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News
Nov 28 2025
The Fall/Winter 2025 issue of Bulletin will arrive in mailboxes in early December. Enjoy the online edition, featuring a Q&A with current and former directors of the nursing department, a variety of campus news, features on our alumni awardees, and more!
Florence Nightingale, founder of modern nursing, tended to wounded soldiers by the light of a small oil lamp during the Crimean War, earning the enduring title “The Lady with the Lamp.” Today, many nursing programs commemorate their graduates with a symbolic lamp during the pinning ceremony, representing the light of knowledge and compassion. The historic lamps featured on the cover honor seven decades of Goshen College Nursing graduates.
Photo by Daniel James ’24 and digital illustration by Hannah Gerig Meyer ’08, as seen below.
Behind-the-scenes peek at the cover photo shoot: Hannah Gerig Meyer ’08, graphic designer, designed this issue’s cover based on this photo that she helped arrange! The photographer is Daniel James ’24, news and media manager. | Photo by Angela Sienko
by Rebecca J. Stoltzfus ’83, president
In her column, President Stoltzfus touches on the relationships that form the most important experiences for Goshen College alumni and friends.
Excellence with Heart: Celebrating 75 Years of Nursingby Angela Sienko, director of communications and marketing, and Daniel James ’24, news and media manager
Three generations of nursing department chairs reflect on 75 years of Goshen College Nursing — a program evolving through innovation yet steadfast in its mission of compassionate, whole-person education and excellence with heart.
Read about the six alumni who were honored this year for their lives and commitments to the college’s core values: Gerald Schlabach ’79, Raj Biyani ’92, Kate Friesen ’14 and Scott Kempf ’11, Tony Janzen ’08 and Mary Hartzler ’70.
by Eric Bradley, head librarian of Mennonite Historical Library
When Goshen College opened its first campus health center in 1939, a dynamic young nursing couple, Marian ’41 and Wade Jones ’41, quickly became the heart of student care and community life. Their energy sparked GC’s Nurses’ Club, inspired a playful “Keeping up with the Joneses” column in The Record, and carried them from Kulp Hall to postwar mental health work across the country.
Enjoy the online edition, featuring congratulations to the Class of 2026, alumni reflections on how their Goshen College education shaped their career and calling, a variety of campus news, and so much more!
In 2025, Mennonites and other Anabaptists celebrate 500 years since the first believers gathered in secret, launching a renewal movement grounded in adult baptism, pacifism, discipleship and church-state separation. This anniversary invites reflection on how “true evangelical faith” is lived out at Goshen today — on campus, through alumni contributions and in a renewed vision for faith formation.
The Fall/Winter 2024 issue of The Bulletin, with a focus on the new Connected Cause, will arrive in mailboxes in early December. Look for yours coming soon!