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Mar 10 2022

Performing Arts Series: Edgar Meyer & Scottish Ensemble Date and Time: Tuesday, Apr. 5, 2022, 7:30 p.m. Location: Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall Tickets: $45, $40 or $30 available online or at the Box Office ([email protected], 574.535.7566).American bassist...

Mar 08 2022

Goshen College’s 91.1 The Globe has been named the Best College Radio Station in the Nation (enrollment under 10,000) by the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) at its 82nd annual conference.

Mar 08 2022

Goshen College has announced finalists and recipients of the school’s 2022-23 top scholarships for incoming first-year students.

Mar 04 2022

As I struggle to comprehend what is unfolding in Ukraine, I’ve had the privilege of traveling with our Vox Profundi Choir during our spring break tour along the East Coast. I revel in the energy, joy and discipline of our…

Mar 04 2022

Friday March 4, 2022 I am writing from the Amani Gardens Inn in Nairobi. Today we made the trip from Mpala Research Centre to the big city to prepare for our flight home on Saturday. It was tough to say...

Mar 03 2022

Today was the day I was dreading most on tour. The drive home or at least partly home. Another early morning saw us being back on the bus at 7 in the morning for what we all knew was going...

Mar 03 2022

Students left for their service placements on Saturday morning  all arriving by the evening and greeted by their new host families. 🙂 We mentioned previously that last Thursday afternoon we spent some concentrated time discussing/reflecting/anticipating the upcoming transition to service...

Mar 02 2022

Today on our fourth day of the choir tour, we got some well earned break time, with the day planned to be spent in the nation’s capital, Washington DC. The day started with Jonathan Weaver and I getting ready with...

Mar 02 2022

Tuesday March 1, 2022  Today was our first day of collecting data for our individual research projects. Mira is working on bird responses to smoke with Alex while Willow, Amelia, Jesper, and I are working on counting ants as an...

Mar 02 2022

The International Student Club (ISC) will present their annual coffeehouse performance on Saturday, March 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall. The event will also be live-streamed at goshen.edu/livestream.

Mar 01 2022

Monday Feb. 28, 2022 Today we had a much-needed day of rest after a week or so of intense work. While Ryan headed to Nanyuki for the day to get new tires on his Land Rover, the rest of us...

Mar 01 2022

What a day. We knew it was going to be a big one, but little did we know just how much was in store for Vox. We began as usual. After having breakfast with our host family, my roommate and...

Feb 28 2022

Sunday Feb. 27, 2022 After an intense week of burning, the Goshen team was ready for a relaxing day of fun. Naturally, that meant we woke up bright and early at 6:30 to head to Ol Pejeta, a ranch that...

Feb 27 2022

Vox Profundi’s choir tour continued with our first day of performing. I awoke at 7:00am (which is technically considered sleeping in compared to yesterday) to my roommate having stolen all of the covers from me in the bed we shared....

Feb 27 2022

During our last week of the “study” portion of the term, students traveled to several hours east of Quito to explore the upper Amazon basin. We combined several experiential learning activities – both cultural and environmental, based on the region’s...

Feb 27 2022

Saturday Feb. 26 Today we finished the last of the 36 small 30m X 30m burns in the KLEE plots! I am thankful to all the students, Mpala Research Centre staff, and research colleagues. Asanteni! Here is a video of...

Feb 26 2022

Vox Profundi’s choir tour got off to a great start at 5:45am this morning with zero positive Covid tests! We departed from the music center at 6:30am en route for Plains Mennonite Church in Pennsylvania. The bus was very quiet...

Feb 26 2022

Friday Feb. 26 Today we got up early to burn and discovered that, as with most fieldwork, plans change. Our colleagues from Harvard were having trouble with some drone equipment they were using in the KLEE plots and we got...

Feb 26 2022

It’s the night before the Vox Profundi choir tour commences, and I’m a bundle of nerves, excitement and sadness. I’m nervous for all the tour details, including performances, homestays, COVID logistics, travel issues, student health and much more.  But I’m...

Feb 24 2022

Snapshots from around campus in February 2022. (Photos by Tyson Miller ’25 and Brian Yoder Schlabach ’07)

Feb 24 2022

This blog reports on the 2022 research trip to Kenya where I am collaborating with colleagues from various universities (UC Davis, Karatina University, and Utah State University) to implement prescribed burns inside the Kenya Longterm Exclosure Experiment (KLEE).  With me...

Feb 24 2022

Goshen College junior Greta Lapp Klassen, an English major from Goshen, won the 2022 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest and $300 in prize money on Feb. 22. Bryan Hernandez Rodriguez, a junior computer science and sustainability studies major from…

Feb 24 2022

The Goshen College Theater Department will present its spring mainstage play, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," on March 25, 26 and April 1 at 7:30 p.m., and March 27 and April 3 at 2:30 p.m. in the Umble…

Feb 22 2022

Four students competed in the 2022 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022.  » Read more Photos by Tyson Miller ’25