New housing approved to accommodate growth at Goshen College
Goshen College plans to begin the second phase of construction of a four-story apartment-style building later this year to accommodate growing student enrollment.
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Enrollment and retention continue to increase at Goshen College
As the spring semester began, 934 students were enrolled in all programs at Goshen College compared with head counts of 870 for the spring semester in 2005-06 and in 2004-05, and 854 in 2003-04, according to Bill Born, vice president for student life and dean of students.
First-year international student calls for end to violence against women and wins annual college peace speech contest
Around the world, at least one in three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime, according to the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the Center for Health and Gender Equity.
Goshen College students to speak in annual peace oratorical contest Jan. 23
Five Goshen College student speakers will continue the college's near-century-old tradition by participating in the 2007 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Jan. 23 in Umble Center at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Goshen College announces Fall 2006-07 Dean’s List
Goshen College recently recognized 173 students for excellence in academics, on the 2006-07 fall semester Dean's List.
Brenneman honors legacy, values of Martin Luther King Jr.
Goshen College President James Brenneman celebrated the leadership, vision and ideals of Martin Luther King Jr. in three commentary columns published over the weekend in local newspapers.
Brenneman begins spring semester with call for resolutions, risk and seizing the moment
The year 2006 was a good one for new Goshen College President James Brenneman, he said during his opening convocation for the college's spring semester on Jan. 10. He noted, facetiously, that - like every other reader of the magazine - he was named "Time" magazine's Person of the Year for 2006.
Merry Lea hosts winter hike on Jan. 13
Northern Indiana may not have the sunniest climate or the deepest canyon in the world, but it boasts an asset many locales lack: four seasons. On Saturday, Jan. 13, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College will launch the first of a series of hikes showcasing Indiana
Professional children’s theatre group Asante highlights Goshen College’s 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Study Day Jan. 15
Goshen College will honor the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. by holding its 14th annual all-school Martin Luther King Jr. Study Day, emphasizing the values and ideals that characterized King's work, on Monday, Jan. 15. The theme for the day's activities will be "MLK and the Hip-Hop Generation: Bridging the Past and the Future." The college has again canceled all classes during the day, and all these events are open to the public.
Roger Shimomura
Asian-American painter, printmaker and performance artist Roger Shimomura is the Goshen College Art Department’s 2006 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist and will present several public programs on Nov. 15. At 10 a.m., he will speak in the Church-Chapel during convocation on “Return of the Yellow Peril,” about dealing with…