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Convocation: Study Service Term in Senegal, Summer 2016
Performing Arts Series: Che Melambo
The Argentine-based company Che Malmabo excites audiences through precise footwork and rhythmic stomping, drumming of the bombos, and singing and whirling boleadoras (lassos with stones on the end).
Spring Mainstage: Kindertransport
This production centers around Eva, a young Jewish girl who escapes Germany on the Kindertransport. Now an adult with a daughter of her own, Eva (now Evelyn) is haunted by her past and tormented by deep-seated fears from long ago.
Conference: Black, Brown, and Mennonite: Lessons from the Chicano, Puerto Rican, and Black Freedom Movements for the Mennonite Church
The conference titled “Black, Brown, and Mennonite: Lessons from the Chicano, Puerto Rican, and Black Freedom Movements for the Mennonite Church,” will be held March 30 through April 1, 2017 at Greencroft Goshen Community Center in Goshen, Indiana.
Performing Arts Series: tenThing
Formed in 2007 by Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth, the 10-member, all-female Norwegian brass band tenThing are rapidly establishing themselves on the international scene. tenThing will perform at Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall on March 31 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Performing Arts Series.
Opera Scenes
Reflections: The Music of J. Harold Moyer with the Sunflower Trio
Community partnership helps make college possible for more first-generation students
When Marlette Gomez graduated from Goshen College in 2013 with a degree in social work, she knew she wanted to focus her career on giving back to the immigrant or Latino communities. She now works as the college prep coach at Goshen High School, helping first-generation students make their college dreams a reality.
Reena Ramos ’18, ACRES member and former land management intern – ACRES Land Trust
Reena Ramos '18 worked as a land management intern for ACRES Land Trust, working with a botanist to inventory plants in Spring Lake woods and bog near Ft. Wayne, Indiana.