Organist Jonathan Wessler to perform March 3 recital
Jonathan Wessler, an accomplished young organist from Cambridge, Mass., will present a concert of organ music in Goshen College’s Rieth Recital Hall on Sunday, March 3 at 4 p.m.
Jonathan Wessler, an accomplished young organist from Cambridge, Mass., will present a concert of organ music in Goshen College’s Rieth Recital Hall on Sunday, March 3 at 4 p.m.
On a typical weekday during the semester, about 75 to 100 pounds of food waste is produced in the college’s dining hall. Because of student commitment and ingenuity, that waste is now turned into compost, which is used as a natural fertilizer in a small garden, eventually producing vegetables and herbs for meals to be served to students.
The Goshen College International Student Club (ISC) will offer dinner and a show during their annual ISC Coffeehouse on Saturday, March 9.
Trumpeter and 1986 Goshen College alumnus Dr. Martin Hodel will return to campus on Friday, Feb. 22 to perform a visiting artist recital with retired Goshen College Professor of Music Dr. Marvin Blickenstaff. The recital begins at 7:30 p.m. in Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College Music Center.
Five Goshen College student speakers will participate in the college’s 2013 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Tuesday, Feb. 19 in Umble Center at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Part of the task of an assessor is to review blueprints of buildings that are under construction in an attempt to calculate an estimated value prior to the building being completed. One of my first blueprint reviews was that of the Music Center at Goshen College. There were more than 30 pages of blueprints with every detail itemized: plumbing, electrical, floors, walls, ceilings and even the parking lot with appropriate landscaping. The review of the plans took more than a week, during which time it became crystal clear that this was going to be an exceptional facility.
Goshen College Theater Department’s 2013 Winter One Acts will have variety, featuring a man who believes he is Edgar Degas, a soldier returning home from Afghanistan and a stop-motion film.
Paintings by Abner Hershberger, Emeritus Professor of Art at Goshen College, that explore historical Mennonite and agrarian themes by manipulating images from the family photo album. Small black and white photos were enlarged to provide industrial-sized negatives, which allowed life-size images to be screen-printed on individual canvases. Completed in 1996-97,…
The Goshen College Choirs will welcome the Fairfield High School Concert Choir to the Sauder Concert Hall stage in the Music Center to perform scenes from various operas throughout music history in their winter concert on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Professor Emerita of Nursing Anna Frances “Fran” Wenger, 79, died on Feb. 2, 2013 in Goshen after a four-month battle with cancer.