Learn more about Goshen College’s Center for Community Engagement.
This fall, Goshen College is offering a four-week evening advanced communication skills course taught by GC instruction teams that blend faculty and student expertise.
Goshen College has been awarded a $4 million grant from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA). The grant provides funding to renovate the college’s historic Westlawn Hall in order to triple the size of the college’s nursing program facilities and expand enrollment capacity.
Goshen College has received a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to be used toward developing and implementing summer camps for community youth.
Goshen College will offer a number of summer camp opportunities on campus for youth of all ages interested in athletics, science, music, technology and arts. For many of the camps, Goshen College will provide transportation between Elkhart and Goshen, as well as meals, and cost waivers for eligible households. Learn…
Community engagement is rooted in a place and in its people. While Goshen College may be more broadly known for our history of global community engagement, our local community engagement goes back to our founding in 1894 as the Elkhart Institute of Science, Industry and the Arts.
Whether volunteer or paid, in school classrooms or church basements, many GC students, faculty and alumni continue to invest skills and time to strengthen English language capacities among newcomers to Elkhart County and elsewhere.
Community engagement has been central to Goshen College since our founding, and our motto “Culture for Service” captures it well.
Beginning in January, Goshen College will introduce three levels of Spanish classes for adults, from beginner to conversational, with classes offered at convenient times on the Goshen campus during the evening.
WNDU catches up with some students and faculty who volunteered during Community Engagement Day.
On Sept. 22, first-year students participated in a day of service at with nonprofit organizations including LaCasa, Boys & Girls Club, Pathways Retreat Center, Soup of Success, Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Greencroft, MCC and on campus.
