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Together Goshen Day

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

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What a #TogetherGoshenDay! We are so impressed with your generosity and passion for this college, our students and the ways that lives have been impacted here for 125 years.

Here’s our update! We will have more final numbers as checks keep coming in, but what we know right now:

  • At least $357,470 given (including a $60,000 match and the president’s final $15,000 gift)
  • More than 1,200 donors
  • We more than doubled our goal
  • And 6 Goshen College professors, 2 vice presidents and our president will be dyeing their hair purple

THANK YOU! #TogetherGoshenDay

 

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Photos

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Chris Liechty, Dan Koop Liechty and Doug Albrecht on graduation day 1988
Kevin Miller ’85 and Rebecca Stoltzfus ’83
1985 cross country, Dave Treber ’85
China SST 1983, Wilma Harder ’82
Berdine ’87 and Steve ’89 Leinbach
GC Fun!
Class of ‘78 40th class reunion October, 2018
Rita Kennel Lopienski ‘78
Jan Ramer ’87
1999 GC grads, friends reunion on Lake Erie. Mandy Yoder ’99
Linda Graber Taylor ’84 & Barb (Webster) Weldy’85
2015 Mens Soccer Seniors
Trisha Handrich ’11
Bill Miller ’55 in the Chem Lab!
Globe Radio Leadership 2011
GC Friends Broomball on the Dam Pond. January 2015
Joe Springer ’80
1954 literary societies performance. Phyllis Miller ’55
My 100th Marathon Win! Justin Gillette ’05
GC track team 2013
Justin Gillette ’05 and Coach Lyle Miller ’88
GC Friends! Maria Osborne ’90
The original Hospital House women on commencement weekend, 1985! Kathleen Yoder ’85
Erin ’95 and Tonya (Richer) Harmelink ’94
Jim Conrad ’58 & Mary Alice Schantz ’58
Jim Conrad ’58 GC Varsity Cheerleaders
GC Friends Reunion. Jennifer North Bauman ‘90
John Bixler ‘52
Kathleen Nofziger Yeakey ’86. Serving on the GC Development team
Carl Helrich and Micah Rogel during Maple Scholars Research Program
Kratz 3rd Apple Picking! Annette King ’83 Decatur, GA
Margaret Miller ’59 and John Ingold ’59
Kulp Hall third floor, 1960-61
Anne (Harnish) Weaver ’58 & Glenn Weaver ’58 Graduation
Bonnie Weaver ’86
Duane Stoltzfus 60th Birthday Surprise
Dale ’78 and Kay (Miller) Kempf ‘77
Nancy (Ludwig) ’76 and Douglas Graber ’76
From Left to right: Brent Schrock ’83, Brent Kauffman ’84, Barry Stoltzfus ’83, Jeff Albrecht ’83, Todd Yoder ’84, Mike Hunsberger ’84, Mark Weaver ’83, Craig Shetler ’83, Lyndon Schmidt ’83, Tim Oyer ’85
Adrienne Yoder ’12 and Joshua Delp ’12
Kathleen (Schertz) ’85 and Todd Yoder ’84
Cindy (Watkins) Nelke, Barbara (Cross Wilson), Lisa Roth Walter, Bonnie (Raber) Weaver
GC faculty kids (circa 1970). Dan Koop Liechty `88, Rhonda Clemens Talbott `87, Margaret Fisher Aeschliman `87, Karen Miller Rush `87 and `13
Merle Sommers, class of 1958
Fred Kauffman, Minh Kauffman, Pat Massanari, Joy Kauffman Khader, Badawe Khader, Tony Brown
The Koop Liechty family. Emma ’18, Dan ’88, Elsie ’21, Cormac ’25 and Jill ’90.
Paul `87 and Shari Roten. Nine Mile Falls, WA.
Jeff Aeschliman ’87 on WGCS
Spencer Aeschliman ’19 and Ben Meyer Reimer ’20 on SST in Senegal
Students on May term Ecology course in the Himalayas. Photo credit Spencer Aeschliman
GC Baseball coaches – Doug Wellenreiter, Alex Childers ’09, and Justin Grubbs
Snow White and some dwarfs. Photo credit Lisa Roth Walter ’86
GC reunion Dave Warnke ’80, Leslie Cooke ’79, Anna Lizama Clark ’79, Janice Ingram ’79
Shannon Musselman Unzicker ’91 and Michelle Yoder Horning ’91 on the Kulp Balcony (Fall 1988)
Mary Lou (Smoker) Garratt ’82
Isaac Longenecker ’19, Nate Nussbaum ’19, Spencer Aeschliman ’19, and David Bontrager ’17
