E-mail this storyMonday, September 25, 2006
October 2006 events at Goshen College
The Clothesline Project, Schrock Plaza
For the fourth
annual Clothesline Project at Goshen College, T-shirts will again
line the plaza on display. This display of T-shirts was created by
survivors or friends of survivors of sexual or domestic violence,
bearing witness to their experience. The T-shirts were created by
community and campus groups.
Oct. 6-8
Homecoming Weekend, for all alumni and
friends
For more information
or to register, contact the Alumni Office at (574)
535-7565.
10 a.m., Alumni Awards convocation,
Church-Chapel
2006 award
recipients: Edgar Metzler, 1952 graduate, Ethel Yake Metzler, 1946
graduate, and Glen Miller, 1957 graduate (Culture for Service);
Lisa Koop, 1999 graduate (Decade of Servant Leadership); Don
Jantzi, 1972 graduate and Sally Hunsberger, 1986 graduate (Champion
of Character). Awards reception at 10:30 a.m. in the Church
Gathering Room.
The Hershberger Art
Gallery features an exhibit of GC art faculty work spanning five
decades.
The music department
presents its annual showcase of ensemble talent. Tickets are $8 for
all seats; GC students admitted free with ID.
7:45 a.m., Fall Classic 3K Walk, Gingerich
Recreation-Fitness Center. $12
• “That
You May be One: Mennonites in Conversation with Other
Christians,” Professor of History John D. Roth, Music Center
110
• “The SST
Legacy Among Alumni and New Programs in Cambodia, Jamaica, Peru and
Senegal,” Director of International Education Tom Meyers,
Music Center 100
• “Leg
Before Wicket,” a documentary film on how the sport of
cricket is building peace between India and Pakistan, Shashi
Buluswar, Administration Building Room 28
Celebrate the life of
Mary Oyer, professor emerita of music, internationally recognized
hymnologist and church musician, at this time of special
tribute.
Enjoy hymn singing at
its finest, led by Mary Oyer and Deb Brubaker.
2 p.m., One-Act Peace Plays, Umble Center. Cost: $3 at the
door
10
1 p.m., Afternoon Sabbatical: Growth of a Dream:
The Goshen College Art Department at 50,” Sauder Concert
Hall
In 1955, Ezra
Hershberger began to expand a fledgling art department at GC. Fifty
years, nearly two dozen faculty and approximately 400 majors later,
the college’s art program continues to pulse with vitality.
Join us in celebrating the department’s 50th
anniversary, with a glimpse of its history and the accomplishments
of its faculty. The Hershberger Gallery will feature an exhibit of
faculty work spanning five decades.
Visit by nationally-recognized Christian author and pastor
Brian McLaren
Nationally-recognized
Christian author and pastor Brian McLaren will speak on “The
Jesuses I Have Known” at 10 a.m. on Oct. 11 and on
“Spiritual Formation in the Emerging Culture” at 7:30
p.m. on Oct. 12, both in the Church-Chapel. Both meetings are free
and open to the public. Some of McLaren’s books will be
available for sale and signing after the evening meeting. His
recent books include “A New Kind of Christian,”
“A Generous Orthodoxy” and “The Secret Message of
Jesus.”
8 a.m., Fourth Annual Grief Seminar Benefit Walk,
Recreation-Fitness Center
For information or to
register, contact Bob Birkey at (574) 535-7403.
7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Series: Dave Brubeck
Quartet, Sauder Concert Hall
Dave Brubeck has been
performing jazz for more than five decades, uniquely improvising
melodies and using unconventional rhythms. Changing the landscape
of jazz in the ’50s and ’60s, he broadened its audience
and recorded the first jazz album to go gold. Still relevant today,
Brubeck and his quartet continue to draw sell-out crowds with their
exciting jazz sounds. Cost: $45, $38, $20.
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Fourth Annual Grief Seminar
– Communities Supporting Grieving Families: YOU Can Make A
Difference, Church-Chapel Fellowship
Rooms
Speakers are
Alicia Sims Franklin, director, Children’s Programs, Grief
Inc. and Darcie D. Sims, director, American Grief Academy, Grief
Inc., Louisville, Ky. Admission fee of $60 includes lunch, resource
notebook and 6 CEUs. Registration begins at 8 a.m. For more
information or to register, contact Marge Brandeberry at (574)
535-7400 or margemb@goshen.edu.
8 a.m., Christian Education
Workshop: Confronting Cultural Assumptions,Church-Chapel
Koinonia Room
A
workshop for parents, grandparents, teachers, pastors and Christian
educators on helping children confront cultural assumptions. For
information or to register, contact Kathy Meyer Reimer at (574)
535-7443. Cost: $5
7:30 p.m., Faculty Showcase Recital: Solomia Soroka, violin, and
Arthur Greene, piano, Rieth Recital Hall
Assistant Professor of Music Solomia Soroka, violin, will perform a
recital of works for violin and piano. The concert will also
feature Soroka's husband, pianist and University of Michigan
professor Arthur Greene. Tickets are $6 adults, $4
seniors/students, available at the door. GC students free with
valid ID.
2-4 p.m., Opening exhibit reception for “Three Quilt
Artists,” Library Gallery
Innovative quilts designed by area artists Jon Cutrell, Sibyl Graber Gerig and Joy Yoder Hess will be on display. Sponsored by the Mennonite-Amish Museum Committee. This exhibit will run through Dec. 8.
4 p.m., Organ Recital Series: Crista Miller, Rieth Recital
Hall
Crista Miller, music director at the
Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, Texas, will perform
the first concert in the 2006-2007 Organ Recital Series on Opus 41,
GC’s new pipe organ. Tickets are $8 adults, $5
seniors/students. GC students are admitted free with valid
ID.
7:30 p.m., Poetry reading and book signing: Yorifumi
Yaguchi, Newcomer Center 19
Yorifumi Yaguchi will read and sign books from his collected poems,
edited by English Professor Emeritus Wilbur Birky. “The
Poetry of Yorifumi Yaguchi: A Japanese Voice in English” has
just been released by Good Books. Yaguchi attended Associated
Mennonite Biblical Seminary from 1962 to 1965 and became an
influential Mennonite voice in Japan, where he is also a highly
regarded poet.
Exhibit: The Art of Roger Shimomura,Hershberger Art
Gallery
Roger Shimomura’s exhibit will feature three suites of
lithograph prints: “Yellow no Same,” “Memories of
Childhood” and “Mistaken Identities.” The work by
this nationally celebrated artist deals with the injustice of the
internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and more
generally the problem of cultural stereotyping. Shimomura will
present the 2006 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist Lecture at 7 p.m.
Nov. 15 in Rieth Recital Hall, followed by a reception at 8 p.m.
The exhibit will be on display through Nov. 29.
