October 2014 events at Goshen College
October 2014 events at Goshen College include Homecoming Weekend, Peace Plays and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
Archives for September, 2014
Goshen College recognizes five alumni for outstanding commitment to core values
During Goshen College’s Homecoming Weekend on Oct. 3-5, the college honored five exceptional alumni with awards for their commitment to the college’s core values.
Merry Lea field trip aims to educate youths interested in sustainable agriculture – Flavor 574
Jon Zirkle wants kids to know there’s more to farm work than driving tractors and digging in the dirt.
For Roman and Shirley Gingerich, life was about risk, commitment and sports
Roman and Shirley Gingerich and their children In the early 1940s, many people in the Mennonite Church believed that sports would allow worldly ideals like pride and aggression to leak into campus culture. Roman ’41 and Shirley Gingerich ’41 thought otherwise. Roman and Shirley met…
Pioneer in women’s sports establishes athletic scholarship
It takes a lot of energy to keep up with Ruth Gunden ’52, even at age 83. That energy drove Gunden’s 40-year Goshen College career, which left a legacy filled with milestones.
Student partnership adds up – The Goshen News
As part of Goshen College education courses, college students are paired with Chandler Elementary students to create short lessons and activities designed to help students learn mathematics and literacy.
Teaching Parents to Help Stop the ‘Summer Slide’ | Emily Roggie ’10 – New York Times
Tayonna Taylor, an incoming second-grader, sat with her mother, Tasia Carlton, in late July in Emily Roggie’s classroom in Wissahickon Charter School in northwest Philadelphia.
Steve Martin ’78: Vinyl meets live music at Ignition – Good of Goshen
Ignition Music Garage is a staple of Goshen’s downtown scene. A music store, radio broadcast center and concert venue in a transformed former mechanic’s garage, Ignition offers a way for people “to listen to music the way artists intended it to be heard.”
10 reasons to fall in love with Goshen – The Elkhart Truth
Goshen College was recently named the eighth most affordable private college in the Midwest (on a list by Great Value Colleges) and third best Christian college in the U.S. (on a list by Christian Universities Online). Besides being good neighbors, 3,948 Goshen College graduates are now helping to shape the Elkhart County community as leaders and entrepreneurs for the common good.
Goshen College freshmen help out community for Day of Service – WNDU
Groups of freshmen from Goshen College spent the day doing service at sites across Elkhart County on Wednesday