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Jessica Penner Race ’09 carries on family legacy
Working in artisan retail, Jessica Penner Race '09 had never expected to join the family business of hydraulic and agricultural manufacturing. Then she got her master's degree.
Today, taking a sustainability approach is innovative and smart business, and more and more organizations are looking for leaders driven by a green mindset and natural resource management as they lead others and seek success. If you’re ready to help advance sustainability initiatives, our sustainability management program may be just for you.
For students who desire to help preserve our planet for future generations, an undergraduate degree in sustainability management from Goshen College is the perfect way to turn your passions into action. You will learn to identify and assess environmental issues and opportunities within the business world and develop creative solutions that balance financial, social, and ecological objectives. With an emphasis on both ecosystem management, environmental science, and social responsibility, you will be prepared to make a lasting impact on communities. Join us in charting a sustainable path forward!
The Goshen College sustainability management program is built on the foundation that businesses must operate in a way that is both environmentally and socially responsible in order to be genuinely sustainable. This integrated approach to business places equal importance on the environment, people, and money. The notion of achieving profit while maintaining social value has always been an essential fundamental tenet of our business department.
Are you interested in contributing to the preservation of our planet for future generations by becoming a sustainability leader? GC’s sustainability management program offers a solid multidisciplinary foundation and interactive learning environment.
Whether sustainability management students are interested in working for corporate, non-profit, or government agencies, you will be given the the skills and knowledge you need to be a successful leader in the field of sustainability.
Possible sustainability career opportunities include:
Harmonizing social and ecological values with business principles puts our graduates in a favorable position in our modern society.
With a degree in sustainability management, graduates learn to understand the relationship between global ecology and the business world, work to find creative solutions for the problems our world faces, and make a lasting impact on the health of their community and world. This holistic view of doing business places equal emphasis on the planet, people, and profit, a concept referred to as the triple bottom line.
Working in artisan retail, Jessica Penner Race '09 had never expected to join the family business of hydraulic and agricultural manufacturing. Then she got her master's degree.
Yoloxochitl “Yolo” Lopez DeMarco is one of the many Hispanics in the Region who is taking her financial future into her own hands.
This year’s seven President’s Graduating Leader Awardees with (front, center) President Stoltzfus: (front, left to right) Julia Jun, Mariela Esparza, Sofia Sanchez; (back, left to right) Manny Villanueva, Eduardo Horiba Curvo, Nelson Kemboi, Dan Eash-Scott. Goshen College President Rebecca Stoltzfus recently honored seven graduating seniors with the…
Number of countries where business and economics classes are offered (China, Ecuador, Spain)
Goshen College has been recognized as a “Tree Campus USA” school by the Arbor Day Foundation
Acres of land to explore at GC’s Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center
GC team’s ranking in the Student Case Competition at MEDA’s annual convention in 2012 and 2013
One of the greenest colleges in the country – Sierra Magazine
of business alumni are satisfied or very satisfied with their undergraduate education
Learn more about Goshen College's exceptional academic outcomes and national rankings.
Jess, an environmental science major from Indianapolis, dreams about having her own farm some day with ducks and goats and many different crops.
Jess' storyYohaan Varghese, an accounting graduate from India, has a deep appreciation for sustainability. At Goshen College, he has become aware that even small communities can change the world.
Yohaan's storyReena is an environmental science major with an ecology focus who is involved in EcoPax, the Tree Care Committee and Student Senate, and is also a stage manager in the Music Center.
Reena's story"Peacemaking begins with understanding our world and our connection to it -- promoting peace is increasingly about caring for ecological systems on which humans depend."
Ryan's storyJames (Jim) Gingerich ’66 has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya and has served in agricultural economic development for 34 years in six countries. He was awarded the 2016 Goshen College Champions of Character Award.
James' storyAJ Delgadillo wanted to improve society's food waste problem, so he took an idea and ran with it.
AJ's storyMichelle Horning
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Jonathon Schramm
Professor of Sustainability and Environmental Education
John Mischler
Assistant Professor of Sustainability and Environmental Education & Director of ASI
Ruth Mischler
Assistant Professor of Sustainability and Environmental Education
Jerrell Richer
Professor of Economics
Carl Kreider Chair
Jon Geiser
Associate Professor of Business
Business Development Director for CBEE
Jeremiah Sharp
Residence Life Coordinator & Environmental Educator