Goshen College is launching a new academic initiative, an Honors Program. It is designed to provide a transformative educational experience for high-achieving students and will launch in Fall 2024.
When looking back on history, it can be tempting to think that progress and transformation has been easy, fast, painless and linear. And yet, change is rarely any of those, including at Goshen College.
In the most historic day in the history of the Goshen College cross country programs, both teams had their highest finishes to a season at the NAIA National Championships held at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver, Washington.
Goshen College will present the 20th annual musical celebration of Christmas, “A Festival of Carols,” a special celebration that features four choirs and an orchestra, along with audience participation on traditional carols, all in a concert hall festively decorated with garlands, lights and trees. “A Festival of Carols” is patterned on a traditional English worship service, and features Christmas carols, spirituals, scripture readings and sacred works of music for the holiday season. Performers include the Goshen College Chamber Choir, Vox Profundi, Voices of the Earth, Goshen College Symphony Orchestra and Shout For Joy Children’s Choir. The audience will also be invited to join the choirs to sing familiar carols during the performance. Tickets are now available for any of the three performances on Dec. 1, 2 or 3.
Called “the world’s reigning male chorus” by The New Yorker magazine, the San Francisco-based, GRAMMY®-winning ensemble Chanticleer will present “A Chanticleer Christmas,” the group’s most beloved program.
Renowned for his singular combination of robust swing and poetic insight, two-time GRAMMY® winner Kurt Elling has secured his place among the world’s foremost jazz vocalists. Elling’s voice is instantly recognizable, embracing listeners with his warm, rich baritone and navigating the full span of his four-octave range as a virtuoso improviser and a compelling storyteller.
Spend the day getting to know future classmates & current students, sit in on a class or meet with a faculty member in an academic area of your interest, take a campus tour, have lunch in our dining hall, and talk with GC Admissions Counselors! You won't want to miss it!
Join the mesmerizing Martha Redbone and American Patchwork Quartet for a night of soulful and captivating music that celebrates the rich cultural tapestry of America. Martha Redbone's soul-stirring voice and music are “a brilliant collision of cultures,” says the New Yorker.
Goshen College is launching a new academic initiative, an Honors Program. It is designed to provide a transformative educational experience for high-achieving students and will launch in Fall 2024.
When looking back on history, it can be tempting to think that progress and transformation has been easy, fast, painless and linear. And yet, change is rarely any of those, including at Goshen College.
In the most historic day in the history of the Goshen College cross country programs, both teams had their highest finishes to a season at the NAIA National Championships held at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver, Washington.
91.1 The Globe was named “Radio Station of the Year” for institutions with enrollments under 3,000 students by the College Media Association with their Pinnacle Award at their annual National College Media Convention in Atlanta in October. This is the first organizational Pinnacle Award for The Globe and the station’s fifth national title.
Goshen College senior Jakyra Green’s speech claimed first prize in Mennonite Central Committee’s binational intercollegiate C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest, after winning at Goshen College’s contest in February 2023. Green’s speech, titled “The Privilege of Peace,” focused on the illusion or privilege surrounding peace for Black people and their realities in America.
Author John D. Roth ’81, professor emeritus of history, brings the dynamic and often challenging story to life in chapters about the denominational relationships, international engagement, racial inclusion, gender and culture wars, LGBTQ+ inclusion, athletics, Latinx/Hispanic enrollment and Anabaptist stances toward patriotism and nationalism.
ON MARCH 4, 1969, Daniel (Dan) Leatherman ’58, associate professor of political science, sent a three-page resignation letter to President Paul Mininger ’34. Leatherman had distinguished himself academically as an undergrad and after studying at the University of Chicago, he returned to join the GC faculty in 1963.
Jakyra Green, a senior majoring in education and English, is among the 10 finalists who will participate in the 37th annual Keating Writing Challenge in which the students have five hours to report and write a story. The contest, which draws top journalism students from across the state, will take place in Indianapolis on Nov. 3-4.
Goshen College senior Jakyra Green’s speech claimed first prize in Mennonite Central Committee’s binational intercollegiate C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest, after winning at Goshen College’s contest in February 2023. Green’s speech, titled “The Privilege of Peace,” focused on the illusion or privilege surrounding peace for Black people and their realities in America.
During high school, Peter Fairfield '02, Dan Steller, David Wingfield, and Peter Fairfield were all in the same graduating class of ’98 at Eastern Mennonite School. Now, the three are part of a team racing against time to help preserve the Ojibwe language.
Knowing there has to be a better way than simply swiping left or right, Emily Stutzman '08 decided to bring community back to online dating, like how it used to be. Friends making recommendations and connections for other friends. And in bringing back community, she hopes to also bring back the humanity. She shared that idea in her TEDx Portland Talk.
