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Apr 07 2024

Cleaning overgrown senderos and planting trees in the rural towns surrounding Cotacachi has been the work that Naomi Klassen and I have started on service. Oftentimes at the beginning of a work day, we know very little of what the...

Apr 03 2024

Today’s post is written by Gavin Johnson, who is serving in Ungaran.  He writes about revisiting our study setting in Yogyakarta. Study term was so much fun, from the language class and malls to the trips and the city of...

Apr 02 2024

Today’s post was written by Jacob Stoltzfus, who is serving in Melolo, Sumba, an island in the eastern part of Indonesia. During the service portion of my SST, I was assigned to the Love Sumba organization stationed in Melolo, East...

Apr 02 2024

Today’s post was written by Carlos Lichty, who is doing his service at the Laboratory Middle School at Satya Wacana University in Salatiga. For my service assignment, I was placed at a local Christian Middle School named UKSW SMP here...

Apr 02 2024

Today’s post was written by Lindsey Daniels, who is serving with Wijna, a community organization in Salatiga.   As we were coming up to our 10th week of SST, Carlos, Camila, and I decided that we wanted to explore a...

Apr 01 2024

This is our first student produced blog post, which is a poem. In the next couple of days, we will be adding more students’ reflections and images. Falling: A Poem first stop tell me what you see before i tell...

Mar 29 2024

Today’s post is written by Peri Mast-Hochstedler.  They are serving at Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana Laboratory High School in Salatiga. During my time in Saltiga, I have had the pleasure of observing classes and teaching English at the Satya Wacana...

Mar 26 2024

On Saturday, March 23, Communication students traveled to Carmel, Indiana for the annual Indiana Association of School Broadcasters (IASB) College Awards Luncheon and Indiana Broadcasters Association’s (IBA) Spring Career Fair. The college landed 31 awards, including 9 first place honors…

Mar 26 2024

Photos from around campus during March 2024. Photos by Liam Morris, Gunnar Sadowey and Julian Gonzalez. Photos from around campus during March, 2024.

Mar 25 2024

On Wednesday March 20, 2024, Goshen College hosted the 2024 African American Spring Open House. High school students and staff gathered on campus to learn about opportunities in higher education, tour the campus, and hear from current GC students about…

Mar 25 2024

Today’s post is written Camila Perez-Diener.  She is serving in the Satya Wacana Laboratory Elementary School in Salatiga, Central Java. I entered my service term expecting to assist the English teachers with their classes and maybe work in the library...

Mar 25 2024

Today’s post is written by Evan King, who is doing his service in Yogyakarta. During service, I have not been given as much opportunity to interact with my host family because, during the week, I am living at Bumi Cendekia,...

Mar 24 2024

Today’s blog is written by Jonathan Weaver, who is doing his service on the island of Sumba. I have been living with my host family in Sumba for close to four weeks now. During this time I have continued to...

Mar 24 2024

Today’s post is written by Johanna Morford-Oberst, who is doing her service at UNDANA university in Kupang, Timor. On Tuesday, March 5th, Pak Dr. Niko, my supervisor, took Brenton, my service partner, and I to Susteran Alma Orphanage. This is...

Mar 20 2024

The Goshen College Symphony Orchestra will present their spring concert on Sunday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.

Mar 20 2024

Lavender Jazz, Goshen College’s big band jazz ensemble, will present its spring concert in the Umble Center at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 5.

Mar 20 2024

The 25th annual Goshen College Student Academic Symposium will take place Wednesday, April 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Faculty will be also recognized for promotions and recently-published work at the event.

Mar 20 2024

Dr. Jonathan N. Roth, professor emeritus of biology at Goshen College, passed away in Goshen on March 13, 2024, at the age of 86. He taught at the college for 42 years, from 1962 to 2004.

Mar 19 2024

This blog post was written by Johanna Morford-Oberst, who is serving at Undana University in the city of Kupang on the island of Timor in eastern Indonesia. On Tuesday, March 5th, Pak Dr. Niko, my supervisor, took Brenton, my service...

Mar 19 2024

On March 16, 2024, the International Student Club presented their annual coffeehouse performance in the Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall. Photos by Julian Gonzalez. On March 16, 2024, the International Student Club presented their annual coffeehouse performance in the Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall.

Mar 19 2024

Today’s blog is written by Evan King, a junior who is doing his service in Yogyakarta in an Islamic boarding school. During service, I have not been given much opportunity to interact with my host family because, during the week,...

Mar 14 2024

Dr. Beth Martin Birky, associate academic dean and Title IX coordinator and long-time professor of English and Women's & Gender Studies, is set to retire in April after a distinguished career spanning over three decades in Goshen.

Mar 14 2024

Glen Guyton, executive director of Mennonite Church USA, will be the speaker for Goshen College’s 126th Commencement on Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 3 p.m. in the Roman Gingerich Recreation-Fitness Center.

Mar 14 2024

Each Study Service Term culminates in six weeks of service engagement with local organizations throughout the host country (casually referred to as “Service”). After the initial six weeks of cultural and academic study, the shift in location and purpose opens...