Chicago Major: Social Work, Theater Why did you choose Goshen? During my first year of high school I went to a retreat called Menno Haven. During that retreat, Goshen was one of the schools that were introducing themselves and I remember learning so much about it, but…
Syracuse, Indiana Major: Theater, Art Why did you choose Goshen? Initially I chose Goshen College because it was close to home, but I ended up staying because of the community of Goshen College and I was really interested in the Study-Service Term (SST) program Why did…
Goshen Major: Theater Why did you choose Goshen? Goshen was close to home and had everything I wanted. I’m from Goshen, so during middle school and high school I went on multiple field trips to Goshen College. Before the pandemic, I had the opportunity to talk to a…
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 because I was in a Mennonite public school…
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 in the work that I do. Being a compassionate peacemaker…
Lukas Thompson discovered a love of music and theater early on, leading him on a path toward the stage. Thompson is a senior music major at Goshen College graduated this year. Lukas Thompson’s first memory of music comes from a CD he bought at Target. The album was “Scottish Moors” by…
From Good of Goshen “I grew up in Goshen and went to Goshen High School and Goshen College. My husband and I moved away for a year but when we got back, we both used our Goshen connections to get teaching jobs. I worked in the school system…
There are very few people in the world who are paid to fold origami, but Goshen College alumnus Ben Friesen ’05, of Oakland, California, is one of them. Friesen’s love for origami started at the age of five when he was growing up near Goshen and his…
Bruce A. Hostetler is currently resident stage director for the Portland Revels, artistic director of CompassWorks, and a freelance theatre/opera director, producer and playwright. His four operas have toured the west coast, and his play “Feral” was a hit of the 2013 Fertile Ground Festival in Portland. Drawn from over…
Nathan Vader graduated in 2013 with a major in English writing and minors in theater and Bible, religion and philosophy. On the side, he edited for the campus newspaper, The Record, authored a book, acted and directed plays. What do you like most about Goshen and why? Goshen College was…
