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Dr. Owen Gingerich ’51 addressed the United Nations General Assembly to commemorate International Mother Earth Day
Dr. Gingerich, who is one of the world's leading astronomers and has an astroid named in his honor, delivered the opening address for a panel of scientists who discussed the impact of human activities on the earth. "We are at a perilous point where our knowledge, our powers and our masses have the newly acquired capability to irredeemably destroy our environment," Gingerich stated.
“At DOOR Atlanta, lunch comes straight from the garden” from Mennonite Mission Network
As youth come through DOOR Atlanta this summer, they’ll find something on their plates that you wouldn’t expect on a weeklong service trip: local, organic food. Tim Showalter Ehst, the interim co-director of DOOR (Discovering Opportunities for Outreach and Reflection) in Atlanta and a Goshen (Ind.) College graduate, is in the midst of planning and creating menus that will allow the DOOR staff to feed their young volunteers with healthy food grown around the city.
Goshen College graduate looks to a new year of seeking justice for refugees in Ecuador
GOSHEN, Ind. – The new year marked more than just a chance to reflect on 2011’s unkept resolutions for David Shenk. Looking back on the last year, the 2009 graduate of Goshen College has a lot to consider and process. Now, one year into his two-year term of working with…
Their love for their alma mater runs skin deep
For Daryl Groff ’83 and his daughter, Sara ’09, wearing a Goshen College T-shirt, scarf or hat isn’t enough to show how much they love their alma mater. Their love for Goshen runs skin deep — literally. Daryl and Sara both have GC tattoos.
Alumna pops up a new career rooted in Goshen’s values
Angie (Miller) Bastian ’83 and her husband, Dan, a former teacher, have built their former garage business into Angie’s Kettle Corn, a multi-million company rooted in the values of family, treating people fairly and giving back to the community. They sell their snack food in 50 states through such retailers as Costco, Martin’s, Target and Whole Foods.
A Goshen College family tradition born of love and faith
When I was growing up, an annual winter tradition for the Rohrer family was driving from eastern Ohio to Goshen to visit “the cousins” – those in the family enrolled at Goshen College. From an early age, these family trips imprinted on me that Goshen was family.
Two GC alumnae return for violin, piano recital in Rieth Recital Hall
Goshen College music alumnae Leslee Smucker '09, violin, and Anna Showalter '10, piano, will return to campus to present a music recital in Rieth Recital Hall.
Two recent GC grads lead Guam’s first-ever children’s deaf camp
Four years ago, Heather Zimmerman came to Goshen College from Guam to study American Sign Language. Now, she has graduated and is taking her passion for ASL to give back to the country from which she came.
Goshen College Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 7-9, features fun for all
Goshen College alumni and friends are warmly invited back to campus for Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 7-9.