AJ Delgadillo wanted to improve society’s food waste problem, so he took an idea and ran with it. After trying to find a solution to dealing with food waste, he began exploring worm composting – or vermicomposting – and found it so helpful that he turned it into a business and…
Rachel Smith studied computer science, math and music, and is combining those skills on her Youtube channel, Rachel’s English, which provides over 800 free videos with more than 167 million views to help non-native speakers improve their spoken English and listening comprehension. While living in Germany after college, Rachel…
How did you end up at Goshen College? I began my college music studies after high school, and finished up my degree about 12 years later after our two young daughters were both in school. At that time, Prof. Lon Sherer asked if I would teach a few Suzuki…
Katie Sowers ’09 is making history. As an offensive assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers, she is the NFL’s first openly-gay coach and only the second woman to hold a full-time assistant coaching position throughout the NFL season. …
Jim Strouse ’99 is a screenwriter and film director. He wrote the film Lonesome Jim (2005), directed by Steve Buscemi and filmed in Goshen. He wrote and made his directorial debut with Grace Is Gone (2007) starring John Cusack, winning an Audience Award for most popular dramatic feature and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival for the…
Sofia Samatar, a 1994 graduate of Goshen College, is the author of the novels A Stranger in Olondria and The Winged Histories, the short story Collection, Tender, and Monster Portraits, a collaboration with her brother, the artist Del Samatar. Her work has won several awards, including the World Fantasy Award. She is also…
Carrie Newcomer holds Goshen College’s first honorary degree: a Bachelor of Arts in music for social change. Newcomer attended Goshen College for two and half years, including going to Costa Rica as part of the college’s Study-Service Term, but she didn’t graduate from the college. With 16 solo CDs – the…
Angie Bastian ’83 and her husband, Dancreated BOOMCHICKAPOP in her Minnesota garage in 2001, and in October, ConAgra Brands Inc. liked it so much that it bought Angie’s Popcorn for $250 million. Angie is committed to supporting the boundless futures of women and children everywhere, encouraging them to live out…
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…
This story originally appeared in Vibrant People of Elkhart County. “You have to wonder when you are talking to a member of the clergy and she tells you, she is a devotee of roller derby, loves scary movies and will travel far and wide for a great cup of…
