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Joëlle Dussek ’05 is “Made in N.Y.”

“Abuse victims’ stories told as steps to heal are promised” featuring Rachel Halder ’10 in Mennonite World Review

In 2012 Rachel Halder was in the midst of the worst year of her life, getting therapy for abuse she experienced as a child. On a plane to San Francisco, she had a vivid dream of starting a blog for survivors of sexual violence to tell their stories. It didn’t feel like something she came up with on her own.

Joan Miller Block ’82, Hepatitis B Foundation co-founder, honored by the Centers for Disease Control Foundation

Righteous Among the Nations: Alumna and former professor saved Jewish children during Holocaust

Lois Mary Gunden Clemens, a 1936 Goshen College graduate and a French professor at the college from 1939-1941 and 1944-1958, was recently honored as "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem, Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Gunden Clemens is only the fourth American to be recognized with this prestigious honor.

“Kelly takes booming pipes to Schaumburg Boomers” about Benjamin Kelly ’13 in the Elkhart Truth

Benjamin Kelly has long had a desire to make his living as a baseball play-by-play announcer.

Sofia Samatar ’94: “Stranger Scripts” in Locus Online Perspectives

Samatar’s debut novel "A Stranger in Olondria" appeared in 2013. She began publishing short fiction in 2012, and so far her stories have appeared in Strange Horizons, Clarkesworld, and Apex, among others. She also publishes poetry and book reviews.

GC grad records album with top Denver musicians using funding support from community

Denver-based musician Rachel Eisenstat, a 2006 Goshen College graduate, is using her musical training from the college's Music Department to record her band Raven Jane’s debut album.

Kansas Bible Company releases new music, online video game

Kansas Bible Company, a group that got its start at Goshen College in 2008, has been getting a lot of attention lately.

“Our stories untold: Uncovering sexualized violence in the Mennonite church” in The Mennonite by Rachel Halder ’10

Before I clicked the enter button of my public Facebook status, questions plagued my mind: Was I really ready to talk about sex in a public space?

“Connected centenarian: A profile of Rachel Weaver Kreider ’31” in The Mennonite

Connections affect outlook. How people network varies during life’s decades. For Rachel Weaver Kreider, both ancestry and current experience prompt stories to retell.