Support GC students today by making your gift to the GC Fund before our fiscal year ends on June 30! goshen.edu/give
News
by Kate Bodiker – First Year Film Production Major Friday was nothing but work, but in the best possible way. We got up and followed the usual morning routine of exercise and daily chores and then moved on to harvest...
by Kendyl Silveus – 2nd year Film Production Major Our trip to Japan has not been identical to what I expected. By no means does this indicate that the trip has been negative. Rather, I have been very pleased with...
The day started late for us (8:30am), and we piled into our Goshen College bus. After a quick stop at our station for some gear, we drove just around the corner to the Keys Marine Lab (KML). It is a...
Today was another day of working on research projects and lectures. We had a short taxonomy quiz in the morning and then went early to the boat, and made the half hour trip to Old Dan Bank. On the boat...
Our Tuesday started with a lecture on positive interactions between marine organisms, and taxonomy lectures on Phylum Mollusca (chitons, mussels, oysters, snails, octopus, squid, etc.) and Phylum Cnidaria (jellyfish, coral, sea anemones, etc.). The water was a bit choppy so...
by Jeremiah Sherrill – December 2022 Graduate Today marks our first full week at ARI (Asian Rural Institute), but it feels like we’ve been here much longer. We’ve already become integrated into daily life here by doing various chores, farm...
We did not arrive in Red Lake with a lot of collective construction skills or experience (not including Dale). Despite this fact, in the past 48 hours, our group has laid flooring, primed and painted walls, cut trim, installed toilets,...
Monday was a busy day for us as we began our research project proposals. The Marine Biology majors worked on their personal research projects stemming from Junior Seminar while the rest of us thought of new projects that related to...
by Kyle Hufford – Associate Professor of Communication After yesterday I got to thinking about how Asian Rural Institute (ARI) perfectly embodies Goshen College’s values when it comes to study and service. For those who are not as familiar, Goshen...
by Silas Immanuel – 2nd year from New Delhi, India The Trip to Japan has been one of the craziest opportunities that I have gotten at Goshen college thus far. Never had I imagined that I would be writing a...
Finally, we made it! We have waited for a much-needed break from our busy days. We started our day attending Layton Community Baptist Church. Goshen College has been attending this church for about forty years tracing back to when Professor...
On Saturday, we started our day at 8 am with a lesson on mangroves and sponges. We learned that there are 3 types of mangroves in Florida, the red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle), black mangroves (Avicennia germinans), and white mangroves (Laguncularia...
Friday started with a lesson on the creatures that fall under the Phylum Porifera (sponges) and Arthropoda (sea spiders, crabs, shrimp, etc), as well as some discussion regarding plankton and other life in the epipelagic. All of this information was...
We headed towards Minnesota and the sovereign nation of the Red Lake Band of Ojibwe, on Friday, May 5th, in anticipation of our two week service stint with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS). After a long day of driving, we spent...
by Kendyl Silveus – Sophomore Film Major from Warsaw, IN As a Goshen film major, I have had access to many opportunities and learning experiences. One prime example has been my time in Japan. During this time, I have continued...
For our second full day of class, we started out at 8am with our first marine biology lecture. We discussed differences between the open, broadly dispersing marine ecosystems and the more rigidly delineated terrestrial ecosystems, and talked about how those...
After a long 16hrs of flights and another 6hrs to get to our destination our tired and jet lagged crew made it to ARI in Nasushiobara, Japan. It was a long 24hrs of travel door to door, but we were...
Ten students arrived on Tuesday, ready to begin class on Wednesday morning! We started the day with breakfast together and orientation to the course, then we loaded our equipment on the boat and headed to the Bight. The Bight is...
This May Term I am leading a group of 14 students to Tochigi, Japan for a video documentary project for an NGO called Asian Rural Institute (ARI). This documentary will document the organization’s 50 year history and stories of their...
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...
Page 3 / 9