Six Goshen College students will be exploring themes of peace as they participate in the college's annual C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest. The contest, to be held in the Goshen College Umble Center on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m., gives students the opportunity to get involved in a peace cause as they each deliver an eight- to 10-minute extemporaneous speech.
Having been involved in Mennonite education nearly his whole life -as a student, parent and professor- Goshen College Professor of History John D. Roth knows the subject of his new book, Teaching that Transforms: Why Anabaptist-Mennonite Education Matters (Herald Press, February 2011), quite intimately.
Two Goshen College journalism students were recently awarded top honors in the collegiate division of the Hoosier State Press Association's annual journalism contest.
Goshen College recently recognized 211 students, for excellence in academics, on the 2010-11 fall semester Dean's List.
As a biology and environmental science professor, Ryan Sensenig knows that his students need to learn more than how to use a microscope or all of the scientific names of the plants they are studying.
As a group of 19 Goshen College students prepared to depart for a semester of study and service in Egypt on Sept. 2 -- the first time the college has sent a group to the Middle East -- President Jim Brenneman offered them words of encouragement: "This is a historic moment. A little over two years ago we had this dream that one day Goshen College students would be able to bridge that great divide between ... the Muslim and the Christian worlds. ... It's an opportunity of a lifetime for you all," he said. "As-salaamu Aleikum (Peace be unto you)." After a second, the group of students replied, "Wa-Aleikum As-salaam (And unto you, peace)."
Sometimes you don't have to travel thousands of miles in an airplane over oceans to truly encounter another culture. Sometimes you just have to cross the street.
Goshen College recently recognized 293 students, for excellence in academics, on the 2009-10 spring semester Dean's List.
Goshen College recently recognized 226 students, for excellence in academics, on the 2009-10 fall semester Dean's List.
How do the practices, habits and routines of worship form Christian -and specifically Mennonite- identity? Goshen College Professor of History John D. Roth explores these questions in his new book "Practices: Mennonite Worship and Witness," (Herald Press, 2009). "Practices" is the final book in his three volume series on Mennonite identity in the 21st century.