Clay oil lamp given to Pamela (Lehman) Pulliam’s ’89 parents as a “thank you” for being on the Parent Advisory Board.
Jim Conrad ’58 as Zoology lab assistant.
Saturday morning breakfast with friends at Rachel’s Bread. From left around the table: Sarah Hartman-Keiser, Jenae Longenecker, Lydia Hartman-Keiser, Emma Koop Liechty, Natalie Mark, Katie Shank and Marie Bontrager. All ‘18.
Russ and Marge (Schertz) Liechty ’53
Costa Rica SST (Summer 1987) Photo credit Margaret Fisher Aeschliman ’87
Margaret Fisher Aeschliman ’87 with her SST host family (Costa Rica, Summer 1987)
Study break. Dan Koop Liechty ’88, Margaret Fisher Aeschliman ’87 and Jeff Aeschliman ’87
Jeff Aeschliman ’87 in his Yoder dorm room (1985)
Gretchen Yoder-Schrock `88, Margaret Jeschke 90, and Bart Miller ’89 in front of Kulp Hall.
This picture was shared by Lin Garber ’57. He writes that it is of a group international students in the 50s with their foster family in Dunlap. Some of the students are Jimmie Chen and Jing-Chang Liang from Formosa (that’s what we called Taiwan in those days), Grace Mattar from Jordan, and Toshi Inoue, and Takio Tanase from Japan..
Lin Garber ’57
Lois Gingerich Beck ’68 and Rose Aschliman Roth ’68, roommates at GC in 1967-68, photographed at a 2017 reunion in Phoenix, AZ.
Dr. Kathryn Aschliman ’54 is pictured cutting the ribbon to the entrance of The Children’s Library dedicated in her honor! Photo provided by Rose Aschliman Roth ’68
Dr. Kathryn Aschliman ’54 was a professor of Early Childhood courses and also taught the Laboratory Kindergarten Classes where many Elementary Education students observed her expertly teaching those kindergarteners! Photo provided by Rose Aschliman Roth ’68
John ’67 and Louise ’68 Gingerich in the Westlawn Lounge
Taking a roadside break while roving through Austria after GC Study-in-Europe, summer 1978. John D. Roth, Susan Fisher Miller, Joe Springer and Janice Yordy Sutter. Photo from Lee Miller ’80
1983 class reunion in Evanston, Illinois. Randy Stoesz, Doug Nissley, Ellen Hoover Stoesz, Dave Strycker, Andrea Warkentin Strycker, Winston Gerig, Sibyl Graber Gerig, Ken Miller, Doris Boehr Miller, Doug Smucker, Susan Fisher Miller and Lee Miller. Photo from Lee Miller ’80
Twilight portrait on the Georgian Bay, September, 1979. Bob Bontrager, Kevin Gerig, Galen Martin, Lee Miller, Patricia Shoemaker, Sibyl Graber Gerig, Janis Miller, Randy Stoesz and Winston Gerig.Photo from Lee Miller ’80
Group gift of a tent for Susan and Lee’s wedding, June 26, 1982. Doug Smucker, David Strycker, Andrea Warkentin Strycker, Susan Fisher Miller, Lee Miller, Randy Stoesz, Dan Coyne, Sibyl Graber Gerig, Winston Gerig, Ann Graber Miller and Galen Martin
Quick break at Dave and Andi’s house in Indy, on the summer 1981 bike ride from New Orleans to Goshen. Doug Smucker, Randy Stoesz, Winston Gerig and Lee Miller. Photo from Lee Miller ’80
Study break on the top of the Union Bell Tower (1979). Randy Stoesz, Dale Shenk and Ruth Miller Roth. Photo from Lee Miller ’80
Navigating near Lake VLake Valicita in the San Juan Mountains (Summer, 1980) Galen Martin, Randy Stoesz, Neil Miller and Winston Gerig. Photo from Lee Miller ’80
Ready to set out on the Big Manistee river canoe adventure (Summer 1978). Ken Miller, Andrea Warkentin Strycker, Randy Stoesz, Lynette Shoemaker, Charles Buller, Becky Bauman, Martha Coyne, John Buschert, Eric Haarer, Deb Cantu-Hertzler (window), John Ulrich, Rita Hartman, David Cantu (window), Dan Coyne, Janis Miller, Bruce Bishop and David Strycker. Photo from Lee Miller ’80
Sidewalk science project. Audrey Roth Kraybill, Merle Jacobs (professor), Stan Grove, Jane Yousy and Ned Nafziger. Photo from Lee Miller ’80
Nancy Kauffman Hess ’74 wedding, the day after her graduation in April, 1974. Three graduates got married that day, two on campus, and one in a private home in Goshen.
