Goshen College announces Fall 2007-08 Dean’s List
Goshen College recently recognized 227 students for excellence in academics on the 2007-08 fall semester Dean's List.
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Local athletic rivals turn academic co-researchers; Goshen professors, Keim and Liechty, to talk about vengeance and forgiveness on Feb. 13
They both grew up in Elkhart County just miles apart, were star athletes on competing junior high and high school teams, and graduated from Goshen College the same year. Since then, one spent 23 years in Ireland as a peace scholar and practitioner and the other earned a doctorate at Harvard University and knows 15 languages.
Goshen College students to speak in annual peace oratorical contest Feb. 5
Five Goshen College student speakers will continue the college's near-century-old tradition by participating in the 2008 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Feb. 5 in Umble Center at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Online Lenten devotions offer college faculty and student voices; Reflections begin Feb. 6 at www.goshen.edu/devotions
Everyone needs a bit of silence and spiritual reflection to renew hope. Goshen College again offers an online spiritual resource to help Christian believers make time and space in their hearts and minds to reflect on the season of Lent.
AfriCaribe performance group and African-American theologian to highlight Goshen College’s 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Study Day
Goshen College will honor the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. during its 15th annual all-school Martin Luther King Jr. Study Day, emphasizing the values and ideals that characterized the civil rights leader's work, on Monday, Jan. 21. The college has again cancelled all classes during the day, and all these events are open to the public.
President Brenneman opens spring semester with a call for sound choices in life
Goshen College President James E. Brenneman welcomed students, faculty and staff back to campus for the spring semester with a call to make wise choices when facing key life decisions and recognizing the need for faith and prayer.
January 2008 events at Goshen College
All events are open to the public and are free unless otherwise noted.
Goshen College awards honor six exceptional alumni during Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 5-7
Their lives have been focused on rehabilitating prisoners, educating educators about the needs of children in poverty, changing the way researchers think about genetics, assisting Iraqi refugees, preaching and serving a family in need. During Goshen College's Homecoming Weekend 2007 on Oct. 5-7 the college will honor six exceptional alumni with awards for lives and dedication to service that has inspired others.
Leading experts on the Amish, including Goshen College’s Steve Nolt, explain surprising forgiveness of Nickel Mines schoolhouse killer in new book
The Amish response to the murders of five schoolgirls in Nickel Mines, Pa., last Oct. 2 was even more surprising than the intrusion of evil into bucolic Lancaster County.
Enrollment and retention rise again at Goshen College
Enrollment, retention and the number of first-year students and minorities continue to rise at Goshen College, college officials said.