The Bulletin – Winter 2006
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Archives for 2006
Roger Shimomura
Asian-American painter, printmaker and performance artist Roger Shimomura is the Goshen College Art Department’s 2006 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist and will present several public programs on Nov. 15. At 10 a.m., he will speak in the Church-Chapel during convocation on “Return of the Yellow Peril,” about dealing with…
Asian-American artist Roger Shimomura offers 2006 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist lecture
himomura is an artist whose work addresses socio-political issues of Asian-Americans specifically inspired by personal experience as a child held with his family in a “camp” during World War II and 56 years of diaries kept by his late immigrant grandmother.
Selected works from Printworks Gallery
Featuring prints by: Hollis Sigler, Audrey Niffenegger, Ian Howard, Nicholas Sistler, Charles Wells Reception: Thursday, Oct 20, 8-9 p.m. (after visiting artist, Terry Barrett, lecture.)…
John Blosser A Place Observed: Oil and watercolor paintings
(Sabbatical Exhibit) An exhibition of work created by Professor of Art John Blosser during his 04-05 sabbatical. Reception: Friday, Sept 30, 6-8 p.m.
Senior Exhibition I: 2006
Senior Exhibition I: 2006 Reception: Sunday, March 26, 2-4 p.m.
John Sherman, graphic design
John Sherman, graphic design Reception: Jan. 9, 2-4 p.m. Creating a panel using language as metaphor, Sherman communicates the universality and individuality of redemption.
John Running Johnson, sculpture
John Running Johnson, sculpture Reception: Feb. 13, 2-4 p.m. John Running Johnson, a Michigan sculptor, works with wood and steel.
Goshen College unveils $12.5 million program for regional research, intercultural campus transformation and greater access for Latino and other minority students
Dr. James E. Brenneman, president of Goshen College, announced creation of the Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning at Goshen College. Lilly Endowment Inc. will fund the new center with a $12.5 million grant – the largest single grant Goshen College has ever received – which will focus on three areas: researching the resources and challenges that changing demographics bring to a rural Midwest community and to higher education, creating an intercultural learning environment to benefit all students and strengthening current efforts in recruiting and retaining regional Latino and other minority students.
Goshen College to launch first master’s degree program, in environmental education
Building on its 25-year history of offering quality environmental education programming for K-12th grade students, Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College will offer a Master of Arts in Environmental Education program – the college’s first master’s degree. The Higher Learning Commission of North Central Association of…