Profiles of Students, Alumni & Faculty

May 27 2021

Goshen, Indiana MAJOR: history Pastor, Benton Mennonite Church; director of pastoral ecology, Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions How did your experience at Goshen College inform your vocational calling and/or approach to ministry? My history classes brought a richness of understanding the...

May 27 2021

Professor of Music “‘This is my beloved Son, listen to him!’ Thus spoke God at the moment of the Transfiguration. Music is a means of listening to Him who is the fullness of truth, life and beauty. It can act...

May 27 2021

Professor of Psychology “How do I bring faith and learning together? Each morning, I read the Bible, pray, and ask God to prepare me to share His truth and love. My discipline, psychology, naturally involves values, behaviors and relationships, fruitful...

May 27 2021

Associate Professor of History “My first years teaching at a Christian college have been an exercise in shedding secular ways and getting used to bringing my whole self to teaching. After attending Catholic schools for most of K-12, my higher...

May 27 2021

Professor of Accounting “For me, my faith is an inseparable part of who I am. Faith is not about a set of tenets, a rigid set of rules, it is intricately connected to the design of who we are as...

May 27 2021

Elkhart, Indiana MAJORS: communication, interdisciplinary studies Co-pastor, Prairie Street Mennonite Church How did your experience at Goshen College inform your vocational calling and/or approach to ministry? I encountered Anabaptism for the first time at Goshen College. You can read about it in...

May 27 2021

Ypsilanti, Michigan MAJORS: Bible & religion, Philosophy Pastor, Shalom Community Church; Program consultant, Nonprofit Enterprise at Work How did your experience at Goshen College inform your vocational calling and/or approach to ministry? Goshen allowed me to explore the breadth of the...

May 27 2021

Berlin, Ohio MAJORS: business, history Lead pastor at Berlin Mennonite Church How did your experience at Goshen College inform your vocational calling and/or approach to ministry? Goshen College provided opportunities for me to test the call to ministry through the Ministry Inquiry...

May 27 2021

Goshen, Indiana MAJORS: Bible and religion, psychology Pastor, Belmont Mennonite Church How did your experience at Goshen College inform your vocational calling and/or approach to ministry? Doing the Ministry Inquiry Program during the summer after my junior year is what made me...

May 27 2021

Bloomington, Indiana MAJOR: Bible and religion Director of spiritual care and chaplaincy services, Indiana University Health- South Central Region How did your experience at Goshen College inform your vocational calling and/or approach to ministry? I am deeply grateful for professors that...

May 27 2021

Elkhart, Indiana MAJORS: history, English Associate professor of theology and ethics, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary How did your experience at Goshen College inform your vocational calling and/or approach to ministry? Attending GC was very instrumental in shaping my work in theological education....

May 27 2021

MAJORS: chemistry; Bible and religion Church planter with Virginia Mennonite Missions How did your experience at Goshen College inform your vocational calling and or approach to ministry? My Bible and religion classes started me on my course to seminary and then Christian...

May 27 2021

Nashville, Tennessee MAJOR: music Episcopal priest, Christ Church Cathedral and St. Augustine’s Chapel at Vanderbilt University How did your experience at Goshen College inform your vocational calling and/or approach to ministry? At Goshen College I was introduced, for the first time,...

May 27 2021

Kitchener, Ontario MAJOR: social work Church leadership minister, Mennonite Church Eastern Canada How did your experience at Goshen College inform your vocational calling and/or approach to ministry? Both my major in social work and the integration of faith and service in...

May 27 2021

Richmond, Virginia MAJOR: English Pastor, First Mennonite Church of Richmond How did your experience at Goshen College inform your vocational calling and/or approach to ministry? GC helped me develop a philosophy that integrated science, sociology, history, art, literature, biblical studies and...

May 27 2021

Where are you from? I am Lisa Rosado Rivera and I am from Puerto Rico. I was born and raised in the capital San Juan. What made you decide to attend Goshen College? I decided to go to Goshen College...

May 27 2021

Dayton, Virginia MAJORS: music, secondary education “Questioning has always been a key part of my faith life. Growing up, my parents cultivated a curiosity in me that asked questions about the world around me and the people with whom I interacted....

May 27 2021

Naperville, Illinois MAJORS: Bible & religion; peace, justice & conflict studies “When I first came to GC as a freshman, I had no intention of majoring in Bible and religion. I had spent most of high school struggling with my faith,...

May 27 2021

Broadway, Virginia MAJOR: sustainability studies “Global social and environmental justice movements have one thing in common, they fight for the basic humanity and love of people in the world. The Mennonite contexts I grew up in disagreed with the common sentiment...

May 27 2021

Lancaster, Pennsylvania MAJOR: nursing “When I think about my faith growth at GC, Study-Service Term (SST) comes to mind. In the fall of 2018, I went to Peru for my SST. It was a whirlwind of new experiences and unexpected challenges....

Nov 17 2020

Clarissa Gaff ’00 is the executive director at Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, which provides free civil legal assistance to low income individuals in St. Louis, Missouri. She was an English major at Goshen College. “I work for Land of...

Nov 17 2020

Sammy Rosario is a humanitarian lawyer in San Francisco, California, who follow’s GC’s core values to help bring peace to the world. He was a broadcasting and theater double major at Goshen College. GC’s core values have always influenced me...

Nov 17 2020

Lydette Assefa ’09 is an attorney and clinical fellow with the Children & Family Justice Center at the Bluhm Legal Clinic at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. She was an English and history double major at Goshen College. “I represent...

Nov 17 2020

Allen Bohnert ’98 is an Assistant Federal Public Defender. He works in the Capital Habeas Unit of the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Ohio. His work is featured in the recent documentary The Penalty, available on...