Goshen College’s treble voice choir, Voices of the Earth, will be joined by area high school high voice choruses for a day of rehearsals and workshops, culminating in an evening choir concert on Nov. 7. Voices of the Earth is directed by H. Roz Woll, assistant professor of music.
The Goshen College Symphony Orchestra, directed by Richard Brunson, will present its fall concert in Sauder Concert Hall on Friday, Nov. 3.
In this fall’s mainstage play, “Twelfth Night: Or What You Will,” the Goshen College Theater Department draws inspiration from post-punk youth culture in London, circa 1980, giving a new setting to the classic Shakespeare gender-bending romantic comedy. It will be performed on Friday, Nov. 10; Saturday, Nov. 11 and Saturday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 12 and 19 at 2:30 p.m. in Umble Center.
Jakyra Green, a senior majoring in education and English, is among the 10 finalists who will participate in the 37th annual Keating Writing Challenge in which the students have five hours to report and write a story. The contest, which draws top journalism students from across the state, will take place in Indianapolis on Nov. 3-4.
Goshen College senior Jakyra Green’s speech claimed first prize in Mennonite Central Committee’s binational intercollegiate C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest, after winning at Goshen College’s contest in February 2023. Green’s speech, titled “The Privilege of Peace,” focused on the illusion or privilege surrounding peace for Black people and their realities in America.
Goshen College will host a City of Goshen mayoral candidate forum featuring Gina Leichty and Benjamin Rogers on Thursday, Oct. 26 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Church-Chapel’s Fellowship Hall (1900 S. Main St., Goshen).
Goshen College is set to advance its commitment to fostering student success and reducing the equity gap, thanks to a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
During high school, Peter Fairfield '02, Dan Steller, David Wingfield, and Peter Fairfield were all in the same graduating class of ’98 at Eastern Mennonite School. Now, the three are part of a team racing against time to help preserve the Ojibwe language.
Knowing there has to be a better way than simply swiping left or right, Emily Stutzman '08 decided to bring community back to online dating, like how it used to be. Friends making recommendations and connections for other friends. And in bringing back community, she hopes to also bring back the humanity. She shared that idea in her TEDx Portland Talk.
Mission Network leader Marisa Smucker knows what it means to be welcomed into the household of faith.
