Don Blosser ’59: Let’s let Jesus speak for himself
Don Blosser is a retired Bible professor at Goshen (Indiana) College and a retired pastor. He is a member of Michiana Voices for Middle East Peace.
Archives for February, 2019
Insect populations in Michiana impacted by subzero temperatures during polar vortex
“A good aspect of a polar vortex is that it kills off bad insects like mosquitoes, for example,” said Dr. Andrew Ammons, associate biology professor at Goshen College.
Tony Hurst, adjunct professor, dies at age 75
Gerald R. "Tony" Hurst, an adjunct professor at Goshen College, died peacefully at the Greenhouse Village Strawberry Fields Home Thursday, Feb. 14, in Goshen, at the age of 75.
Chamber Choir and Orchestra to tour the Southwest Feb. 23 through March 1
The Goshen College Chamber Choir and Orchestra will spend their spring break touring and performing in churches in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona from Feb. 23 through March 1, 2019, with a home concert on Sunday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.
Conference to examine past, present and future of Study-Service Term, March 5-6
Goshen College will host a two-day conference examining the college’s transformative Study-Service Term (SST) program, to be held on campus March 5-6, 2019. This conference is free and open to the public.
Senior Emily Stoltzfus wins annual peace oratorical contest
Goshen College student Emily Stoltzfus, a senior social work major from Goshen, won the 2019 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest and $500 in prize money on Feb. 12 with her speech titled “Getting the Words Right: Rethinking our Measures of Education.”
Was J. Lawrence Burkholder ’39 Censored?
J. Lawrence Burkholder had a distinguished career as a Goshen College and Harvard Divinity School faculty member, and later served as president of Goshen College from 1971 to 1984. But despite all this, his publication output was fairly meager. One explanation for this, made frequently by Burkholder himself and repeated by many of his students and colleagues, is that he had been censored by the Mennonite establishment.
Against all odds: Demarcus Stuckey ’19 overcomes poverty, heart murmur to shine at Goshen
Goshen College senior Demarkus Stuckey has had to overcome poverty and a heart murmur to become one of the best players in the NAIA this season.
Katharine Hayhoe, evangelical Christian and climate scientist, to speak at Goshen College’s Conference on Religion and Science
The 18th Annual GC Conference on Religion and Science will feature Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist and evangelical Christian. Dr. Hayhoe will offer two free public lectures on Friday, March 29, 7:30 p.m.and on Saturday, March 30, 10:30 a.m. in Goshen College’s Church-Chapel.
Her family farm once belonged to the Kaw Indians. Florence Schloneger ’69 decided to pay them back.
When Florence Schloneger '69 sold her family farm in Kansas, she donated $10,000 – a portion of her earnings – to the Kanza Heritage Society to help preserve the heritage of the Kaw Nation, whose land the Gronemann family farmed.