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Bulletin Spring/Summer 2026

Jun 02 2026

The Spring/Summer 2026 Issue of Bulletin arrives in mailboxes in early June. 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!

The cover of the Spring/Summer 2026 Bulletin with a black printed cicada in front of a tan backdrop with print block textures. The title is in the top left corner and at the bottom center is the word emergence.

About the Cover

The cover and feature artwork in this issue were created by Isabel Woodcox, a junior environmental science major from Warsaw, Ind. Woodcox began printmaking during her first year at Goshen College and has continued developing her work independently, drawing inspiration from the natural beauty she finds around campus and throughout northern Indiana. From gingko trees to cicadas, her prints focus on the small details of the natural world that are often overlooked. Through simple, thoughtful imagery, Woodcox hopes her work encourages others to slow down, pay attention and notice the beauty woven into everyday life.

From the President

“More than a mind factory”

by Rebecca J. Stoltzfus ’83, president

In her column, President Stoltzfus embraces a liberal arts education rooted in Anabaptist-Mennonite faith that goes beyond intellectual or vocational training to form whole, free and morally grounded people who serve their communities with dignity, peace and love.

Features

Learning to live well

by Barbara Showalter Josenhans ’96, Jim Gunden ’80, Sally Hunsberger ’86, Raj Biyani ’92, and Joelle Friesen ’17, M.D.

Six alumni reflect on how their Goshen College education shaped their lives, careers and callings — stories that embody the college’s mission of forming courageous, creative and compassionate leaders grounded in academic excellence, real-world experience and active love for God and neighbor.

Jim Gunden in forest professional headshot of Joelle Friesen professional headshot of Barbara Showalter

Till we meet again

by Dan Koop Liechty ’88

As Dan Koop Liechty and his wife, Jill ’90, prepare to return to Woodstock School in India, he took some time to share about his deeply intertwined career at Goshen College since 1988.

Lasting Ties

Mayer Oyer in her living room playing a traditional African instrument and laughing at someone behind the camera

What more can a prof do?

by Eric Bradley, head librarian of the Mennonite Historical Library

Mary Oyer’s Fine Arts class — which launched at Goshen College in 1945 and wascombined into a single yearlong course in 1949 — became a legendary liberal arts staple that introduced students to classical Western art and music through lectures, field trips and rigorous exams. Oyer was praised for her openness to avant-garde and non-Western art forms, and in 1968, the course expanded to include African and other global music traditions. Over the decades, the class inspired generations of students and shaped many careers in the arts.