshen College ASL-English Interpreter
majors spend semester at internships in
Alaska, Minnesota and Arizona February 23, 2007
The job of interpreting between
American Sign Language (ASL) and
English can take a person into
interesting settings. This semester,
four Goshen College seniors who are
ASL Interpreting majors are fulfilling
their required internships at locations
around the country and have had
opportunities to interpret for a state
legislature session, a hockey game
and a student rally.
Three Goshen College students' 'This I
Believe' essays to be aired Feb. 20-March
6 February 15, 2007
The public radio station in Elkhart,
Ind., WVPE-88.1 FM, has selected
essays by three Goshen College
students to air the Tuesdays between
Feb. 20 and March 6 on its "This I
Believe" program. All of the pieces will
air at 7:35 a.m. and again at 12:30
p.m.
College faculty recital features Hovan on
flute, Feb. 18 February 15, 2007
Goshen College studio specialist and
flutist Rebecca Hovan and Assistant
Professor of Music Christine Larson
Seitz will perform a Faculty Showcase
Recital on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 7:30
p.m. in the Goshen College Music
Center's Rieth Recital Hall. The concert
will feature guest soprano Susan
Dengler and narrator Michael Hovan.
Lenten online devotions from Goshen
College begin Feb. 21 at
www.goshen.edu/devotions February 14, 2007
Everyone needs a bit of silence and
spiritual reflection to renew hope.
Goshen College again offers an online
spiritual resource to help Christian
believers make time and space in their
hearts and minds to reflect on the
season of Lent.
Goshen College choirs offer Feb. 16
winter concert February 14, 2007
For a relatively small campus, a large
percentage of the Goshen College
student body – nearly a quarter of all
students – and a very active music
department produce immense and
varied sound. Three of Goshen
College's four choirs – Women's World
Music Choir, Chorale and Men's
Chorus – will perform a winter concert
on Friday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in
Goshen College Music Center's Sauder
Concert Hall.
Today’s Afternoon Sabbatical CANCELLED
due to weather and rescheduled for
March 6 February 13, 2007
The Goshen College Afternoon Sabbatical
scheduled for today, "Hand-Me-Down-
Songs – The Power of Melody" by Jim
Heiks, has been cancelled due to weather
conditions and rescheduled for March 6
at 1 p.m. in Sauder Concert Hall.
Olympiad brings medals, fun and science
to Goshen College on Feb. 17 February 13, 2007
Twenty-four Northern Indiana middle
school and high school teams will
arrive at Goshen College on Saturday,
Feb. 17 for one of nine regional
tournaments in the Indiana Science
Olympiad. They will seek a shot at
state competition, and possibly
national recognition.
Local youngsters to tap sugar bush, enjoy
sticky-sweet syrup at Merry Lea February 13, 2007
Some 1,400 elementary students from
29 area schools and homeschool
groups along with their parents and
teachers will find environmental
learning to be sugary-sweet at Sugar
Bush 2007, sponsored by the Merry
Lea Environmental Learning Center of
Goshen College. This day-long,
hands-on experience in maple syrup
making takes place at the Yoder Sugar
Bush near Huntertown, Ind.
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver to perform in
Goshen's Performing Arts Series on Feb.
17 February 13, 2007
Goshen College's Sauder Concert Hall
will ring with the energy and spirit of
traditional bluegrass and gospel when
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver perform on
Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m. as part of the
college Performing Arts Series.
52-voice Men's Chorus to perform
concerts on West Coast spring break tour February 13, 2007
Drawing from the power and energy of
college students, the 52-voice Goshen
College Men's Chorus will demonstrate
their faith and passion for life in their
performance of sacred and secular
choral music at churches, schools and
retirement communities in four West
Coast states during its 2007 spring
break tour, Feb. 23-March 4, as well
as a concluding home concert in
Goshen.
Brenneman outlines his vision for Goshen
College and the city of Goshen February 9, 2007
Goshen College President James
Brenneman called on civic leaders to
support an education system that helps
the city of Goshen adapt to ethnic and
racial diversity and to thrive in a global
economy.
Goshen College Concerto-Aria Concert
featuring five student soloists and
orchestra Feb. 10 February 6, 2007
The annual Goshen College Concerto-
Aria Competition Concert, featuring five
outstanding music student soloists
accompanied by the Goshen College
Orchestra, will be in Sauder Concert Hall
on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Aguirre takes position as public relations
director for Goshen College February 5, 2007
An Oregon journalist with 11 years of
management experience is the new
director of public relations for Goshen
College.
Colts and commercials prevail in Goshen
College's 'penny poll' February 2, 2007
n what could be a harbinger of Sunday's
showdown, the Indianapolis Colts easily
defeated the Chicago Bears in the Goshen
College Super Bowl Penny Poll.
