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Teresa Ross Richer shares what she learned from an indigenous community leader and long-distance runner about the sport she loves: “Settled in at our first campsite, a group of us scrambled up the desert rocks to watch the sunset and...
Jordan Garlinger writes about the renewable energy system at the church where we stayed and what he learned from one of the people who installed it: “We as a class spent five nights sleeping on air mattresses underneath fans in...
Naomi Ross Richer reflects on the long hike we did on a mountain south of Tucson: “If there is one thing this trip has taught me so far, it would be to explore: to explore nature and to explore the...
We had a wonderful week last week hosting some faculty from Goshen College and making our way North to the city of Otavalo in the province of Imbabura.
Como lo he estado haciendo hasta ahora, hoy me desperté a las 5:30 a.m. para alistarme y desayunar antes de un día largo de trabajo. Hoy es el último de los días completos de trabajo en la Posada Providencia, una...
Después de estar aquí por casi dos semanas, seguimos construyendo la cerca alrededor de la Posada. Todas las mañanas los voluntarios de MDS (Mennonite Disaster Service o el Servicio Mennonita de Desastres), Larry y Roger, comienzan el día con una...
Nuestro día comenzó muy temprano esta mañana. Requerimos estar en la cafetería a las 6:00 a.m. en punto para empacar almuerzos y desayunar. Después del desayuno, nos dirigimos a la Posada para trabajar más en la cerca. Hoy nuestra tarea...
Comenzamos esta semana con una devoción hallada en Hechos 20:24 que dice: “Sin embargo, considero que mi vida no vale nada para mí; mi único objetivo es terminar la carrera y completar la tarea que el Señor Jesús me ha...
Esta mañana me desperté a las 7:00, aunque no teníamos que estar en la iglesia hasta las 9:30. A pesar de que mi cuerpo ya se acostumbró al horario de despertarse temprano a las 5:30 en los días laborales, hoy...
Después de estar en el valle del río Grande durante casi dos semanas, mis compañeros de clase y yo hemos estado expuestos a la crisis fronteriza y los desafíos que enfrentan las personas en las ciudades fronterizas con respecto a...
Terminamos nuestra primera semana de trabajo en la Posada. Con un grupo de 11 personas pudimos terminar dos lados del proyecto de cerca que rodea el perímetro de la Posada. A algunas personas...
Arleth Martinez shares her thoughts on our Immigration Day of Learning organized by Katherine Smith of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). For privacy reasons, the names of the people she met have been changed: This was a very emotional and heartfelt...
Gracie Stevens reflects on her visit to the “House of Little Wings”: The first thing our group did upon arriving in Arizona was visit the refugee hospitality center, Casa Alitas. It is a program run in Tucson, Arizona that helps...
Tucson is a sprawling and vibrant city of a half million people in southeastern Arizona. June is a hot month in this part of the world, with temperatures reaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the afternoons. But “it’s a dry heat,”...
In this post, Ryan and Olivia reflect on their experience with food in Senegal. Food and Culture Food and cooking are a central part of culture and over these last four weeks, our group has enjoyed cooking and eating local...
In this post, Emma Zehr and Caleb Gingerich reflect on their experience with language in Senegal. French and Colonialism My host family does not speak any English. I took a semester of elementary French prior to arriving in Senegal, a...
Merry Lea’s annual festival happened in May 2022. During this two day event Merry Lea staff encourages families to explore the outdoors and engage with the biodiversity at the Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center.
Goshen College recently recognized 165 undergraduate students for excellence in academics on the 2021-22 spring semester Dean’s List. The Dean’s List includes traditional undergraduate students earning at least a 3.75 GPA, while completing at least 12 hours of course work...
How does a small, historically Mennonite college in Northern Indiana find itself on the brink of becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution?
Professor John D. Roth ’81 writes about how renewal is happening globally for Anabaptist-Mennonites and how that is shaping the college’s approach to scholarship for the church.
Goshen College is not only ever singing, but ever dreaming and boldly aspiring.
Professor Ryan Sensenig writes about how a Midwestern college’s unique marine biology program has significantly grown and evolved since it began in 1966.
Siblings Caleb ‘18, Joshua ‘19 and Bekah Liechty, known as the musical group Girl Named Tom and winners of season 21 of NBC’s “The Voice,” sat down with President Rebecca Stoltzfus before their sold-out October 2021 performance in the Goshen…
This article originally appeared in the Spring/Summer 2022 issue of The Bulletin. BY JOE SPRINGER ’80, curator, Mennonite Historical Library “Conned” by five older brothers into learning to catch and throw, Ruth E. Gunden ’52, professor of physical education from 1953...
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