As a 17-year-old, Vern Swaback became an apprentice of renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, spending 22 years living and working at Wright's Taliesin home and office -- "a model of community where life and work were one." The greatest lesson he learned there from Wright was that "everything is artfully related and integrated."
There aren't too many opportunities to spend "A Night at the Opera" in small-town America. But on Feb. 6 and 8, Goshen College students will be performing scenes from six different operas, giving the audience a taste of opera's magic and an overview of how it has changed through the centuries.
A former associate of Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian, joined the Goshen College campus to celebrate the day set aside on campus and across the country to honor the late civil rights leader on Jan. 19.
For families of college-bound high schoolers -- or students returning to college -- the financial aid process can be confusing and difficult, but it should not be a barrier to the advantages that come with a college degree. College Goal Sunday can help make the financial aid process easy to understand and easy to complete, as well as make families aware of financial awards available to them that they might not have been aware.
February 2004 events at Goshen College Feb. 3 CANCELLED — Yoder Public Affairs Lecture: “Inside the Beltway: Political Pressures During a Presidential Election Year” by Bob Levey, at 8 p.m. in Sauder Concert Hall. Levey is a columnist for The Washington Post. 3 Taize Prayer Service at 9:15 p.m. in…
One of Latin America's leading quartets will be playing at Goshen College on Jan. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Sauder Concert Hall as part of the 2003-2004 Performing Arts Series, though the concert was nearly replaced with a backup group due to security clearance problems experienced by two members of the quartet.
The arched rafters of Goshen College's Rieth Recital Hall reverberated with life, laughter and hope as seven Mennonite poets gathered Jan. 13 to celebrate the newly published anthology of Mennonite poetry, A Cappella: Mennonite Voices in Poetry.
"It could very well be that someone in this audience today is going to stand at this podium someday, either as president here or in some other organization," Goshen College President Shirley H. Showalter said during her Jan. 9 spring semester opening address to campus, "What It's Like to Be the Boss."
Urban sprawl and development challenge nearly every community in America today. Former apprentice of renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright and founder of Swaback Partners architectural firm in Arizona, Vern Swaback has ideas that challenge the status quo about building communities with consideration for the environment, creativity and the highest design standards.
Goshen College will honor the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. by holding its 11th annual all-school Study Day, emphasizing the values and ideals that characterized King's work. On Monday, Jan. 19, the college welcomes Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian, a distinguished veteran of the civil rights movement and close associate of Martin Luther King Jr.
