New housing approved to accommodate growth at Goshen College
Goshen College plans to begin the second phase of construction of a four-story apartment-style building later this year to accommodate growing student enrollment.
Archives for January, 2007
Enrollment and retention continue to increase at Goshen College
As the spring semester began, 934 students were enrolled in all programs at Goshen College compared with head counts of 870 for the spring semester in 2005-06 and in 2004-05, and 854 in 2003-04, according to Bill Born, vice president for student life and dean of students.
First-year international student calls for end to violence against women and wins annual college peace speech contest
Around the world, at least one in three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime, according to the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the Center for Health and Gender Equity.
Goshen College students to speak in annual peace oratorical contest Jan. 23
Five Goshen College student speakers will continue the college's near-century-old tradition by participating in the 2007 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Jan. 23 in Umble Center at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Goshen College announces Fall 2006-07 Dean’s List
Goshen College recently recognized 173 students for excellence in academics, on the 2006-07 fall semester Dean's List.
Brenneman honors legacy, values of Martin Luther King Jr.
Goshen College President James Brenneman celebrated the leadership, vision and ideals of Martin Luther King Jr. in three commentary columns published over the weekend in local newspapers.
Slaves share their stories in “Fresh from Julieanne’s Garden” exhibit, Jan. 15- March 2
They may be fictional ancestors, but the women portrayed in Chicago artist Preston Jackson's bronze sculpture exhibit, "Fresh from Julieanne's Garden," tell powerful stories of their lives during the eras of slavery, emancipation, Reconstruction and since.
Brenneman begins spring semester with call for resolutions, risk and seizing the moment
The year 2006 was a good one for new Goshen College President James Brenneman, he said during his opening convocation for the college's spring semester on Jan. 10. He noted, facetiously, that - like every other reader of the magazine - he was named "Time" magazine's Person of the Year for 2006.
Goshen College offers weeklong study abroad to Mexico for nontraditional students
Goshen College's innovative and pioneering study abroad program, Study-Service Term (SST), has placed thousands of students in cross- cultural settings. For the first time, in April-May 2007, the college is offering a five-week course that will include a week of travel to Mexico for the nontraditional adult students in the degree-completion programs, the B.S.N. Completion Track and the Organizational Leadership Program.
College faculty recital features Graulty on clarinet, Jan. 13
Goshen College Music Department Chair and Associate Professor of Music John Graulty will present the first Faculty Showcase Recital of 2007 on Saturday, Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center's Rieth Recital Hall. Graulty, a clarinetist, will perform chamber music with fellow music department faculty and students.