Rosanna Nafziger Henderson graduated from Goshen College in 2006 with majors in English and math–not the most obvious path to becoming an authority on food. Henderson herself admits that she could not have predicted that six years after leaving Goshen she would be a cookbook author and food blogger. On…
Khadar Bashir-Ali, a 1985 graduate from Somalia, advises the Somalian government on how to improve the education system and oversees national education projects. Khadar Bashir-Ali ’85 is bringing education back to Somalia. Conflict and civil war have plagued Somalia for decades. In recent years, drought and famine have added to…
Rachel Smith, a 2001 graduate, combined her interests to create a linguistics website that teaches American English pronunciation. A linguistics website doesn’t seem like an obvious path for someone who studied computer science, applied math and music in college, but Rachel Smith ’01 found a niche that combines all of…
Ulises Martinez, a 2004 chemistry and physics graduate, developed a clean energy catalyst that powers carbon-neutral vehicles. A clean energy catalyst developed by Ulises Martinez ’04 is being used to fuel a concept car in Japan. Daihatsu, a subsidiary of Toyota, implemented Martinez’s catalyst in the FC Show-Case, a zero…
Ron Kraybill, pictured with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, graduated from GC in 1976. Today, he is a peace and development adviser for the United Nations. He has been negotiating peaceful elections in Lesotho since 2009. Ron Kraybill ’76 can finally cross off meeting Archbishop Desmond Tutu from his bucket list. Kraybill,…
After graduating from Goshen College with an interdisciplinary major in 1963, Robert Brunk became an activist, professor, sculptor and auctioneer. How does an activist become an auctioneer? For Robert Brunk ’63, who gave up the gavel and retired this year, the journey from being a community organizer to an auctioneer…
Rachel Eisenstat, a 2006 graduate, studied peace, justice & conflict studies at Goshen College. Since graduating, she has recorded an album with top Denver musicians using funding support from community. Denver-based musician Rachel Eisenstat, a 2006 Goshen College graduate, is using her musical training from the college’s music department to…
Mary Roth, a 2013 Goshen College graduate with an English writing major, was chosen as the 2013 Luci Shaw Fellow at Image, a quarterly journal of faith, literature and the arts located in Seattle, Washington. “I’m excited to get to know the ins and outs of a small…
Goshen graduates Mark Histand ’08 and Alex Caskey ’10 oversaw the construction a peanut butter factory in Malawi with Project Peanut Butter, which aims to treat children with malnutrition and help the local economy. During a family Christmas dinner last year, Alex Caskey received a call out of the blue…
Sarah Miller graduated from GC in 2005 with a theater degree. Today, she is a professional make-up artist who has competed on SyFy Network’s “Face Off,” a popular reality show that features special-effects makeup artists. Aliens, pirates and cyborgs are not folks most of us would expect to see on…
