February 2011 events at Goshen College

All events are open to the public and are free unless otherwise noted.

Feb. 5
7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Science Olympiad – regional tournament
This is an annual event for middle school and high school teams from the northern Indiana region, with more than 180 participants for more than 20 events. As the name implies, the Science Olympiad is modeled after the Olympic games. Participating schools field a team of 15 students, which prepare to compete in a variety of science events, hopefully moving on to state and national competitions. Nearly all of the events are hands-on.
For more info, visit: www.goshen.edu/bio/SciOlymp

5
3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Series: Flamenco Vivo, Umble Center
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana dazzles audiences with "a blur (rapido!) of fancy footwork," according to The New York Times, performing the intricate and intense rhythmic styles of this traditional Spanish dance. Artistic Director Santana and her company incorporate music, dance and colorful costume to make this one of the richest and most exciting expressions of folklore anywhere.
Tickets are sold out. For more information, call (574) 535-7566 or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

8
1 p.m., Afternoon Sabbatical "Psalms Through the Ages," Goshen College Chorale with Assistant Professor of Music Scott Hochstetler, Sauder Concert Hall
The Goshen College Chorale directed by Assistant Professor of Music Scott Hochstetler will explore choral settings of the psalms from medieval chant through the modern period. Composers will include Bourgeois, Monteverdi, Hassler, Brahms, Bernstein, Ives and more.

11
7:45 a.m., 40th Annual Nursing Mock Convention, College Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall
Initiated in 1975, the mock convention has provided an excellent learning opportunity for nursing students in the past four decades to explore the ever-evolving process of the nurse's role as change agents in political and governmental structures. This day-long simulated convention involves all nursing students as members of either a district or the mock convention board. Debate is held on resolutions following parliamentary procedure as would an actual convention of a state-level professional nursing organization. The mock convention has received national recognition for its creative approach to introducing student nurses to the organizational process in professional nursing. This year's theme is "Stepping into the unknown: Holistic nursing in a changing healthcare system." This year's resolutions have to do with mandatory criteria for ER admission, mandatory overtime and the need for cultural competency among nurses.

11
8 p.m., Winter mainstage: Translations by Brian Friel, Umble Center
Directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Tamera Izlar, Translations aligns beautifully with the GC Theater Department's "Loyalty, Love and Loss" season theme. Considered one of Friel's most innovative works, the play is a funny and bitter portrait of Irish peasants caught up in the midst of quiet socio-political upheaval, complete with a pair of star-crossed lovers for good measure.
Translations is riddled with English, Latin, Greek and Irish languages throughout the text and loosely examines the historical impact a foreign power can have on a community's culture and language. In the play, British officers (aka Royal Engineers) come to Ireland to take part in a survey; creating a detailed map that intentionally replaces the Gaelic language embraced by the Irish with standardized British English in an effort to set up a political union based on a common language. Friel's theatrical device of having all of the characters speak their own language, while using an interpreter to "translate," drives the play and reveals both the conflict and the barriers of resolving them peaceably. Set in a hedge school in 1833 and described by Friel as "deliberately very traditional, with three acts and a rural setting," Translations is a traditional play which tackles contemporary issues.
Tickets are $8 general and $5 students/seniors. For ticket information, call (574) 535-7566 or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu

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8 p.m., Winter mainstage: Translations by Brian Friel, Umble Center
Directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Tamera Izlar, Translations aligns beautifully with the GC Theater Department's "Loyalty, Love and Loss" season theme. Considered one of Friel's most innovative works, the play is a funny and bitter portrait of Irish peasants caught up in the midst of quiet socio-political upheaval, complete with a pair of star-crossed lovers for good measure.
Translations is riddled with English, Latin, Greek and Irish languages throughout the text and loosely examines the historical impact a foreign power can have on a community's culture and language. In the play, British officers (aka Royal Engineers) come to Ireland to take part in a survey; creating a detailed map that intentionally replaces the Gaelic language embraced by the Irish with standardized British English in an effort to set up a political union based on a common language. Friel's theatrical device of having all of the characters speak their own language, while using an interpreter to "translate," drives the play and reveals both the conflict and the barriers of resolving them peaceably. Set in a hedge school in 1833 and described by Friel as "deliberately very traditional, with three acts and a rural setting," Translations is a traditional play which tackles contemporary issues.
Tickets are $8 general and $5 students/seniors. For ticket information, call (574) 535-7566 or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu

13
3 p.m., Winter mainstage: Translations by Brian Friel, Umble Center
Directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Tamera Izlar, Translations aligns beautifully with the GC Theater Department's "Loyalty, Love and Loss" season theme. Considered one of Friel's most innovative works, the play is a funny and bitter portrait of Irish peasants caught up in the midst of quiet socio-political upheaval, complete with a pair of star-crossed lovers for good measure.
Translations is riddled with English, Latin, Greek and Irish languages throughout the text and loosely examines the historical impact a foreign power can have on a community's culture and language. In the play, British officers (aka Royal Engineers) come to Ireland to take part in a survey; creating a detailed map that intentionally replaces the Gaelic language embraced by the Irish with standardized British English in an effort to set up a political union based on a common language. Friel's theatrical device of having all of the characters speak their own language, while using an interpreter to "translate," drives the play and reveals both the conflict and the barriers of resolving them peaceably. Set in a hedge school in 1833 and described by Friel as "deliberately very traditional, with three acts and a rural setting," Translations is a traditional play which tackles contemporary issues.
Tickets are $8 general and $5 students/seniors. For ticket information, call (574) 535-7566 or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu

