If you are eager to learn, work, create, and lead in one of the top, award-winning communication programs, the Goshen College Communication Department wants you!
Our top-notch communication program recognizes that written, visual, and verbal skills are critical in our everyday lives – in our friendships, our families, our schools, our communities, and our jobs. We will partner with you to nurture this gift, preparing you to enter the workplace from a running start!
Our professors will work alongside, mentor, and challenge students as they take communication theory and concepts and grow them into critical thinking skills and interpersonal communication applications for the professional sector. As communication specialists, our faculty will provide you with opportunities to “learn through doing” in the classroom, the studio, the community, and the world.
Communications students at GC have various on-campus opportunities to apply their learning. From creative options to digital communication journalism, students can participate in the following:
You may even choose to work on your public speaking and presentation skills as you audition to deliver a speech at the annual C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest.
Communication majors and minors will be able to seize opportunities to take classes in journalism, public relations, radio or television broadcasting, writing, multimedia, and film studies. Many courses are interdisciplinary and hands-on, growing the expertise needed to operate state-of-the-art equipment while pursuing a degree in communication.
You will be inspired to develop writing skills and interpersonal skills for putting your faith into action and expanding your world while communicating effectively and compassionately, with an eye toward serving others throughout your career paths in the communication field.
Communication graduates with a bachelor’s degree or higher have many career options, including journalism, social media managers, public relations specialists, mass communication media marketers, marketing careers, advertising careers, business careers, applied communication careers, digital media careers, and other job opportunities in mass communications.
We welcome you to join our communication team as we learn, produce, edit, work, study, film, discuss, question, write, grow, and have fun together!
We invite you to be a part of our engaged, hard-working, and supportive team as you prepare for life beyond college. Financial aid is available. Start today, and you could be well on your way to a successful career in communication!
Take an inside look at the communication department and see what our majors can offer you.
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 and graduate programs at Goshen College.
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 research program, students dive into a topic of their choosing, from local histories to contemporary issues, using the lens of documentary filmmaking to explore their community.
The Goshen College Communication Department will be hosting its fourth annual Short Film Festival at the Goshen Theater in downtown Goshen at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 25. This event is an opportunity for GC film production students to premiere short films they have been working on throughout the school year, including two senior capstone projects. The event is free and open to the public.
Number of radio/television awards won by GC students in the 2013-14 school year at IASB
Number of comm. co-curriculars to choose from (91.1 The Globe, The Record, The Correspondent, Goshen Commons, FiveCore Media)
Number of Telly Awards won by FiveCore Media, our professional video production company
College Radio Station in the Nation in 2011 and 2013 by the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System
Number of times GC has been named Indiana Television School of the Year in the past 6 years
of communication alumni agree that faculty are genuinely interested in students
Learn more about Goshen College's exceptional academic outcomes and national rankings.
Joelle Dussek graduated from GC in 2005 with a communication degree. She's worked on-set with Food Network’s “Chopped,” “CSI New York,” HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and the ball drop in Times Square on New Year’s Eve 2014.
Joelle's storyLynette is an EMMY™ Award-winning Series Producer for The Art Show on THINKTV, a PBS affiliate. After working for a CBS affiliate for 14 years, she launched a half hour magazine-style show, creating the program from the groun
Lynnette's storyEllah is an internationally-known author, broadcaster, editor and literary critic, and has become renowned especially for her work in Anglophone African literature. She won the 2016 Goshen College Culture For Service Award.
Ellah's storyJoshua Garcia '21 loves the art of film in the ways of storytelling, world-building and character development.
Joshua's storyBenjamin Kelly is a 2013 graduate with a broadcasting degree. With the training, experience and knowledge he gained at Goshen College (and a voice made for radio), he soon landed a professional announcing job.
Benjamin's storyAs a copy editor at The New York Times, Duane Stoltzfus seemingly had it all. But when Goshen College offered Duane a position as a professor of communications in 2000, he couldn't refuse.
Duane's storyDuane Stoltzfus
Professor of Communication
Director of Adult and Graduate Programs
Kyle Hufford
Associate Professor of Communication
Anna Groff
Assistant Professor of Communication
Jason Samuel
Assistant Professor of Communication
