Regina Shands Stoltzfus, assistant professor of peace, justice and conflict studies at Goshen College, has been awarded the 2016 Spirit of Justice Award by the State of Indiana Civil Rights Commission, the state's highest civil rights honor.
Goshen College has received a grant of $600,000 to help establish the Study-Service Theology Term, a program for diverse high school students with intensive study on campus and in Latin America and service in the community.
Valentin Calvillo, a Goshen College sophomore molecular biology/biochemistry major from Goshen, was among a group of first-generation students from Indiana’s independent colleges and universities to be celebrated at the 26th annual “Realizing the Dream” banquet on Nov. 7 in Indianapolis.
In celebration of Indiana’s College App Day, Goshen College will be waiving application fees for all Indiana high school seniors who submit their application to GC on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015.
GC receives high marks for value, study abroad, named among best Christian, liberal arts colleges in the nation.
College got a bit easier and more enjoyable this past academic year for some students at Goshen College, thanks to an innovative peer mentoring program by the Center for Intercultural and International Education (CIIE).
This summer, 18 Goshen College students are participating in the Maple Scholars Summer Research Program.
Anita Stalter, academic dean at Goshen College since 2001, is retiring after 28 years at GC. Prior to becoming dean, Stalter spent 14 years as a professor in the education department and director of teacher education at the college.
For three weeks, three hours each morning, 19 Goshen College “outside” students and 20 “inside” students took part in two classes at the Elkhart County Correctional Facility.
Goshen College is again among the nearly 350 colleges named to the Colleges of Distinction list for 2015-16. The college is one of only seven Indiana colleges and 55 Christian colleges listed.
