Top Goshen College stories of 2020
2020 marked one of the most unusual years in Goshen College’s 125-year history. The top stories of 2020 reflect new ways of learning, reasons for celebration, noteworthy achievements and more.
Read them here:
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Stories from the pandemic:
COVID-19 changed the way we did a lot of things. Here are some stories that illustrate how students and faculty got creative this year.- Students connect to the classroom from around the globe
- Fall mainstage goes interactive with Cymbeline: Interrupted
- Goshen College, ever singing: The show will go on, virtually
- ‘Walking in the World’ class takes on new meaning for students in quarantine
- Scattered around the world, astronomy students measure its circumference
- Virtual Interpreting: Sign language seniors regroup after COVID-19
- ‘GC Talks’ series provide virtual lectures and webinars
- Pandemic doesn’t stop International Student Club from raising funds, distributing scholarships
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GC offers new majors in public health, criminal justice and restorative justice
Visiting professor Brianne Brenneman holds a public health class outdoors in August. As the world changes, GC is on the front foot in preparing graduates to go out into the world to make a difference.
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Goshen College’s refreshed brand emphasizes ‘where everything connects’
This year we embarked on a journey to refresh our brand. After listening to you – alumni, current students, employees, prospective students and community members – we heard that Goshen College is a place where connections are made: personal, social, intellectual, spiritual and professional. -
New Center for Communication Studies opens in Newcomer Center
This fall the new Center for Communication Studies opened, bringing together all communication department extracurriculars - WGCS, Globe TV and The Record - in a new home in the west wing of the Newcomer Center. -
Rankings and awards continue to highlight GC’s strengths
- Goshen College remains in top 10 Midwest colleges in U.S. News & World Report rankings
- GC ranked #1 in Indiana and #5 nationally by Washington Monthly magazine
- Student Newspaper of the Year for the third year running
- Sixth state title as “Radio School of the Year”
- Five national first-place radio awards and a finalist for this prestigious Pinnacle Award.
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Doctor of Nursing Practice program celebrates its first graduates
The first graduates from GC’s first doctoral programs received their degrees this year. Meet these leaders in the medical field.
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Goshen College receives $1.2 million in grants from Lilly Endowment Inc. and Community Foundation of Elkhart County for community engaged learning
This year we received a Phase Two Charting the Future grant worth $1 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to be used toward developing a new centralized Office for Community Engaged Learning to further strengthen our student experience and to reach a wider student base, including adult learners, in the community.
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GC leads in the community
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GC celebrates its quasquicentennial: 125 years
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This year we said farewell to several beloved people in the GC community:
- Goshen College mourns passing of assistant baseball coach Doug Wellenreiter
- Anna Bowman, retired social work professor and a founder of women’s studies program, dies at 90
- Albert Meyer, former physics professor and advocate for Mennonite education, dies at 90
- Nick Lindsay, former assistant professor of English, dies at 92