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Goshen College waives application fee for College App Day, Oct. 23

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.

Goshen College ranked highly for international education, diversity and value

GC receives high marks for value, study abroad, named among best Christian, liberal arts colleges in the nation.

Intercultural mentoring program nurtures learning, leadership and friendships

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).

Students study honeybees, racial identity, Latin American music and more in summer research program

This summer, 18 Goshen College students are participating in the Maple Scholars Summer Research Program.

Anita Stalter, academic dean, to retire after 28 years of service

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.

In jail, students from different backgrounds build bridges

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 honored again as a ‘College of Distinction’

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.

Goshen College announces Dean’s List for spring 2014-15

Goshen College recently recognized 170 undergraduate students for excellence in academics on the 2014-15 spring semester Dean’s List. The Dean’s List includes traditional undergraduate students earning at least a 3.75 GPA, while completing at least 12 hours of course work for a letter grade. Only grades from the designated semester are included in the Dean’s List selection process.

From the Maple City to Microsoft: Raj Biyani ’92 to speak at 117th commencement

Raj Biyani, managing director for Microsoft IT India and a 1992 Goshen College graduate, will be the speaker at Goshen College’s 117th commencement ceremony on Sunday, April 26 at 3 p.m. in the Roman Gingerich Recreation-Fitness Center. His speech is titled “From the Maple City to Cyberabad: What I wish I had known at graduation.”

C. Henry Smith the topic of namesake peace lecture

Perry Bush, professor of history at Bluffton (Ohio) University, will present the 2015 C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture on Tuesday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Administration Building Room 28. Bechtel will speak on “The Professor as Peacemaker: C. Henry Smith and the Mennonite Intellectual Tradition, 1920-1948.”