Wilma Marie Springer ’56 presented with Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who
Wilma Marie Springer '56 received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award after 45 years of teaching.
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Vibrant People of Elkhart County: Ben Hartman ’01
Ben '01 and his wife Rachel Hershberger '99 own and operate Clay Bottom Farm in Goshen. His book “The Lean Farm” is gaining a lot of attention in both the farming and business worlds.
Joanna Osborne Masingila ’82: Seeing with new eyes
As she’s moved through life and her career, Joanna Osborne ’80 Masingila, a mathematics and mathematics education professor and dean of the School of Education at Syracuse (N.Y.) University, she has remembered God’s call for her to open her eyes and remained receptive to the opportunities and experiences placed before her.
Jay Smith ’74 offers secrets to longevity, excellence
Jay Smith '74 is retiring as a high school basketball official after 48 years, having been named the IHSAA Outstanding Girls Basketball Official in 2001 and the same for the boys in 2010. In 2009 he was awarded the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Circle Center Award, and in 2015, he was awarded the Mildred Ball Award for excellence in basketball officiating.
Riding school teaches students to master selves while bonding with horses
Kristen Savage '12 founded the Savage Riding Academy in Goshen, combining her love of horseback riding with her training and skills as a teacher.
Brooke and Justin Rothshank ’00 explore ‘Tiny Gratitudes’ via paint, pottery
For a year, Justin and Brooke Rothshank worked alongside each other as spouses, as artists, exploring gratitude.
Lotus drops new album and studio documentary ‘Frames Per Second’
Lotus, which includes former GC students Jesse Miller '02, Luke Miller '02 and Mike Rempel, released their new album, Frames Per Second, on Dec. 5. The all-instrumental 19-song studio album and accompanying documentary aims to showcase Lotus in a pure, raw form performing live in the studio.
Joyce Hooley ’78: From U.S. pediatrician to traveling “trailing spouse” in midlife
Joyce Hooley recounts her experience of following her husband abroad with the Peace Corps, her struggle with uprooting her home and career in midlife and her change in identity in her new book: Outside My Skin: My Midlife Detour as a Trailing Spouse in Ghana.
D. Paul Miller ’47 lived 101 years of life to the fullest
D. Paul Miller '47, 101, Normal, Illinois, passed away Nov. 3, 2018. He is a retired chair of Illinois Wesleyan’s sociology department, known for his physical fitness, winning hundreds of state and national senior olympics medals. His memoir is titled "From the Dust Bowl to the Corn Fields."
J. Mark Ramseyer ’76 awarded Order of the Rising Sun by Japanese government
J. Mark Ramseyer, Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies at the Harvard Law School, has been conferred with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, by the Japanese government. One of the oldest and highest national decorations, the award recognizes Ramsayer’s extensive contributions to the development of Japanese studies in the U.S. and the promotion of understanding of Japanese society and culture.