Animals, fruits and nuts coexist in Merry Lea pasture
In a 5-acre pasture at the Merry Lea Sustainable Farm, you’ll find cows and chickens sharing the land with some unusual roommates — nut trees, fruit trees, grapevines and raspberries.
Archives for 2018
From Arizona to Alaska, Barcelona to Copacabana: Alumni cross paths as global citizens
Known for widening its students’ worldviews, Goshen College has accumulated friends and alumni from around the world. Alumni live in and travel to places far from campus, and sometimes these global citizens run into each other in unexpected places.
Errick McCollum’s ’10 Overseas Elite wins a fourth straight The Basketball Tournament title
Over the four years of The Basketball Tournament, Errick McCollum's '10 Overseas Elite has amassed $7 million in winnings and never lost a game. The team is 25-0 in the history of the event.
Goshen College licensing program boosting teachers’ ability to help English learners
This past year, Goshen College offered an 11-month program for full-time teachers to get an English Learner’s license, also known as TSOL or ENL. The license provides teachers with background of how a second language develops. Teachers learn specific strategies for instruction, assessment, and identifying areas of concern.
Andrew Landis ’09 oversees stage at top opera house
When the curtain comes up at the 3,126-seat War Memorial Opera House in San Fransisco, Andrew Landis '09 helps ensure performances proceed smoothly.
Individual tickets on sale Aug. 6 for the 2018-19 Goshen College Performing Arts Series
Beginning this Monday, Aug. 6, concertgoers have the opportunity to purchase individual tickets for all concerts in the Goshen College Performing Arts Series.
2018 Maple Scholars investigate mosquito genetics, interactive graphic novels, groundnut toxins and more
Thirteen Goshen College students participated in this year’s Maple Scholars research program, an eight-week program which gives undergraduate students the unique opportunity to create and present scholarly works.
ICE quest for detention sites puts Trump county on tightrope – The Associated Press
Immigrants have filled much of the gap in the workforce, yet residents remain divided on issues including immigration. More than 7,000 packed an Elkhart school gym in May to cheer Trump. But the county seat of Goshen — dotted with multilingual yard signs proclaiming “No matter where you are from, we’re glad you’re our neighbor”— is a counterweight, home to a Mennonite college and large Latino population. The proposal for a detention center would jab at those complexities. Yoder jumped in first, trying for a dialogue instead of a dispute.
Marceil Yoder ’58 crowned Elkhart County senior fair queen
Marceil Yoder '58 was crowned 2018 Elkhart County 4-H Senior Fair Queen.
Merry Lea welcomes largest environmental education graduate program cohort
The Master’s in Environmental Education program (MAEE) at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College welcomed its largest cohort ever in July 2018.