January 2015 events at Goshen College
January 2015 events include performances by Boston Brass and the Enso String Quartet, Merling Trio, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Study Day events.
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Bearing Witness Stories Project is now available in Spanish
The Bearing Witness Stories Project will now be available in Spanish, and is looking to incorporate other language translations too.
Kiplinger’s ranks Goshen College 2nd in Indiana among best value liberal arts colleges
Goshen College has again been named one of the top 100 best values among all liberal arts colleges by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance for 2014, placing it second in Indiana.
Goshen College senior wins music composition competition
Jake Smucker Goshen College senior Jake Smucker, a music major from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, won the 2015 Indiana University South Bend (IUSB) String Quartet Composition Competition with his work “Un Quatour à l’Envers.” Smucker studies composition with Dr. Jorge Muñiz, associate professor of music at IUSB, who encouraged…
‘A Festival of Carols,’ to air on regional public television stations
Michiana residents will have more opportunities to enjoy Goshen College’s “A Festival of Carols,” the annual musical celebration of the holiday season, on several local and regional public television stations.
From Goshen to Ecuador and back: GC professor and family straddle two worlds
Goshen College Professor of Economics Jerrell Ross Richer and his family are about to embark on a new adventure in Ecuador, where they will live and work in the eastern rainforest region with indigenous peoples and the Ecuadorian Mennonite church.
Goshen College gives thanks for nearly $2 million gift
Milo Albrecht, 93, only attended Goshen (Ind.) College for three semesters, but his nearly $2 million gift will give many Goshen College students the opportunity to stay longer. A regular donor to Goshen College, last month Albrecht donated $1.98 million worth of stocks to Goshen College.
Mexican Consulate and Goshen College to award $40,000 in aid
The Mexican Consulate in Indianapolis and Goshen College will together award $40,000 in scholarship aid to GC students of Mexican heritage during the 2014-15 school year.
New book details 70 years of Mennonites in Puerto Rico
Rafael Falcón, professor emeritus of Spanish at Goshen College, and Tom Lehman, a 1969 Goshen College graduate, released a book last month titled “Mennonite Memories of Puerto Rico” (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Oct. 2014), detailing the experience of Mennonites in Puerto Rico.
Goshen College continues tradition of online Advent devotions at goshen.edu/devotions
As churches and individual Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Christ’s birth, Goshen College will again offer an online spiritual resource at www.goshen.edu/devotions to help believers make time and space in their hearts and minds to welcome Advent and celebrate Christmas.