Ron Kraybill, pictured with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, graduated from GC in 1976. Today, he is a peace and development adviser for the United Nations. He has been negotiating peaceful elections in Lesotho since 2009. Ron Kraybill ’76 can finally cross off meeting Archbishop Desmond Tutu from his bucket list. Kraybill,…
After graduating from Goshen College with an interdisciplinary major in 1963, Robert Brunk became an activist, professor, sculptor and auctioneer. How does an activist become an auctioneer? For Robert Brunk ’63, who gave up the gavel and retired this year, the journey from being a community organizer to an auctioneer…
Rachel Eisenstat, a 2006 graduate, studied peace, justice & conflict studies at Goshen College. Since graduating, she has recorded an album with top Denver musicians using funding support from community. Denver-based musician Rachel Eisenstat, a 2006 Goshen College graduate, is using her musical training from the college’s music department to…
Mary Roth, a 2013 Goshen College graduate with an English writing major, was chosen as the 2013 Luci Shaw Fellow at Image, a quarterly journal of faith, literature and the arts located in Seattle, Washington. “I’m excited to get to know the ins and outs of a small…
Goshen graduates Mark Histand ’08 and Alex Caskey ’10 oversaw the construction a peanut butter factory in Malawi with Project Peanut Butter, which aims to treat children with malnutrition and help the local economy. During a family Christmas dinner last year, Alex Caskey received a call out of the blue…
Sarah Miller graduated from GC in 2005 with a theater degree. Today, she is a professional make-up artist who has competed on SyFy Network’s “Face Off,” a popular reality show that features special-effects makeup artists. Aliens, pirates and cyborgs are not folks most of us would expect to see on…
Joelle Dussek ’05 always knew she wanted to work in the television and film industry after Goshen College. Today the communication major is living her dream, having worked on the crew of Food Network’s “Chopped,” “CSI New York,” HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and the televised ball drop in Times Square on…
Chad M. Bauman ’95, associate professor of religion at Butler University, was attending a conference on Christianity and freedom in Rome this winter when he received a surprising invitation. The Vatican took interest in the conference and unexpectedly invited participants to a private audience with the Pope. “In my wildest…
If Jason Yoder were on a desert island and could only take one item with him, he’d bring a Frisbee. Luckily, the 2008 Goshen College graduate and doctoral student at Indiana University Bloomington somehow finds ample time to play with flying discs as a member of the Indianapolis AlleyCats, a…
Eight years ago, J. Sider was mopping floors at small concert venues. Today, the Goshen College alum is founder and CEO of BandPage, a popular online platform for musicians to build a presence and post content for fans. With over a half million musicians as users – including big names…
