110th Goshen College Commencement Weekend
Class of 2008 - April 26-27

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.

Commencement photo albums:

Nurses' Pinning Ceremony 4.26.08	Senior Program 4.26.08	Baccalaureate Service 4.27.08	Processional 4.27.08	Commencement 4.27.08	Friends and family celebrate 4.27.08

Related links: Press release  |  Sermon by Dr. James E. Brenneman  |  Keynote address by Mukarabe Makinto-Inandava

Class stats:

• Total number of graduates: 230 bachelor degrees, 1 one-year certificate
• Number of double majors: 23
• Number of students graduating with highest honors (grade point averages of 3.9 to a perfect 4.0): 27
• Number of students graduating with GPAs of 3.60 and above: 88
• Number of states represented in this year’s graduating class: 24
• Number from Indiana: 89
• Number of countries outside the U.S. represented by our grads: 14 — Bangladesh, Canada, Dominican Republic, France, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uruguay
• Number of graduates by top programs of study: nursing – 55; organizational leadership – 16; Bible and religion – 14; psychology – 14; social work – 13; elementary education – 12; communication – 11; history – 11.