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Drew Weber ’06: Meet the bird-lover behind the wildly popular Merlin Bird ID app

Unless you’ve had your head buried in the sand this summer, you’ve probably heard of the Merlin Bird ID App. It’s a creation of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that allows you to identify birds you see or hear, with ease. Over the course of this year, it’s been downloaded by millions of people who use it to identify thousands of species of birds based on their song. And the man behind the app is 2006 Goshen College graduate named Drew Weber.

Ribbon cutting ceremony held for new sensory trail in Goshen

Computer science students at Goshen College developed an app to provide a guided sensory experience. This way, users can learn, relax, and engage the senses through touching, smelling, seeing, hearing, and tasting the world around them.

How Pluralsight’s Abena Saulka ’03 taught herself to lead

Abena Saulka '03, Director of Software Engineering at Pluralsight, studied business with the goal of being an entrepreneur, but developed her gifts for web development and now leads with hard-won experience.

Sculptures, turtles, documentaries and more: 2021 Maple and Hickory Scholars

This summer, 15 students participated in the Maple Scholars and Hickory Scholars, Goshen College’s eight-week, hands-on interdisciplinary summer research programs.

Students develop sensory trail app

Goshen College students have teamed up with the City of Goshen and ADEC Inc. to create an app as part of a sensory trail initiative to help connect individuals with disabilities to the health benefits and wonder of nature.

Leveled up: Students see a future in esports

This year, more than 30 Goshen College students have joined the new student-run esports club on campus, and a team of three GC students are finding success in a Rocket League competition.

GC graduates launch ‘Local’ soft drink venture

“Local,” a drink venture launched this week by three GC students who graduated last month, is a hybrid between sparkling water and soda.

Digital Eve opens doors for women in computer science

By Cristina Jantz The Goshen College Computer Science Department is bridging the gap for women in the tech field by partnering with the group Digital Eve as one of the group’s first-ever student chapters. “Digital Eve was one of the first organizations to recognize that women needed support in the…

At 17, Mikol Aspinwall is GC’s youngest graduate

Mikol Aspinwall will graduate at age 17 with a degree in computer science, and is believed to be the youngest graduate in the college’s history.

Gamers gather at Goshen College for Global Game Jam

During this year’s international game development event, Global Game Jam, students from Goshen College and community members sought to use their own game-development talents to prove it.