Community engagement is rooted in a place and in its people. While Goshen College may be more broadly known for our history of global community engagement, our local community engagement goes back to our founding in 1894 as the Elkhart Institute of Science, Industry and the Arts.
Faith and Learning. Goshen College is a place of light and enlightenment, a place where faith and learning connect in deep and diverse ways.
Goshen College students and faculty connected with Bethel Mennonite Church in Chicago in the 1940s, and those threads of connection can still be seen today.
Meet a few Goshen College alumni in the ministry field.
Hear from a few of our faculty members for a glimpse of their faith experiences.
What sets Goshen College apart from almost all of the other thousands of colleges and universities? One needs only to look as far as our mission statement for the answer: “Shaped by Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition, we integrate academic excellence and real-world experience with active love for God and neighbor.”…
This presidential column originally appeared in the Spring/Summer 2021 issue of The Bulletin.
For so many alumni this was a place where many of the connections that still matter in their lives — to people, to new ideas, to future vocations, to God — began or were deepened.
For Goshen College alumni, action speaks louder than words. Equipped with a law degree and a sense of justice, these graduates are using their law careers to compassionately rethink criminal justice and restorative justice and serve people on the margins of society. Allen Bohnert ’98 Photo credit:…
This presidential column originally appeared in the Fall/Winter 2020 issue of The Bulletin.
