What did you like most about Goshen College and/or the Social Work Program and why? The Goshen College Social Work program expanded my knowledge and opened me up to new ways of thinking about the world, people, and ideas. I felt supported to engage new ideas and…
AJ Delgadillo wanted to improve society’s food waste problem, so he took an idea and ran with it. After trying to find a solution to dealing with food waste, he began exploring worm composting – or vermicomposting – and found it so helpful that he turned it into a business and…
Rachel Smith studied computer science, math and music, and is combining those skills on her Youtube channel, Rachel’s English, which provides over 800 free videos with more than 167 million views to help non-native speakers improve their spoken English and listening comprehension. While living in Germany after college, Rachel…
Taking a Measure of the Miles and Years An interview with Tom Meyers, the director of international education and associate academic dean. By Duane Stoltzfus, professor of communication. Do you have any idea how many countries you have visited or how many miles you have traveled as the…
How did you end up at Goshen College? I began my college music studies after high school, and finished up my degree about 12 years later after our two young daughters were both in school. At that time, Prof. Lon Sherer asked if I would teach a few Suzuki…
Ruth Hochstetler is retiring after 13 years working as circulation manager in the Harold and Wilma Good Library. How did you end up at Goshen College? I wanted to take the adult studies program. There just happened to be a library opening at the same time. What kept…
Mikol Aspinwall ’19, Goshen’s youngest ever graduate at 17, is an entrepreneur with a knack for technology. Mikol Aaron Merino Aspinwall came to Goshen College as a first-year student at the age of 13. He graduated at age 17 with a degree in computer science as the youngest graduate in…
Katie Sowers ’09 is making history. As an offensive assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers, she is the NFL’s first openly-gay coach and only the second woman to hold a full-time assistant coaching position throughout the NFL season. …
Jim Strouse ’99 is a screenwriter and film director. He wrote the film Lonesome Jim (2005), directed by Steve Buscemi and filmed in Goshen. He wrote and made his directorial debut with Grace Is Gone (2007) starring John Cusack, winning an Audience Award for most popular dramatic feature and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival for the…
Sofia Samatar, a 1994 graduate of Goshen College, is the author of the novels A Stranger in Olondria and The Winged Histories, the short story Collection, Tender, and Monster Portraits, a collaboration with her brother, the artist Del Samatar. Her work has won several awards, including the World Fantasy Award. She is also…
