Immigration town hall Saturday in Goshen
The town hall meeting included Janeth Vela, a junior at GC, and Richard Aguirre, director of corporate and foundation relations.
The town hall meeting included Janeth Vela, a junior at GC, and Richard Aguirre, director of corporate and foundation relations.
In 2014, Gilberto Perez Jr. took on a new role in the college’s Center for Intercultural and International Education after two years as an associate professor of social work. He comes to this campus leadership role with a passion for bringing diverse people together and increasing trust and relationships between local law enforcement officials, neighborhood associations, Goshen College and the Latino community.
The Goshen Chamber of Commerce and Goshen College teamed up to run an Intercultural Leadership Academy from March until May.
Goshen College has led a robust effort over the past decade to attract international students and become an intercultural campus.
In a new effort by Goshen College’s Center for Intercultural and International Education (CIIE), the college has begun offering English language classes for community members.
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.
As the multicultural outreach community liaison for Goshen College’s Center for Intercultural and International Education, Sylvia Rocio Diaz answers families’ questions and spends her days helping people see how education can change lives.
Gilberto Pérez, Jr., associate professor of social work at Goshen College, has been appointed as senior director of intercultural development and educational partnerships at Goshen College’s Center for Intercultural and International Education (CIIE).
Goshen College professor Gilberto Perez was involved in a series of Community Policing presentations held for the Latino community in Goshen recently.
By Richard R. Aguirre Hershberger at Goshen College, circa 1960. (Photo by the Elkhart Truth) Many famous people have visited Goshen College since it was founded in 1894 — none more famous than the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The slain civil right leader visited Goshen College on March 10,…