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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
Globe TV is designed to give students more hands-on experience. It merges television and radio programs under one banner, launching a new website and video platform to showcase the content from both.
With the support of her husband Zach, Leah took a bold step and started Goshen Youth Arts, a not-for-profit organization that gives young emerging artists the tools and training to make serious art.
Rose Hutchinson is the oldest living Goshen College Alum. She was born in 1913 and graduated with the Class of 1935. At the age of 105, she is still an active member of her church and community.
Students in Merry Lea’s Master’s in Environmental Education program discuss vexing social problems in their Environmental Issues and History class. They prepare presentations on topics like micro-plastics and nuclear disasters. All the same, students say they find hope in the course.
On their ninth album, the local folk music duo of Jan Garrett and J.D. Martin are searching for hope to combat our troubling times.
