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Feb 27 2022

During our last week of the “study” portion of the term, students traveled to several hours east of Quito to explore the upper Amazon basin. We combined several experiential learning activities – both cultural and environmental, based on the region’s...

Feb 27 2022

Saturday Feb. 26 Today we finished the last of the 36 small 30m X 30m burns in the KLEE plots! I am thankful to all the students, Mpala Research Centre staff, and research colleagues. Asanteni! Here is a video of...

Feb 26 2022

Vox Profundi’s choir tour got off to a great start at 5:45am this morning with zero positive Covid tests! We departed from the music center at 6:30am en route for Plains Mennonite Church in Pennsylvania. The bus was very quiet...

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 24 2022

The Goshen College Theater Department will present its spring mainstage play, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," on March 25, 26 and April 1 at 7:30 p.m., and March 27 and April 3 at 2:30 p.m. in the Umble…

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 10 2022

A new exhibit on display March 20 through August 27, 2022 in the Good Library Gallery illustrates how Mennonite and Amish families have preserved history in decorative folk arts for display in living rooms and bedrooms.

Feb 10 2022

Four Goshen College students will speak on themes of peace and justice during the 2022 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Tuesday, Feb. 22. The annual event will take place at 7 p.m. in the Umble Center and will…

Feb 08 2022

Registration is open for the annual Goshen College Conference on Religion and Science, March 11-13, 2022, featuring Dr. Ann Pederson, professor of religion at Augustana University, and  Dr. Jennifer Gubbels, associate professor and chair of biology at Augustana University, exploring…

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