Katie Sowers ’09 named head coach of the Italian women’s flag football national team – Ottawa University
FIDAF scored a victory by appointing Katie Sowers '09, a former coach in the NFL and the first woman to coach in the Super Bowl.
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John A. Lapp, former provost and academic dean, dies at 90
John A. Lapp, former provost and academic dean at Goshen College, died Dec. 5 at the age of 90 in Goshen. He served the college for 12 years, from 1972-1984.
Goshen College grad tends globally popular Merlin app – South Bend Tribune
Somewhere in prairies southeast of Goshen — newly restored fields in the early 2000s where the endangered grassland bird known as Henslow’s sparrow started to appear — Drew Weber’s childhood love of birding broke open like a tiny seed that had just germinated.
Ben Householter ’96 leads Marian High School boys soccer to state championship – South Bend Tribune
Marian secured a victory over Evansville Memorial to win the Class 2A title, the program's third overall.
Tony Janzen ’08 leads Bethany boys soccer team to first state championship – South Bend Tribune
The Bruins outlasted Forest Park in penalty kicks 3-1 to win the school’s — located just south of Goshen — first state championship in any sport.
Gina Leichty ’95 elected as Goshen’s first female mayor – WNDU
Leichty defeated Republican newcomer Benjamin Rogers to become Goshen’s first female mayor. According to the unofficial results, she won with 54% of the vote.
Peter Fairfield ’02: Part of the Eastern Mennonite School trio
During high school, Peter Fairfield '02, Dan Steller, David Wingfield, and Peter Fairfield were all in the same graduating class of ’98 at Eastern Mennonite School. Now, the three are part of a team racing against time to help preserve the Ojibwe language.
Emily Stutzman ’08: Building Humanity Into Online Dating on TEDx Talks
Knowing there has to be a better way than simply swiping left or right, Emily Stutzman '08 decided to bring community back to online dating, like how it used to be. Friends making recommendations and connections for other friends. And in bringing back community, she hopes to also bring back the humanity. She shared that idea in her TEDx Portland Talk.
Marisa Smucker ’94: An adoptee who invites others – Anabaptist World
Mission Network leader Marisa Smucker knows what it means to be welcomed into the household of faith.
Mario Wenger, retired professor of German, dies at 91
Marion “Mario” Wenger, retired professor of German at Goshen College, died in Goshen on September 21, 2023. He was 91 years old. Wenger was a professor at Goshen College for 25 years, from 1963 to 1988. He taught a variety of German and linguistics classes at Goshen, as well as spending time as the chair of humanities and of humane studies.