18
7:30 p.m., Goshen College Concerto-Aria Concert, Sauder Concert Hall
Winners of the 2010-2011 Goshen College Concerto-Aria Competition will perform with the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Assistant Professor of Music Christopher Fashun. Performing are:  Andrea Detweiler, mezzo-soprano; Amy Hansen, soprano; Justin Yoder, cello; Ana Yoder, piano; Emily Trapp, piano.
Tickets are $7 adults, $5 seniors/students, available at the door. GC students admitted free with ID.

19
8 p.m., Winter mainstage: Translations by Brian Friel, Umble Center
Directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Tamera Izlar, Translations aligns beautifully with the GC Theater Department's "Loyalty, Love and Loss" season theme. Considered one of Friel's most innovative works, the play is a funny and bitter portrait of Irish peasants caught up in the midst of quiet socio-political upheaval, complete with a pair of star-crossed lovers for good measure.
Translations is riddled with English, Latin, Greek and Irish languages throughout the text and loosely examines the historical impact a foreign power can have on a community's culture and language. In the play, British officers (aka Royal Engineers) come to Ireland to take part in a survey; creating a detailed map that intentionally replaces the Gaelic language embraced by the Irish with standardized British English in an effort to set up a political union based on a common language. Friel's theatrical device of having all of the characters speak their own language, while using an interpreter to "translate," drives the play and reveals both the conflict and the barriers of resolving them peaceably. Set in a hedge school in 1833 and described by Friel as "deliberately very traditional, with three acts and a rural setting," Translations is a traditional play which tackles contemporary issues.
Tickets are $8 general and $5 students/seniors. For ticket information, call (574) 535-7566 or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu

20
3 p.m., Winter mainstage: Translations by Brian Friel, Umble Center
Directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Tamera Izlar, Translations aligns beautifully with the GC Theater Department's "Loyalty, Love and Loss" season theme. Considered one of Friel's most innovative works, the play is a funny and bitter portrait of Irish peasants caught up in the midst of quiet socio-political upheaval, complete with a pair of star-crossed lovers for good measure.
Translations is riddled with English, Latin, Greek and Irish languages throughout the text and loosely examines the historical impact a foreign power can have on a community's culture and language. In the play, British officers (aka Royal Engineers) come to Ireland to take part in a survey; creating a detailed map that intentionally replaces the Gaelic language embraced by the Irish with standardized British English in an effort to set up a political union based on a common language. Friel's theatrical device of having all of the characters speak their own language, while using an interpreter to "translate," drives the play and reveals both the conflict and the barriers of resolving them peaceably. Set in a hedge school in 1833 and described by Friel as "deliberately very traditional, with three acts and a rural setting," Translations is a traditional play which tackles contemporary issues.
The Feb. 20 performance is ASL interpreted.
Tickets are $8 general and $5 students/seniors. For ticket information, call (574) 535-7566 or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu

20
7:30 p.m., Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist Lecture by Juan Granados, ceramist, Music Center's Rieth Recital Hall
Throughout his childhood, Juan Granados travelled with his family as migrant farm workers throughout the southern United States. As he cultivated the earth, he observed the interdependence and importance of nature. Granados is connected to his background of working with land through his use of clay as his artistic medium, and aims to create work that is organic. Through his ceramics, he tries to express his past and share the message of human sustainability.
Immediately following Granados' lecture, a reception will be held in his honor in the Hershberger Art Gallery. The exhibit of Granados' works in the Hershberger Gallery will be up until March 8.

22
7 p.m., C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest, Umble Center
Students compete for cash prizes and the top winner may enter the U.S./Canada Mennonite Central Committee-sponsored C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest. The trust of C. Henry Smith, a Mennonite historian and professor at Goshen and Bluffton (Ohio) colleges, funds the annual oratorical contest, which gives students an opportunity to become involved with the peace cause while cultivating rhetorical skills.
Finalists include:  Sae Jin Lee, Jeffrey Moore, Karina Sue Rohrer-Meck, Jair Hernandez, Madi Ouedraogo and Michael Brian Fecher.

25-March 6
Goshen College Women's Chorus tour
Feb. 25, 7 p.m., Lombard (Ill.) Mennonite Church
Feb. 26, 7 p.m., Libertyville (Ill.) Covenant Church
Feb. 27, 9 a.m., Chicago Community Mennonite Church
Feb. 27, 3:30 p.m., St. Viator Church, Chicago
March 6, 9:30 a.m., Zion Mennonite Church, Archbold, Ohio
March 6, 7:30 p.m., College Mennonite Church, Goshen College

28-March 4
Goshen College Midterm Break

Goshen College's Administration Building, Church-Chapel, Good Library, Music Center, Newcomer Center, Union Gymnasium and Umble Center are accessible to people using wheelchairs and others with physical limitations.

Directions to the college and a campus map are available at: www.goshen.edu/aboutgc/map.php. For ticket information, contact the Welcome Center, at (574) 535-7566, or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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