Marilyn Houser Hamm ’74, Brenda Beechy Huneryager ’74 and Mary Lehman Yoder ’75 singing a trio from the red Mennonite Hymnal at Nancy Kauffman Hess’ ’74 wedding.
Ondrej Polisensky and Katy Mancewicz at their 2008 graduation
Lori Amstutz Campbell ’81 and Kathy Duerksen ’81
Graduation day 1967 with our parents. Left to right: Perry J Miller (Assoc Prof of Education), Lucile Miller, Sally Jo Miller Milne, Ron Milne, Freda Milne, Robert Milne.
2016 Indoor Soccer Intramurals Champs. L-R. Back: Ben Weibe, Caleb Liechty, Gabriel Eisenbeis, Sohail Das, Front: Mark Kreider, Nat Dick, Simon Weaver, Jacob Zehr. All ’18.
Playing soccer on SST. L-R: Mark Kreider ’18, Trent Yoder ’20, Tyler Born ’19 with two boys in El Carmen, Peru.
Putting final touches on prank in friends’ dorm: Caleb Liechty ’18.
Pauline Clemens Fisher ‘48 and John J. Fisher ’48
Phyllis Ramseyer Miller ’55 and Bill Miller ’55
Kathleen Duerksen ’81 and Tina Springer ’81
Sue Schmucker Coblentz ’90
Grace Leatherman ’60
Shane ’90 and Harvey Hartzler ’61
Off-campus housemates. Lorne Dueck ’87, Carey Miller ’86, Keith Helmuth ’86 and Gordon Bontrager ’85
Ron Schertz ’58 and Leanne (Fricke) Schertz ’58 on the GC campus
The 2016 Organizational Leadership program cohort. Photo from Linda VandenBosch ’16
Christmas 1998. Spencer Aeschliman ’19, John Miller ’14, Chris Miller and Peter Miller ’09
Class of 1984. L-R… Cliff Wenger, Carol (Moser) Wenger, Rod Stutzman, Marci (Ropp) Glick, Jim Smucker, Phil Zimmerman, Beth (Shaffer) Stoltzfus and Dale Stoltzfus
Kevin Claassen ’96 and Jennette Badgett Claassen ’97 in the Howell House dining room (95/96 school year).
Ben Meyer Reimer ’19, Matthew Smucker ’19 and Lukas Thompson ’19 at the NATS vocal competition in 2018
A photo from Samita Thapa’s ’13 2020 wedding in Kathmandu, Nepal. With her are GC friends, Fasica Mulat 14, Dolly Zewdie 14, Samita, Bethesda Zewdie ’13, and Ly Nguyen ’12
Howell House residents in the Spring of 2009. Photo from Maria Hosler Byler ’10
Karla Santiago ’10, showing her GC love at a basketball game!
Stacey Landry ‘21
Vicki Kirkton ’73
Joyce Bedsworth ’72 and Vicki Krikton ’73
Myrl Nofziger ’64 writes “I was a Normal Control at NIH in Bethesda MD, between my first and second year at GC. Years 1959/60. Our unit leader was Dr. Jim Conrad ’58 in the center of this photo and I am on the far right.”
Jonathan and Carol Shenk Bornman ’90
Carol Shenk Bornman ’90 in China for SST in 1987
The 1987 China SST Unit. Photo submitted by Carol Shenk Bornman ’90
Lorraine Murphy 64′, a very proud GC alumna and former Alumni Council member from Sarasota, Florida.
Ruth Miller Roth ’81 writes, ” The beginning of free haircuts for John [D. Roth ’81] for many, many years — going on 40 this summer! :)”
Another angle of that fortuitous haircut. Ruth Miller Roth `81 and John D. Roth `81.
Ellah Wakatama ’89 and Gayatri Patnaik ’90
L to R: Lynn Williams ’60, Margaret Miller Williams’69, Nancy Gerber Conrad ’60, Mark Conrad ’60 and Marian Smith Yoder ’60
The Class of 1989’s 30th reunion. Submitted by Lee Pfahler.
Solidia Brown ’90 and Heidi Dyck Hilty ’89. Solidia writes “Roomies and best friends for life. :)”
A very fresh Clay Shetler ’94, looking like he was just playing with his namesake.
GC sister graduates. Ellen Kempf Miller ’73, Marge Kempf Swartzendruber ’82 and Anita Kempf ’88
Goshen Friends Canoe Trip, 1976: Burdette Gunden, Todd Woodworth, Kevin Kaufman, Lynn Lais, Will Swartzendruber and Wayne Martin
Andrew ’98 and Ruth ’99 (Alfaro) Hartzler. Celebrating 23 years of marriage this May 2020.
Judy Weaver ’81 and Richard Aguirre (Administrative Faculty).
Erica Gunden ’22 and James Gunden ’80 on Christmas hike in California.
Multigenerational Reedy, Umble, Klassen and Longacre families – Goshen alumni (including Ben Longacre, class of 2020, top)
