Daniel Shank Cruz ’02: A simple life – Mennonites in Belize
Daniel Shank Cruz writes about Mennonites living in Belize for the New York Times. Shank Cruz is an associate professor of English at Utica College.
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Music students perform at prestigious Italian international music festival
This August, Janell Preheim and Abigail Greaser, two Goshen College music majors, were invited to perform at MusicFest Perugia in Perugia, Italy, a prestigious international music festival, along with Goshen College Professor of Music Solomia Soroka.
Merry Lea students forage on canoe trip along Elkhart River
Every year in September, Joel Pontius leads students in Goshen College’s Sustainability Leadership Semester on an eight-day canoe trip from the headwaters of the Elkhart River at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center to Lake Michigan.
Brooke Rothshank ’00 creates the wonder of tiny art
Brooke Rothshank '00 paints small things. Her art is confined to the center 1-inch square on 6-by-6-inch white paper, looking starkly insubstantial surrounded by all that empty space.
John S. Umble Center’s 40th anniversary season to highlight the works of female playwrights
Umble Center’s 40th anniversary season will feature a series of successful and talented female playwrights and composers.
Jes Buller ’08: Colombia much more than ‘Narcos’
Shortly after graduating from Goshen College in 2008, Jes Buller moved to Colombia as a part of MCC’s Seed program. For eight years, Buller worked as a facilitator and community organizer in coastal Colombia.
Dean Yoder ’80: Conserving a 400 year-old Caravaggio painting
What does it take to conserve a Caravaggio? Antiques Roadshow learned from conservator Dean Yoder '80 at The Cleveland Museum of Art about the important Caravaggio, "The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew."
Five students finish summer intensive
Five college students have just finished the Agroecology Summer Intensive program at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center's Rieth Village. It's been a broad ranging experience for them, from visiting area farming enterprises to leading lunch discussions to caring for goats.
Animals, fruits and nuts coexist in Merry Lea pasture
In a 5-acre pasture at the Merry Lea Sustainable Farm, you’ll find cows and chickens sharing the land with some unusual roommates — nut trees, fruit trees, grapevines and raspberries.
Goshen College licensing program boosting teachers’ ability to help English learners
This past year, Goshen College offered an 11-month program for full-time teachers to get an English Learner’s license, also known as TSOL or ENL. The license provides teachers with background of how a second language develops. Teachers learn specific strategies for instruction, assessment, and identifying areas of concern.