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.
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.
Goshen College was crowned Indiana Television School of the Year in the 2017 Indiana Association of School Broadcasters’ (IASB) college competition. This is the fifth time in the last eight years the college has earned that title.
Twenty-one Goshen College students received awards and The Record finished second in the “Newspaper of the Year” competition among Indiana colleges at the Indiana Collegiate Press Association’s annual convention in Indianapolis on April 8.
The Globe won the coveted 2017 National Signature Station Award by the Broadcast Education Association (BEA), and earned national finalists in 21 categories from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS), including four national first-place finishes.
As St. Joseph’s College (SJC) prepares to suspend operations at the end of the current semester due to financial hardships, Goshen College is committed to providing support and financial assistant for the 900-plus students who wish to finish their academic career in Indiana.
Building on its academic distinctives, Goshen College faculty and administration recently approved 12 new undergraduate academic programs of study, including six majors, three minors, two concentrations and an education licensure add-on program, across five areas of study. The new opportunities will be offered beginning in the fall of 2017.
Professor emeritus of nursing Norma Jean Weldy, 87, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. She had worked at the college for 33 years until her retirement in 1995.
Goshen College recently recognized 227 students for excellence in academics on the fall 2016-17 semester Dean’s List.
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