Professor of Music Jim Heiks to share
'Hand-Me-Down Songs' February 2, 2007
Everyone has songs from childhood
they still remember; a catchy melody
is hard to forget. Jim Heiks, Goshen
College associate professor of music,
will tell some stories about the power
that melody has over children, as well
as introduce his work with Alice Parker
on a new songbook, “Hand-Me-Down
Songbook,” as part of the Feb. 13
Afternoon Sabbatical Series in Goshen
College Sauder Concert Hall at 1 p.m.
Goshen College nurses to discuss
'bridging the gaps in healthcare' Feb. 9 February 1, 2007
During their 36th annual Nursing
Mock Convention on Feb. 9, Goshen
College nursing students and faculty
will debate and vote on some of the
more controversial subjects in the field
of nursing – including requiring HPV
vaccinations, universal health care and
mandatory birth control for drug
abusers – giving the students real-
world experience outside of a hospital
setting.
Merry Lea's Rieth Village to offer another
green energy tour February 1, 2007
Since Rieth Village opened in May
2006, Luke Gascho has made a point
of sharing the secrets of these
environmentally-friendly buildings
with the public as often as possible.
The next opportunity to tour Rieth
Village will take place Feb. 17, from 9
to 11:30 a.m., and will focus on
energy usage.
Goshen College Chamber Choir to
perform Feb. 9 concert with organ February 1, 2007
The Goshen College Chamber Choir,
directed by Professor of Music Debra
Brubaker, will perform a concert of
works for choir and organ with
organist and Assistant Professor of
Music Christine Thögersen on Friday,
Feb. 9 in Rieth Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
Alumni artists display paintings, photo
collages and ceramics, Feb. 4-March 14 February 1, 2007
Alumni artists Jennifer Rohrer, a 1993
Goshen College graduate, and Mark
Nafziger, a 1981 Goshen College
graduate, will display their paintings,
photo collages and ceramics in
Goshen College's Hershberger Art
Gallery from Feb. 4 to March 14, with
an opening reception on Sunday, Feb.
4 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Goshen College celebrates "Weather or
Not" Day January 31, 2007
Some northern Indiana residents may
give little thought to winter, but Goshen
College celebrated the weather amid
snow flurries, a sun break and a chilly
breeze during a unique celebration on
Jan. 24.
Goshen College one-act plays to provide
winter fun Feb. 2-4 January 31, 2007
Last fall the first and second place
winners of Goshen College's Peace Play
Contest were performed. The college's
Winter One Acts productions on Feb. 2
to 4 will include three other new
submissions to that competition,
which made the "short list." The
productions will be in Umble Center
on Feb. 2 and 3 at 8 p.m., and on Feb.
4 at 3 p.m.
New housing approved to accommodate
growth at Goshen College January 31, 2007
Goshen College plans to begin the
second phase of construction of a four-
story apartment-style building later this
year to accommodate growing student
enrollment.
Enrollment and retention continue to
increase at Goshen College January 30, 2007
As the spring semester began, 934
students were enrolled in all programs
at Goshen College compared with
head counts of 870 for the spring
semester in 2005-06 and in 2004-05,
and 854 in 2003-04, according to Bill
Born, vice president for student life
and dean of students.
Super Bowl "Penny Poll" at Goshen
College January 30, 2007
Goshen College students, faculty and
staff are voting their preferences for
who will win the Super Bowl — the
Chicago Bears or Indianapolis Colts —
by dropping pennies into big jars.
They also are voting on whether they
mainly plan to watch the game — or
mainly the ever-popular commercials.
The results of the polls will be
announced Friday.
First-year international student calls for
end to violence against women January 29, 2007
Around the world, at least one in three
women has been beaten, coerced into
sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime,
according to the Johns Hopkins School of
Public Health and the Center for Health
and Gender Equity.
February 2007 events at Goshen College January 24, 2007
All events are open to the public and are
free unless otherwise noted.
A fun, unique and newsworthy campus
event January 22, 2007
Eastern Mennonite University professor
John Fast to present organ recital Jan. 28 January 22, 2007
John Fast, assistant professor of music at
Eastern Mennonite University
(Harrisonburg, Va.), will present an organ
recital on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007 at 4 p.m.
in Rieth Recital Hall, located in Goshen
College's Music Center.
Merry Lea to sponsor wildflower and
birding trips in April and May January 22, 2007
Each spring, Merry Lea Environmental
Learning Center of Goshen College
sponsors several weekend trips for
nature lovers. This year's destinations
are the Highlands Nature Sanctuary in
southern Ohio near Bainbridge from
April 19 to April 22 and the Necedah
National Wildlife Refuge, a birding hot
spot near Necedah, Wis., from May 18
to May 21.
Goshen College students to speak in
annual peace oratorical contest Jan. 23 January 19, 2007
Five Goshen College student speakers
will continue the college's near-century-
old tradition by participating in the 2007
C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest
on Jan. 23 in Umble Center at 7 p.m. The
event is free and open to the public.
