In the first convocation of the 2025-26 academic year, President Stoltzfus gives her welcome address and announces student awardees.
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President’s Welcome Speech: ‘Making Room’
Lasting Ties: “So small as to be ridiculous…”
On September 6, 1924, Harold S. ’18 and Elizabeth Horsch Bender ’18 sailed into the port of New York. They were returning from a year of study in Germany, just in time for Harold to join the faculty of the…
Living True Evangelical Faith
This article originally appeared in the Spring/Summer 2025 issue of The Bulletin What does it mean to live out “true evangelical faith” today? Inspired by Menno Simons’ timeless words and in honor of the 500th anniversary of Anabaptism, this series…
500 Years, One Faithful Voice
This article originally appeared in the Spring/Summer 2025 issue of The Bulletin. The Anabaptist Community Bible is a communal project from MennoMedia, created to mark 500 years of Anabaptism — a tradition grounded in the belief that true evangelical faith…
Awake, Our Souls!
This presidential column originally appeared in the Spring/Summer 2025 issue of The Bulletin. By Rebecca J. Stoltzfus ’83, President of Goshen College EDITOR’S NOTE: In January 2025, President Rebecca Stoltzfus wrote a white paper offering a contemporary vision for faith…
Oriented to Love: A Contemporary Vision for Faith Formation at Goshen College
This article originally appeared in the Spring/Summer 2025 issue of The Bulletin. In January 2025, President Stoltzfus wrote a white paper offering a contemporary vision for faith formation at Goshen College. Rooted in our commitment to Christ-centeredness and our Anabaptist-Mennonite…
President’s Annual Report: 2023-24
Check out President Stoltzfus' annual report on the state of Goshen College!
Lasting Ties: A well-equipped lab
In Fall 1950, the eight members of Goshen College’s first-ever nursing class were welcomed by a sparklingly new, well-equipped “Nursing Arts Laboratory.” The lab supplanted the easels and paints of the former art room in the southwest corner of the…
My choice and your choice matter
In 2017, I was the vice provost for undergraduate education at Cornell University, facing the hardest career decision of my life. Should I leave a familiar and prestigious university I love, to lead a small college that I also love?…
President’s speech: ‘Root to Rise’
Opening convocation speech, as prepared for delivery by President Rebecca Stoltzfus, on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Hello, Goshen College! It is wonderful to be here with each one of you. I am so happy to see our returning students, and...
A remembrance of Mary K. Oyer
At a moment like this, it is natural to lionize Mary. A lion — imagine a female lion — is an appropriate metaphor.
Duane Stoltzfus: Research on conscientious objectors
With 14 words, the U.S. Bureau of Naturalization recast the terms of citizenship in the United States after World War I, in effect declaring pacifists the new enemy, according to Duane Stoltzfus ’81, professor of communication and director of adult…
Jan Bender Shetler: Tanzanian cultural heritage research and preservation
Jan Bender Shetler ’78, the director of global education and former professor of history at Goshen College, is set to retire this year, concluding a career dedicated to historical research, community involvement and cultural preservation.
Robert Brenneman: Peacemaking research in Central America
Robert Brenneman, professor of criminal justice and sociology at Goshen College, has dedicated his research career to understanding and addressing the root causes of violence, particularly in northern Central America.
Finding Becky: Endangered turtle research at Merry Lea
Mary Jane Rieth, co-founder of GC’s Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center, always envisioned the 1,189-acre property as a place where undergraduate students from the college and elsewhere could learn how to conduct ecological research.
Research as storytelling: Goshen Spotlight Documentaries
Led by Associate Professor of Communication Kyle Hufford since 2013, the multi-year Goshen Spotlight Documentaries project provides students with a unique platform to engage in experiential research while contributing to the community archive. Conducted within the college’s Maple Scholars summer…
Environmental economics research in practice: Carbon onsetting
Professor of Economics Jerrell Ross Richer ’85 has been at the forefront of revitalizing the global economics minor at Goshen College, infusing it with a focus on climate change and sustainability.
Our research president
President Rebecca Stoltzfus '83 spent a week of May in Tanzania leading a team of researchers from Tanzania, Kenya and the United States.
A truth-seeking community
One of the beautiful aspects about a liberal arts college is the multitude of questions being asked by our students and faculty, as well as the variety of approaches used to pursue them. A liberal arts education affirms the breadth…
Commencement speech 2024 (full text): “I Succeeded” by Glen Guyton
Commencement address (as prepared for delivery) by Glen Guyton, excecutive director of Mennonite Church USA — at the 126th Goshen College Commencement on Sunday, April 28, 2024. » Read the 2024 Commencement story » Commencement photo album » Academic Department Receptions and Baccalaureate...
Baccalaureate speech 2024 (full text): by President Rebecca Stoltzfus
Baccalaureate address (as prepared for delivery) by President Rebecca Stoltzfus at the Goshen College Baccalaureate Celebration on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
VIDEO: The Queen Singers, GC’s BIPOC Women’s Singing Group
In honor of Women’s History Month, join us as we shine a spotlight on GC’s BIPOC women’s singing group, The Queen Singers, and celebrate their talent, passion and unwavering dedication to making beautiful music together.
Merry Christmas from Goshen College!
As we head into this year's holidays and 2024, I want to thank you for walking together with us and being the light of love, joy, peace and hope for our students, for our community and for this beloved world!
A Mennonite College for Everyone(?)
Author John D. Roth ’81, professor emeritus of history, brings the dynamic and often challenging story to life in chapters about the denominational relationships, international engagement, racial inclusion, gender and culture wars, LGBTQ+ inclusion, athletics, Latinx/Hispanic enrollment and Anabaptist stances…
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