http://www.goshen.edu/news/News/ Press Releases from the Goshen College Public Relations Department http://www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/05-13-08-quilters.html 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. http://www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/05-13-08-earthquake.html 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. http://www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/04-29-08-melendez-poetry.html 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. http://www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/04-28-08-csa-concert.html 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. http://www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/04-28-08-commence-folo.html 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. http://www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/04-25-08-naturefest.html 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. http://www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/04-25-08-may-2008.html All events are open to the public and are free unless otherwise noted. http://www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/04-23-08-pla-2008.html 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. http://www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/04-22-08-yordy.html 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. http://www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/04-18-08-biodiesel.html A campus celebration on Earth Day of a recently completed campus biodiesel plant, created by four students. http://www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/04-17-08-voices-spring.html 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. http://www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/04-17-08-rachel-corrie.html 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. http://www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/04-17-08-cnn.html 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. http://www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/04-14-08-richer-mwr.html 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. http://www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/04-14-08-oakopenings.html 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.