

122nd commencement goes virtual
Goshen College honored the Class of 2020 with a virtual commencement ceremony on Sunday, April 26.
Goshen College honored the Class of 2020 with a virtual commencement ceremony on Sunday, April 26.
Goshen College has been working around the clock to bring students home from study abroad in Tanzania and Ecuador after travel restrictions were precipitously announced due to the pandemic response.
Starting March 19, Goshen College will move classes online wherever possible. As a residential campus, the college will remain open, but will cancel large gatherings and public events until further notice.
Goshen College broadcasting students won five national first-place awards from 19 nominations at this year’s Intercollegiate Broadcasting System’s (IBS) Multimedia Conference on March 7 in New York City. The five first-place awards are the most by any college at this year’s competition.
Writer and civil rights advocate Michelle Alexander, best known for her 2010 book “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” spoke to a packed house on Feb. 19 on the topic of mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness.
Katie Sowers ’09, an offensive assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers, will be the first female and first openly-gay person to coach in a Super Bowl.
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Beginning in the fall of 2020, Goshen College will offer two new bachelor’s degrees in public health and criminal justice and restorative justice.
In fall 2020, Goshen College will open a new center for media arts and journalism in the west wing of the Newcomer Center, bringing together television, radio, print and other media under one roof.
During Goshen College’s Homecoming Weekend on Oct. 4-6, the college will honor Minh Kauffman ’74, Carolyn Sauder ’55, Rob Vander Giessen-Reitsma ’05, Kari Heusinkveld ’12 and Garrett Cannizzo ’12 for their commitment to the college’s core values.