The family of 85-year-old Lon Sherer shared memories after his memorial service Monday following the death of the accomplished violinist and Goshen College professor. Sherer spent 39 years teaching at Goshen College, but that's just one part of this seemingly ordinary man's extraordinary life story.
In 1962, while Goshen College Director Emeritus of International Education Arlin and Naomi Hunsberger ’55 were working in Haiti with Mennonite Central Committee, they became interested in the local art.
The Goshen College Communication Department’s video production company, FiveCore Media, won four national Telly awards this year for their students’ and faculty’s work on various client projects.
Lon H. Sherer, a violinist, conductor and professor emeritus of music at Goshen College whose unexpected loss of hearing in one ear led to a deeper understanding of teaching and learning, and to a widely read book about that professional journey, died at his home in Goshen on Saturday, June 9. He was 85 years old.
Goshen College’s Performing Arts Series will provide 11 world-class concerts during the 2018-19 series, bringing an incredible breadth of top-quality arts performances right to Goshen.
Four GC alumnae, Beth Gerig '84, Sophie Lapp Jost '13, Mariah Martin '16 and Sarah Schlegel '06, received graduate degrees from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary.
Goshen College has been chosen as one of 26 institutions across the nation to join the Consortium for Instructional Excellence and Career Guidance, a new initiative that will prepare faculty members to use evidence-based teaching practices shown to promote student success while embedding career guidance into their existing courses.
"Four weeks is a short time to establish relationships, gain trust, learn routines, and develop a rhythm, made even more difficult with a language barrier. My goal became, simply, to experience. I was not there to help, to make a difference, or to implement change–although, I hope I did some of that. I was there to learn how professionals in an understaffed and under-resourced hospital were doing what they could for the people of the region."
For the 22nd year, the Denver Business Journal honors its 40 under 40 award winners. This year, the DBJ asked honorees to share their blueprint for growth – words of wisdom that helped them flourish in their careers.
In presiding over his final commencement ceremony at the College, President Stephen C. Ainlay was selected to be the featured speaker by the Board of Trustees. He and his wife, Judith '75, will receive honorary doctorate of letters degrees.
