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With 120 players participating in the competitive Chaffee County United Soccer Club, it might be easy to forget how soccer in Chaffee County was, not so long ago, small and divided. Coach Ben Oswald, an instrumental part of shaping youth soccer in Chaffee County, was recently named the 93rd inductee into the Colorado Soccer Association Hall of Fame. Oswald coached 40 years total.
A Goshen couple will soon celebrate eight decades of marriage.
The St. Olaf College Faculty Life Committee will present the 2024 Social Justice Award to Assistant Professor of Music Rehanna Kheshgi at an April 16 ceremony on campus. In accepting her award, Kheshgi will deliver a public lecture titled Creating Community through Sound: An Invitation to Pursue Social Justice Work Here and Now.
Goshen College alumnus Joel Jimenez '01 was recently honored as Backline Technician of the Year at the Country Music Association Touring Awards for his exceptional work as backline crew chief and guitar tech for renowned country music artist Thomas Rhett.
Britt Kaufmann '96 has her poem "Midlife Calculus" published in Scientific American.
Mennonite Mission Network Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of interim executive director Marisa Smucker as the permanent executive director, effective January 23, 2024. Smucker has served as interim executive director of Mission Network since March 2023.
As a child, I simply remember spending a lot of time creating — drawing, painting, making paper dolls and clothes, singing, etc.
Mary K. Oyer, professor emerita of music, died on January 11, 2024, in Goshen at the age of 100. Oyer taught at Goshen College from 1945 to 1987, during which time she developed a Fine Arts course that became legendary among students and was instrumental in bringing wide recognition and acceptance of the fine arts in a Mennonite liberal arts education.
Last November, Gina Leichty '95 became the first woman elected mayor of Goshen.
Everence Financial announced Rachel Swartzendruber Miller '02 as the organization’s new regional director for the western United States.
