Stan King’s 30-year research career in plant pathology was bookended by successful stints with the Goshen College tennis team, first as a nearly undefeated player, then as one of the longest-serving coaches in Maple Leaf history. King was born in India to missionary parents. That’s where, as a boarding school…
Nearly a decade after graduating from Goshen College, Nicole Bauman’s life path can be hard to name or identify as a specific “job” or “career.” Bauman’s calling is a combination of working for sustainability, healing, community and justice. A few years ago, Bauman and her partner, Jason Shenk, began the…
With more than 25 years of experience in conflict prevention, transformation and peacebuilding, Philip Thomas ’87 has dedicated his life to helping facilitate peace and reconciliation. Thomas, of Goshen, has traveled to more than 30 countries around the world in his work with heads of states, indigenous groups, community leaders…
Sheri (Greaser) Hartzler has led a life in service of others since graduating from Goshen College in 1973 with a degree in elementary education. “My parents modeled a life of serving others,” she said, “and because of my educational experiences at Goshen College, especially Study-Service Term, I was equipped to…
1. What is your name, where you are from, and what year did you graduate from GC? Janelle Diller. I grew up in Kansas, but I’ve lived in Colorado since 1979. I graduated from GC in 1975, but I spent another year at Goshen doing my student teaching and getting…
Hannah Barg first thought seriously about sustainability when she took the Sustainability Leadership Semester (SLS) at Merry Lea, Goshen College’s nature center and biological field station. Now, Hannah is a network organizer for the Community Resilience Guild, Goshen, Ind. For one recent project, she interviewed community…
An internationally-known author, broadcaster, editor and literary critic, Ellah Wakatama Allfrey ’88 grew up in Zimbabwe and now lives in England and has become renowned especially for her work in Anglophone African literature. Allfrey is an editor-at-large for Canongate, and former deputy editor of Granta magazine and editor-at-large for Granta…
Dr. Doug Schwartzentruber ’78, a surgical oncologist and the system medical director for Indiana University Health’s statewide cancer services in Indianapolis, was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2010. Schwartzentruber is best known for his groundbreaking research concerning…
Aletha Stahl ’89 is a professor of French and francophone studies at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, as well as a registered yoga instructor and former Goshen College award-winning runner. Stahl was a founding member of GC’s first full-season women’s cross country team, and her prowess…
James (Jim) L. Gingerich ’66, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, has a diverse resume — among his many accomplishments, he played four years of basketball and baseball at Goshen College, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya and served in agricultural economic development for 34 years in six countries.
