News

Mar 21 2020

Goshen College has been working around the clock to bring students home from study abroad in Tanzania and Ecuador after travel restrictions were precipitously announced due to the pandemic response.

Mar 20 2020

They have boarded the plane and left Tanzania.  Praise be to God!

Mar 19 2020

What is “Service”.  The concept of service in a North American context generally revolves around productivity.  In our lead-up to service with the current Ecuador SST group, we spoke at length about what service is and is not in a...

Mar 18 2020

With all of the recent changes on our college campus due to COVID-19, I wanted to share a message with our seniors and graduate students in these challenging and unprecedented times.

Mar 17 2020

As many of you have heard, we will be leaving Tanzania early because of the increasing restrictions on international travel due to COVID-19.  This is so hard, since our students are really feeling a sense of purpose and belonging in...

Mar 16 2020

Today is Emma’s birthday!  YAY!!!  On Saturday, we had the students, who are living close enough to Musoma,  join Emma for some birthday cake and celebration.   The cake was passion fruit-flavored (Oh My Yum!!!). 

Mar 13 2020

Starting March 19, Goshen College will move classes online wherever possible. As a residential campus, the college will remain open, but will cancel large gatherings and public events until further notice.

Mar 10 2020

I’m not an expert on viruses, but I do have a lifetime of experience in public health. Public health is about the health of all of us, as a community. Public health does not deny our innate need to attend…

Mar 10 2020

Goshen College has announced recipients and finalists of the school’s 2020-21 top scholarships for incoming first-year students.

Mar 09 2020

Goshen College broadcasting students won five national first-place awards from 19 nominations at this year’s Intercollegiate Broadcasting System’s (IBS) Multimedia Conference on March 7 in New York City. The five first-place awards are the most by any college at this…

Mar 09 2020

The Sherer Violin and Piano Competition for Young Musicians, which will take place May 15-16 in the college’s Music Center, is open to violinists and pianists in grades 8-12.

Mar 08 2020

Goshen College faculty, staff and student women and nonbinary people performed stories about joy, pain, gender, race, relationships and more in the seventh annual Goshen Monologues on Sunday, March 8, 2020.                  …

Mar 02 2020

Voices of the Earth performed a home concert on Sunday, March 2, 2020, after a week-long tour in Puerto Rico.   Photos by Dillon Hershey ’20                            …

Mar 01 2020

Last week I accompanied the Voices of the Earth (formerly named the Women’s World Music Choir) on their spring break tour in Puerto Rico.

Mar 01 2020

Just as this tour began, it ends with a full day of sunny waves, soft sand, good food and—wait for it—overnight travel. For many of us, this morning was bittersweet as we said goodbye to our wonderful host families before...

Mar 01 2020

Sorry this post took a little longer than I expected.  We had an interesting week dealing with electricity to our house.  But, we are back!! Also, sorry this is a LONG post with LOTS of photos and a few videos. ...

Feb 27 2020

Day 6 in Puerto Rico started bright and early! We met at 6:45 a.m. and headed to Summit Hills Mennonite Academy (Academia Menonita). It was a beautiful morning filled with sunshine. Academia Menonita is where Lisa Rosada Rivera went to...

Feb 26 2020

We began our Wednesday at the beautiful Robinson school where we sang for middle and high school students. Their shiny gymnasium held especially good acoustics, resonating our voices as well as the reactions of those in the audience. As mentioned...

Feb 26 2020

Photos from around campus in February 2020. Photos from around campus in February 2020. 

Feb 26 2020

Tuesday was yet another busy day filled with music, new experiences and fun. In the morning, we woke up to the pitter-patter of rain in San Juan. Our host families graciously drove us through the rain and the heavy traffic...

Feb 25 2020

If you’ve been checking the Ecuador blog for updates over the past two weeks you’ve been met with silence…. at least internet blog silence.   The final two weeks of the study portion of Spring 2020 SST have been a blur...

Feb 25 2020

Today, we started our day earlier than other days. With a sprinkling sky yet very pleasant weather, we loaded our bus for an hour and 40 minutes drive towards Aibonito, a mountin city in the mountain range of Cayey. Dali...

Feb 25 2020

Side note first:  the Serengeti pictures are coming; likely later today or tomorrow.  It takes a long time to download and process pictures for the blog, especially when you have a photographer that cannot stop herself at one photo per...

Feb 24 2020

A record 36 percent of students at Goshen College are first-generation students, which influences Goshen College’s efforts towards enhancing the experience of first-generation students and working through specific challenges they face.