It is time for the truth
I’ve been mustering up the courage to write about truth. These days, it matters more than ever.
President Rebecca J. Stoltzfus
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Distinctively Goshen
Reflections from President Stoltzfus
Thanks for picking up trash!
I’ve been thinking about picking up trash since reading the book “Culture Code” by Daniel Coyle. He has researched a number of thriving organizational cultures, and his book distills the “secrets of highly successful groups” into several themes. The first of these is “Build Safety,” which happens through many small behaviors that create belonging.
A few of my favorite things
I offer you this list of 10 things that I can’t live without.
Doing May term, like a dog
Here’s to all the GC students and faculty who are “doggedly” teaching and learning new ways of being and doing. It is the most powerful and the most human way we teach and learn.
In the midst of change
We live in the midst of change, and sometimes we feel overwhelmed. And yet, we are made to grow, and growth cannot happen without change.
Deb Detwiler’s call of love
On the morning after Easter, April 21, 2019, Goshen College Professor of Music Deb Detwiler passed away, in her home surrounded by people who loved her. We are feeling her loss deeply.
A lesson Carolyn Schrock-Shenk left us
Who are the people you need to talk with instead of about?
Climate change: We need to talk about it!
Are we bringing our very best to bear on what is perhaps the greatest challenge humans have ever faced: climate change? What would it look like if we did?
Why nurturing our creative edge can be scary, but vital
Years ago, a fellow alum noted that there is a kind of creative edge that characterizes the culture and students of Goshen College. I agree.
Four reasons I am angry about the college admissions scandal
Most of all, I am angry because this scandal is born out of a lie: that elite research universities offer the best undergraduate education and that selectivity is a valid measure of quality.