“Helping others” is an appropriate description of Roman Gingerich’s years at Goshen College. There are many former Goshen College students who can say that Roman was a very important part of their lives.
Charles Gardner and Oneta Kalb grew up across the street from each other in Middlebury, Indiana and were childhood sweethearts. Charles attended Goshen College in the mid-1930s where he obtained his teaching certificate.
Leonard and Veva Garber have seen God at work in their lives, leading them across the country for various opportunities to use their gifts. The purpose of the Garber Church Leadership Scholarship is to support Goshen College students as they explore church vocations and ministry and encourage their openness to a sense of God’s call in their lives as well.
They say college is where you make lifelong friends. “The GC Gang of the ’50s” is a vivid example of this. Goshen College is the place where they forged their friendships, and now the six married couples are giving back to the institution that they’ve all grown to love.
Peter A. and Florence C. Friesen were missionaries serving in India under the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities from 1923 to 1941. Peter had served two terms on the mission field prior to 1923.
Education was very important to Mary. She attended Goshen College and received her education degree in 1953.
Her husband, Ira, established this scholarship in hopes that Goshen College and the broader Mennonite community would recognize these characteristics of the woman he loved. It is also his hope that it will encourage and inspire other young women who have a gift for writing, editing and encouraging others.
John J. and Pauline Clemens Fisher rooted their long and interesting lives at Goshen College. Influenced by the education they received as undergraduates and their subsequent experiences as part of Goshen’s faculty community, John (1926-2014) and Pauline (1926-2018) embraced the college motto “Culture for Service.”
Her daughter Roma was enrolled in the teacher education program at Goshen College at the same time, with mother and daughter often attending the same classes together.
In Northern Indiana the name Fidler is synonymous with sand, gravel and concrete. Goshen residents Lewis and Elizabeth Fidler started this successful business in 1946 partly by chance.
