The Culture for Service Awards and Young Alumni Servant Leadership Award are given by the Alumni Association to honor and recognize the achievements of Goshen College graduates who distinguish themselves through commendable accounts of service and achievements at home or in their churches, colleges, communities and the larger world.
The Goshen College Maple Leafs Athletic Club annually presents the Dr. Ruth Gunden and the Dr. Roman Gingerich Champion of Character Awards. The two awards, created in 2005, are presented to a male and female alumni athlete who exemplify the college’s core values in their lives, work and community service.
Culture for Service Awards -- Wilma Shank ’46 and David A. Shank ’48, Wilmar Stahl ’71, Nancy Chupp ’87; Decade of Servant Leadership Award -- Cristina Hernandez ’00; Dr. Ruth Gunden Champion of Character Award -- BJ Leichty ’75, Dr. Roman Gingerich Champion of Character Award -- Dan Bodiker ’64
Culture for Service Awards -- Galen D. Miller '74, John Martin '74; Dr. Ruth Gunden Champion of Character Award -- Marty Kelley '71; Dr. Roman Gingerich Champion of Character Award -- Lynn Williams '60
Culture for Service Awards -- Virginia Mininger ’65 and Jim Mininger ’65, Paul Myers ’66, Dale Kempf ’78; Decade of Servant Leadership Award -- Janna Hunter-Bowman ’00; Dr. Ruth Gunden Champion of Character Award -- Trinda Hirschey Bishop ’69; Dr. Roman Gingerich Champion of Character Award -- John Ingold ’59
Culture for Service Awards -- Jonathan Beachy ’72, Ruby Payne ’72, David Bartel ’82; Decade of Servant Leadership Award -- Dana Graber Ladek ’97; Dr. Roman Gingerich Champion of Character Award -- Henry Zehr ’78; Dr. Ruth Gunden Champion of Character Award -- Sue Conrad ’92
Culture for Service Awards -- Edgar Metzler ’52 and Ethel Yake Metzler ’46, Glen E. Miller ’57; Decade of Servant Leadership Award -- Lisa Koop ’99; Dr. Roman Gingerich Champion of Character Award -- Don Jantzi ’72; Dr. Ruth Gunden Champion of Character Award -- Sally Hunsberger ’86
Culture for Service Awards -- Hans J. Hillerbrand '55, Ramzi Farran '68 and Carol Farran '69; Decade of Servant Leadership Award -- Justin Rothshank '00
Culture for Service Awards -- Harold Kauffman ’61, Raúl García and Anita Swartzentruber García ’56, Pearl Hartz ’49
Culture for Service Awards -- Ron Graber '52 and Esther Buckwalter Graber '52, Arden Schmucker '53, Dan Steiner '65
Culture for Service Awards -- Sylvester Outley '69, Kathleen Zehr '40, Ed Yoder '58 & Theo Hartzler Yoder '57
Culture for Service Awards -- Roger N. Beachy '66, Stanley Weaver '48, Arlie Hershberger Weaver '50, Gerald L. Hughes '54
