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This presidential column originally appeared in the Spring/Summer 2026 issue of Bulletin
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“More than a mind factory”
What more can a prof do?
No single course may better define Goshen College’s commitment to liberal arts education than Mary Oyer’s Fine Arts class, first introduced in 1945.
Till we meet again
My professional connection to Goshen College began in 1988, when Sociology Professor Emeritus J. Howard Kauffman hired me as a research assistant for his work on North American Mennonite beliefs and social patterns.
Learning to live well
The six alumni featured here followed very different paths after graduation. Yet, each points back to a common foundation: an education that paired intellectual rigor with real-world experience and a commitment to loving God and neighbor. Their stories, told in their own words, show how that foundation continues to unfold across careers, communities and calling
Lasting Ties: Keeping up with the Joneses
When Goshen College opened its first campus health center in 1939, a dynamic young nursing couple, Marian ’41 and Wade Jones ’41, quickly became the heart of student care and community life.
Excellence with heart: Celebrating 75 years of nursing
Three generations of nursing department chairs reflect on 75 years of Goshen College Nursing — a program evolving through innovation yet steadfast in its mission of compassionate, whole-person education and excellence with heart.
The Heart of GC
In her colum, President Stoltzfus touches on the relationships that form the most important experiences for Goshen College alumni and friends.
Lasting Ties: “So small as to be ridiculous…”
Explore the story of Harold S. Bender and his journey with Lasting Ties to academic research at Goshen College in 1924.
Living True Evangelical Faith
Explore what it means to embrace Living True Evangelical Faith today through impactful stories and community engagement.
500 Years, One Faithful Voice
Discover how the One Faithful Voice from various scholars shaped the Anabaptist Community Bible in commemorating 500 years of faith.
Awake, Our Souls!
Reflect on ways to "Awake, Our Souls!' emphasizing love and righteousness in faith practices from an Anabaptist perspective.
Oriented to Love: A Contemporary Vision for Faith Formation at Goshen College
Explore a contemporary vision for the Faith Formation at Goshen College, focused on Christ-centeredness and Anabaptist-Mennonite values.
Lasting Ties: A well-equipped lab
In Fall 1950, the eight members of Goshen College’s first-ever nursing class were welcomed by a sparklingly new, well-equipped “Nursing Arts Laboratory.” The lab supplanted the easels and paints of the former art room in the southwest corner of the…
My choice and your choice matter
In 2017, I was the vice provost for undergraduate education at Cornell University, facing the hardest career decision of my life. Should I leave a familiar and prestigious university I love, to lead a small college that I also love?…
A remembrance of Mary K. Oyer
At a moment like this, it is natural to lionize Mary. A lion — imagine a female lion — is an appropriate metaphor.
Duane Stoltzfus: Research on conscientious objectors
With 14 words, the U.S. Bureau of Naturalization recast the terms of citizenship in the United States after World War I, in effect declaring pacifists the new enemy, according to Duane Stoltzfus ’81, professor of communication and director of adult…
Study AbroadJan Bender Shetler: Tanzanian cultural heritage research and preservation
Jan Bender Shetler ’78, the director of global education and former professor of history at Goshen College, is set to retire this year, concluding a career dedicated to historical research, community involvement and cultural preservation.
Robert Brenneman: Peacemaking research in Central America
Robert Brenneman, professor of criminal justice and sociology at Goshen College, has dedicated his research career to understanding and addressing the root causes of violence, particularly in northern Central America.
Finding Becky: Endangered turtle research at Merry Lea
Mary Jane Rieth, co-founder of GC’s Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center, always envisioned the 1,189-acre property as a place where undergraduate students from the college and elsewhere could learn how to conduct ecological research.
Research as storytelling: Goshen Spotlight Documentaries
Led by Associate Professor of Communication Kyle Hufford since 2013, the multi-year Goshen Spotlight Documentaries project provides students with a unique platform to engage in experiential research while contributing to the community archive. Conducted within the college’s Maple Scholars summer…
Environmental economics research in practice: Carbon onsetting
Professor of Economics Jerrell Ross Richer ’85 has been at the forefront of revitalizing the global economics minor at Goshen College, infusing it with a focus on climate change and sustainability.
Our research president
President Rebecca Stoltzfus '83 spent a week of May in Tanzania leading a team of researchers from Tanzania, Kenya and the United States.
A truth-seeking community
One of the beautiful aspects about a liberal arts college is the multitude of questions being asked by our students and faculty, as well as the variety of approaches used to pursue them. A liberal arts education affirms the breadth…
A Mennonite College for Everyone(?)
Author John D. Roth ’81, professor emeritus of history, brings the dynamic and often challenging story to life in chapters about the denominational relationships, international engagement, racial inclusion, gender and culture wars, LGBTQ+ inclusion, athletics, Latinx/Hispanic enrollment and Anabaptist stances…
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