Goshen College Presidential Candidate of Choice Dr. Rebecca Stoltzfus will be on campus June 14-15 to meet with constituents including students, employees, retirees and alumni.
“I congratulate Becky on this well-deserved appointment,” said Cornell Provost Michael Kotlikoff. “Goshen College could not have found a more outstanding leader, and the fact that she is an alumna makes this appointment even more special. As a member of our faculty and as vice provost, Becky has had an enormous impact on our research and on student and engagement programs. She has left an indelible imprint on this institution, and her vision and experiences will serve Goshen well.”
The Goshen College Presidential Search Committee announced alumna Dr. Rebecca Stoltzfus as its candidate of choice to become the college’s 18th president during a special all-campus gathering on May 24. Dr. Stoltzfus is vice provost for undergraduate education at Cornell University, an Ivy League institution in Ithaca, New York.
Interview by Jodi H. Beyeler ’00 and photos by Brian Yoder Schlabach ’07 On June 30, 2017, at the end of the 2016-17 academic year, Dr. James E. Brenneman ’77 will step down from his role as the 16th president of Goshen College, concluding 11 ½ years of distinguished service…
I have come to more fully realize during my presidential tenure that one of the greatest gifts a liberal arts education can give anyone — be it metaphorical, mechanistic, scientific, literary, literal, historical or spiritual — is an ever-deepening lifelong sense of gratefulness.
The Board of Trustees of the American Baptist Seminary of the West (ABSW) (Berkely, California) unanimously elected Rev. Dr. James E. Brenneman as their new president. In June he will step down after three successful terms as president of Goshen College in Indiana, and will assume his duties at ABSW in August.
Members of the Goshen College Class of 2017 received undergraduate and graduate degrees after being encouraged by speaker Dr. Luis Fraga, co-director of the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies, to be transformational leaders during the college’s 119th commencement on Sunday, April 30.
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Final farewell convocation address, delivered by Dr. James E. Brenneman, President of Goshen College, on Friday, April 21, 2017, in the Goshen College Church-Chapel (as prepared for delivery) I. Good morning! Students, alums, current and former faculty, staff, presidents, board members, distinguished guests, volunteers, friends and family, I am deeply…
It was a day of great thanks and much celebration as Goshen College President Jim Brenneman offered his farewell address, titled "Back to the Future: Reflections on Being GC's 16th President,” to campus during the final convocation of the year on Friday, April 21.