Ken Ebersole ’73, with daughter Allison Ebersole ’19, both GC soccer players
“Still making music”, John A Amstutz’ 62.
John A Amstutz’ 62., enjoying Colts game with daughter Becca (Rebecca Amstutz ’93).
Senegal SST 2008. Photo submitted by Neil Detweiler ’08
Go Broncos! Jeff ’87 and Kay ’87 Miller, with Hans 19, Josh, and Jared ’14
John ’68 and Elaine ’68 (Smucker) Harley
Jenny ’92 Huebert (Miller) and Daryl ’92 Miller, Spring 1990.
Inaugural Women’s Soccer team, Fall 1991. Photo submitted by Jennifer Heubert (Miller) ’92
This photo was shared by Roseyn (Rychener) Devlin ’64. This is a photo of her weekly Zoom with her Rychener siblings (Dallas Rychener ’68, Norene Rychener Saldana ’70, Marnetta White ’65, Delvin Rychener ’79, Kent Rychener ’80 and Brent Rychener ’82) scattered from Hawaii, Hawaii to Chicago with Seattle, New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas in between.
This photo is from Emma Caskey 16 & Jackson Bush’s ’15 wedding with all the GC alumni at our wedding! Emma writes, “Pardon our expressions, but we were all singing the alma mater during this photo :)”.
Don Bacher ’69. Don writes, “I did general maintenance around campus and road one of the maintenance shop bikes with a big basket on the front and I think a box on the back. I made a sign that said “Service for Culture” and attached it to the back of the bike.”
Kenwood House crew (All 2005 grads) Steve Schrock, Dan Horst, Chris Meyer, Brett Buller, Jason Schmucker, Adam Roth, Daniel King, Jaron Kennel and Andy Graber.
David Canal ’78, Brian Zehr ’78 and Kirk Stiffney ’80, prior to our bicycle ride across the country, 1976.
Margarita Klassen de Melo ’95 at her graduation, with her one year old daughter, Jessica, and her husband, David Melo Lizardo ’92.
Margarita Klassen de Melos’s ’95, daughter, Jessica, at her first Easter egg hunt on Campus in 1995.
Rachel Nafziger Hartzler ’70, shared this photo of part of the GC nursing class of 1970 in a classroom at Elkhart General Hospital, with professors Norma Jean Weldy and Anna Mae Charles (Fretz).
Elisabeth Fast Beels, ’75, with the Goshen students she took with her to Nepal. To the right of Elisabeth is Barb Weybright ’95, instructor.
Here is Elisabeth Fast Beels, ’70 sitting in Tansen, Nepal with Shakuntala Thangu. Shakuntala was one of Beth’s first nursing students back in 1977-80 in Kathmandu, and later Shakuntala was Beth’s boss in the Tansen Nursing school 2010-13. AND, Shakuntala’s daughter, Ashika Thanju graduated from Goshen College in 2018.
Lindsy Glick ’08, shared this picture from a prank war she and her roommate were in with guys from Yoder 1 South. They came back from Thanksgiving break to find everything in their room wrapped like a present.
Three generations of GC grads. R. Wayne Clemens ’59, J. Connor Clemens ’19 and M. Kent Clemens ’91
Lots happened in the dorm Halls. Photo submitted by Lori Hollenberg Bontrager ’78
A rare nap was so exquisite! Photo submitted by Lori Hollenberg Bontrager ’78
Spending fun time with profs. Photo submitted by Lori Hollenberg Bontrager ’78
Group projects in Nursing. Photo submitted by Lori Hollenberg Bontrager ’78
Mary…. Flitting by! Photo submitted by Lori Hollenberg Bontrager ’78
My High Park Hunnies! Photo submitted by Lori Hollenberg Bontrager ’78
Black Student Union members Maryan Mohamed ’07, Ebony Goodwin Clement ’08 and Pearl Msibi ’07
Beth Swanson Hower ’73 writes, “SST in South Korea was the most memorable and impactful experience during my college years at GC.”
Three generations of GC grads from the Beller ~ Anneler ~ Zehr family 💜💜💜 (Paul Zehr ’16, Jacob Zehr ’18, Lois Beller Anneler ’66, Linda Anneler Zehr ’87 and Marvin Zehr ’75)

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