Former President Shirley Showalter helps form Grandmas for Love
The Moms for Liberty organization was new to Shirley Showalter, who had returned to her hometown of Lititz in 2021, after 55 years living throughout the country from Texas to Virginia.
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Values, Demographic Changes and a Transformational Grant
How does a small, historically Mennonite college in Northern Indiana find itself on the brink of becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution in 2022, when only four percent of undergraduate students identified as Latinx just 15 years ago? Goshen College’s journey toward becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) is really three interconnected stories.
Former President Showalter: ‘Bookends: Satisfying, Surprising, or Stultifying?’
I saw these beautiful bookends in a new way this week. They commemorate a momentous time in my life, the day the Goshen College community formally initiated me into the role of president, after having called me a year earlier.
Former President Showalter: “A Better Way to Say ‘I’m Retired’” – Next Avenue blog
Jubilee is an assignment I have accepted. It means I have named my purpose in life and am free to practice it.
Former Goshen College president Shirley Showalter releases memoir
Former Goshen College president Shirley Hershey Showalter released a new memoir today, “Blush: A Mennonite Girl Meets a Glittering World.”
Afternoon Sabbatical series kicks off with conversation on child abuse
The 2013-14 line-up for the Afternoon Sabbatical series, featuring lectures, performances and special trips, has been announced by Goshen College. The series will kick off with a lecture and discussion titled “Protecting Our Children – a Broad Perspective” by Candy Yoder, president and CEO of Child and Parent Services (CAPS) in Elkhart.
Showalter presidency and contributions celebrated in day-long farewell events
As students, faculty, staff, community and church leaders, benefactors and alumni filled Sauder Concert Hall on the morning of Sept. 20 to say thank you and farewell to President Shirley H. Showalter for her service to Goshen College, many wore scarves in all shapes and colors to honor a leader whose trademark accessory connects to her passion for relationships and cross-cultural learning.
Community farewell to Shirley H. Showalter to take place Sept. 20
Goshen College and the community will celebrate Shirley H. Showalter's service as president during a special convocation at 10 a.m. Sept. 20 in Sauder Concert Hall of the Music Center. This event will cap Showalter's nearly eight years in office.
President Showalter encourages students to develop meaningful philosophy of life in opening fall address
The first day of classes at Goshen College for 2004-05 academic year on Aug. 25 opened with President Shirley H. Showalter's welcoming address to campus. Titled "The Meaning of Life," she called students to develop a meaningful personal philosophy.
Goshen College Board of Directors and Mennonite Education Agency announce leadership transition for 110-year-old institution
Chair of Goshen College's Board of Directors Virgil Miller announced today to college faculty, staff and students that President Shirley H. Showalter is resigning her position in order to join the Fetzer Institute of Kalamazoo, Mich.