Hannah Barg first thought seriously about sustainability when she took the Sustainability Leadership Semester (SLS) at Merry Lea, Goshen College’s nature center and biological field station. Now, Hannah is a network organizer for the Community Resilience Guild, Goshen, Ind. For one recent project, she interviewed community…
Crystopher is a 2017 physics graduate from the Dominican Republic who was involved in many campus activities, likes adventure and would love to be an auto engineer someday. Learn more about him: Name: Crystopher Echavarria Major: Physics When and where were you happiest? I believe I was the happiest when…
An internationally-known author, broadcaster, editor and literary critic, Ellah Wakatama Allfrey ’88 grew up in Zimbabwe and now lives in England and has become renowned especially for her work in Anglophone African literature. Allfrey is an editor-at-large for Canongate, and former deputy editor of Granta magazine and editor-at-large for Granta…
Dr. Doug Schwartzentruber ’78, a surgical oncologist and the system medical director for Indiana University Health’s statewide cancer services in Indianapolis, was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2010. Schwartzentruber is best known for his groundbreaking research concerning…
Aletha Stahl ’89 is a professor of French and francophone studies at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, as well as a registered yoga instructor and former Goshen College award-winning runner. Stahl was a founding member of GC’s first full-season women’s cross country team, and her prowess…
James (Jim) L. Gingerich ’66, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, has a diverse resume — among his many accomplishments, he played four years of basketball and baseball at Goshen College, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya and served in agricultural economic development for 34 years in six countries.
There are very few people in the world who are paid to fold origami, but Goshen College alumnus Ben Friesen ’05, of Oakland, California, is one of them. Friesen’s love for origami started at the age of five when he was growing up near Goshen and his…
Desiderio (Dez) Lopez ’18 was a marketing and public relations double major from Goshen, Indiana. He was part of Enactus, Latino Student Union, Commuter Club, and worked as an intern at the admissions office. What do you like most about Goshen and why? The one thing I love most about GC is…
Leah Landes is a 2017 math education graduate from Saint Louis, Missouri. She is looking forward to using her degree to teach math to junior high students. What do you like most about Goshen and why? I love the sense of community at Goshen. Events like Kick-Off or Friday-night…
Maddy Garber ’18 is a psychology and music double major from Lancaster, Pennsylvania who participates in choir, intramurals and swing club when she’s not in class. What do you like most about Goshen and why? I like the community and the support that comes with…