Christian singer and songwriter, Joann
Rosario, headlines Jan. 26 gospel and
hip-hop concert January 17, 2007
It will be a night where the sounds of
gospel, hip-hop and R&B will mesh
together – all to give praise to God.
Gustafson-Zooks, local folk music duo,
offer fun for whole family in Jan. 20
concert January 17, 2007
Les and Gwen Gustafson-Zook, a
Goshen-based husband and wife folk
music duo, will present a family-friendly
concert in Goshen College Music Center's
Sauder Concert Hall at 3 p.m. on
Saturday, Jan. 20.
Goshen College announces Fall 2006-07
Dean's List January 17, 2007
Goshen College recently recognized 173
students for excellence in academics, on
the 2006-07 fall semester Dean's List.
Brenneman honors legacy, values of
Martin Luther King Jr. January 16, 2007
Goshen College President James
Brenneman celebrated the leadership,
vision and ideals of Martin Luther King Jr.
in three commentary columns published
over the weekend in local newspapers.
Amish life and culture first in spring
lecture series for seniors January 16, 2007
The Lifelong Learning Institute of Elkhart
County invites the public to a free six-
part series of lectures at Greencroft
Senior Center, Goshen, Wednesdays, Jan.
24-Feb. 28. The lectures start at 1:30
p.m. (except Feb. 14 at 6 p.m.)
Slaves share their stories in "Fresh from
Julieanne's Garden" exhibit, Jan. 15-
March 2 January 12, 2007
They may be fictional ancestors, but
the women portrayed in Chicago artist
Preston Jackson's bronze sculpture
exhibit, "Fresh from Julieanne's
Garden," tell powerful stories of their
lives during the eras of slavery,
emancipation, Reconstruction and
since.
Brenneman begins spring semester with
call for resolutions, risk and seizing the
moment January 11, 2007
The year 2006 was a good one for new
Goshen College President James
Brenneman, he said during his
opening convocation for the college's
spring semester on Jan. 10. He noted,
facetiously, that – like every other
reader of the magazine – he was
named "Time" magazine's Person of
the Year for 2006.
Goshen College offers weeklong study
abroad to Mexico for nontraditional
students January 10, 2007
Goshen College's innovative and
pioneering study abroad program,
Study-Service Term (SST), has placed
thousands of students in cross-
cultural settings. For the first time, in
April-May 2007, the college is offering
a five-week course that will include a
week of travel to Mexico for the
nontraditional adult students in the
degree-completion programs, the
B.S.N. Completion Track and the
Organizational Leadership Program.
Merry Lea hosts winter hike on Jan. 13 January 9, 2007
Northern Indiana may not have the
sunniest climate or the deepest
canyon in the world, but it boasts an
asset many locales lack: four seasons.
On Saturday, Jan. 13, from 9 a.m. to
11:30 a.m., Merry Lea Environmental
Learning Center of Goshen College will
launch the first of a series of hikes
showcasing Indiana’s four seasons.
College faculty recital features Graulty on
clarinet, Jan. 13 January 9, 2007
Goshen College Music Department
Chair and Associate Professor of Music
John Graulty will present the first
Faculty Showcase Recital of 2007 on
Saturday, Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Goshen College Music Center's Rieth
Recital Hall. Graulty, a clarinetist, will
perform chamber music with fellow
music department faculty and
students.
Celebrated ensemble The Emerson String
Quartet to play at Goshen College on Jan.
19 January 9, 2007
With an impressive repertoire of both
classical and contemporary music, The
Emerson String Quartet will play at
Goshen College Music Center's Sauder
Concert Hall on Jan.19 at 7:30 p.m., as
part of the Performing Arts Series.
Goshen professor's sonnets reflect on
Amish school tragedy January 4, 2007
A Goshen College English professor and
poet has taken the shock and horror of
the Oct. 2 Amish school shootings and
transformed it into an evocative, deeply
affecting work of reflection.
Professional children’s theatre group
Asante highlights Goshen College's
14th
annual Martin Luther King Jr. Study
Day
Jan. 15 January 2, 2007
Goshen College will honor the life and
work of Martin Luther King Jr. by
holding its 14th annual all-school
Martin Luther King Jr. Study Day,
emphasizing the values and ideals that
characterized King's work, on Monday,
Jan. 15. The theme for the day's
activities will be "MLK and the Hip-Hop
Generation: Bridging the Past and the
Future." The college has again
cancelled all classes during the day,
and all these events are open to the
public.
Community prayer breakfast to kick off
Martin Luther King Day Jan. 15 December 22, 2006
A day of prayer and remembrance of
Martin Luther King Jr. will begin with a
7:30 a.m. community breakfast Jan. 15 at
Goshen College.
January 2007 events at Goshen College December 22, 2006
All events are open to the public and are
free unless otherwise noted.
Next class for entrepreneurship training
through ASSETS of Elkhart County