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Feb 26 2022

Friday Feb. 26 Today we got up early to burn and discovered that, as with most fieldwork, plans change. Our colleagues from Harvard were having trouble with some drone equipment they were using in the KLEE plots and we got...

Feb 26 2022

It’s the night before the Vox Profundi choir tour commences, and I’m a bundle of nerves, excitement and sadness. I’m nervous for all the tour details, including performances, homestays, COVID logistics, travel issues, student health and much more.  But I’m...

Feb 24 2022

Snapshots from around campus in February 2022. (Photos by Tyson Miller ’25 and Brian Yoder Schlabach ’07)

Feb 24 2022

This blog reports on the 2022 research trip to Kenya where I am collaborating with colleagues from various universities (UC Davis, Karatina University, and Utah State University) to implement prescribed burns inside the Kenya Longterm Exclosure Experiment (KLEE).  With me...

Feb 24 2022

Goshen College junior Greta Lapp Klassen, an English major from Goshen, won the 2022 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest and $300 in prize money on Feb. 22. Bryan Hernandez Rodriguez, a junior computer science and sustainability studies major from…

Feb 22 2022

Four students competed in the 2022 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022.  » Read more Photos by Tyson Miller ’25                    

Feb 22 2022

The Goshen College Vox Profundi low voice choir will spend their spring break touring and performing in churches and schools in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio from Feb. 26 through March 4, with a home concert on Sunday, March 6…

Feb 22 2022

The Goshen College Vox Profundi choir will spend their spring break touring and performing in churches and schools in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio from Feb. 26 through March 4, with a home concert on Sunday, March 6 at 7:30…

Feb 20 2022

We had a full week of classes and wrapped up several large academic pieces to the term. Friday evening students hosted their families for a program and goodbye party.   Last night (Saturday) we arrived here to Hostal Pakay in...

Feb 19 2022

Four student winners of the 2022 Goshen College Concerto-Aria Competition performed arias and individual concerto movements with the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra during the 62nd annual Concerto-Aria Concert on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022.

Feb 19 2022

Gardeners, growers and plant enthusiasts gathered on Feb. 19, 2022, to exchange seeds, compare and discuss varieties, attend educational sessions and more. 

Feb 14 2022

After graduating from Goshen College, Arvis Dawson ’76 worked as a social worker and then as a teacher for 31 years in Elkhart Community Schools. He is serving his eighth term on the Elkhart City Council, a total of 28...

Feb 13 2022

After a few days of class in Quito we took off for the north, arriving to the beautiful city of Otavalo in the province of Imbabura for several days.   Here is a short clip of some of the music...

Feb 12 2022

The Goshen College Choirs presented their annual Winter Choral Concert in Sauder Concert Hall on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022.

Feb 11 2022

Hello again from Philadelphia! We continue to work and live amongst the gracious and lively Indonesian community here in Southern Philadelphia.

Feb 07 2022

We continue individually and as a group to process the tragedy of the landslides in Quito that occurred last week not far from some of our host families and in a neighborhood that we have, on a couple occasions, passed through...

Feb 05 2022

Feb 03 2022

A collaboration between Goshen College, Bluffton (Ohio) University and Eastern Mennonite University (Virginia) is strengthening the three Mennonite institutions’ ties and improving their respective IT departments.

Feb 01 2022

Goshen College’s 91.1 The Globe (WGCS) has been nominated for Best College Radio Station in the Nation for the 12th consecutive year by the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS). In all, Goshen College students received 19 nominations for the IBS Student…

Feb 01 2022

It seems to me that one of the truly useful things the church – including Goshen College – can do in the face of the climate crisis is lead us into a new story.

Feb 01 2022

Due to the severity of Winter Storm Landon, the following changes to class plans and campus operations are being made. All Goshen College classes will be delivered remotely on Wednesday, Feb. 2 and Thursday, Feb. 3. Campus offices will not be…

Jan 31 2022

Welcome to our Indonesia SST 2022 blog, we’re glad you’re here! One of the first questions you might have is – “Why do your photos look like they are NOT from Indonesia?”. This fearless group of Goshen College students is...

Jan 31 2022

After a couple of normal days of class, we made our way through the mountains to the northwest region of the Pichincha province where we explored the amazing cloud forest. We are bringing last weeks’ historical context with us as...

Jan 25 2022

Photos from around campus in January 2022.