Goshen College announces Spring 2007-08 Dean’s List
Goshen College recently recognized 260 students for excellence in academics, on the 2007-08 spring semester Dean's List.
Archives for 2008
Lasting Ties: To Make Christ Known
In September 1949, Lillian Zook Yoder (above) spent each Sunday teaching the first and second graders of fledgling Sunnyside Mennonite Church in Dunlap, Ind. Her future husband, Sam, drove the college bus through the neighborhood to bring in the flock. More than 30 GC students participated regularly that year in…
Saying Goodbye
Known for his passion of Robert’s Rules of Order, Professor Emeritus of Communication Al Albrecht passes away Professor Emeritus of Communication Al Albrecht ’50 passed away on June 23 in the hospital after a lengthy illness at the age of 84. He taught at the college for 23 years, from…
Chasing Bugs Around the World
He got his start in his backyard as a boy, but Dr. David Denlinger, ’67 now studies interesting bugs in interesting places as professor of entomology at Ohio State University. Denlinger, who earned a doctorate degree from the University of Illinois in 1971, has been studying insects for more…
Less Than A Month For Singing, Dancing, Acting… And Quilting
For most Goshen College students, classes during May term are intense, but peppered with afternoons of studying on the lawn or playing Ultimate Frisbee as they relish final days before heading home for summer. But this past May didn’t offer such leisurely opportunities to senior Adrienne Nesbitt and other…
Extraordinary Care For The Common Good
John D. and Winnie Yordy at April reception. For 31 years, Provost and Executive Vice President John D. Yordy said he pursued the goals of providing “extraordinary care to the ordinary and routine work that we do, to the special challenges that are sometimes part institutional life…
Amid declining membership and loyalty, Do Denominations Matter?
I’m aware that the title of my reflections – “Do Denominations Matter?” – is likely to evoke a range of responses. For some, the topic may feel like a waste of time: Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopalian, who cares? What does it matter? You grew up Presbyterian, I’m a Catholic; you worship…
At 110th Goshen College commencement, noted human rights advocate tells graduates to persevere, to serve others and to trust in God
Goshen College's Class of 2008 received degrees Sunday, the culmination of years of hard work and prayer, after being encouraged to be life-long learners and to reach for high goals by President James E. Brenneman and Mukarabe Makinto-Inandava, an advocate for poor people in Africa.
President’s speech: “Out of the Whirlwind”
Baccalaureate sermon, delivered by Dr. James E. Brenneman, President of Goshen College on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at the Goshen College Church-Chapel
Sales begin April 23 for 2008-09 season tickets to Goshen College’s Performing Arts Series
The 2008-09 season of the Goshen College Performing Arts Series will again bring top name musicians to the college's Sauder Concert Hall stage. Next season's performers will include Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Christine Ebersole, the Brentano String Quartet, Bobby McFerrin, Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul, the Estonia National Symphony Orchestra, the Punch Brothers and the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band.