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Our Common Work – by Prof Beth Martin Birky

I came to the Orlando convention for two reasons. The first relates to my work as a Goshen College professor: three recent Goshen graduates (Sarah Hofkamp, Laura Miller and Zachary Zimmerman) and I offered a seminar on the Bystander Intervention program we have developed at Goshen College. The second emerges from my role as a board member for Mennonite Women (MW) USA: I helped Marlene Bogard and the MW USA staff (Berni Kaufman and Katie McKinnell) celebrate the organization’s 100th anniversary.

Mark Daniels ’00, Michiana caricaturist catalogs memories, faces through his artwork – Michiana Life

Mark Daniels is a northern Indiana artist who turns 40 this summer. His entire adult life has been dedicated to painting and drawing, which he has done at the Goshen Arts Center for the past four years.

Trevor Commissaris ’16 reflects on first season of pro basketball abroad

Trevor Commissaris '16 landed an opportunity with ASD Polisportiva Alfa — an Italian Serie C club based in Catania, Sicily — averaging 10.6 points and 10.9 rebounds to help the team reach the league’s playoffs.

James Martin ’86: Let science be a springboard for politics

James Martin '86 is a chemistry professor at North Carolina State University, runs a research lab and serves as an elected official — as a board member on the Wake County Board of Education, the United States’ fifteenth-largest school system.

Deborah Scott ’01 named to “The EcoLeaders Top 50 Inspirations” – National Wildlife Federation

Let’s talk about church with Malinda Berry ’96: New podcast series

Malinda Berry '96, assistant professor of theology and ethics at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, explores what’s at stake and in store at the upcoming Future Church Summit in Orlando, Florida, next week.

Sophie Lapp Jost ’13: Fraktur as spiritual practice

Sophie Lapp Jost '13 sees fraktur as more than just a fun creative hobby; it’s become a spiritual practice.

Mary Oyer’s ’45 African music instrument donation helps Jean Kidula’s ’82 UGA students learn music, culture, history

Jean Kidula's '45 African musical instrument collection got quite a boost earlier this year when Mary Oyer '45, Kidula's former professor, gave her more than 70 African musical instruments the that Oyer had collected in trips to the continent.

Interview with author Anita Hooley Yoder ’07

Anita Hooley Yoder '07 is author of the new book, Circles of Sisterhood, which explores the history of Mennonite women’s groups.

Isaac Longenecker ’19: Face-to-Face with Fair Trade

Through his SST, second-year Goshen student Isaac Longenecker had the opportunity to meet, face-to face, makers working with Ten Thousand Villages fair trade partner Manos Amigas.