What matters most: Sowing compassion
"As a college whose peacemaking roots run deep, naming one of our core values “peacemaking” seems obvious to me..."
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Expanding the sound pool: Celebrating Professor Emerita of Music Mary Oyer’s 90th birthday
"Mary Oyer’s passionate quest and openness to expanding the musical canon, the 'sound pool,' of the Mennonite church and of Goshen College to be more than mere perfect imitation will prove to be, in my estimation, one of her greatest legacies."
President Brenneman welcomes students with call to be compassionate peacemakers
Goshen College President James E. Brenneman opened the 2013-14 school year with an invitation to the campus to recommit themselves to being compassionate peacemakers.
President’s speech: “Sowing Compassion! On Becoming Compassionate Peacemakers”
Each year Goshen College spends an entire year focused on one of the five core values that lie at the heart and soul of our community life. . . becoming Christ-centered, passionate learners, compassionate peacemakers, servant leaders, and global citizens. Today, we begin a year-long workout about the meaning, the significance, and the consequences of living out the core value of “compassionate peacemaking.”
President’s sermon: “Love in the Clouds of Unknowing”
“You have held newborns in Nicaragua, taught English in Cambodia, served the deaf community in Peru, held basketball camps down the street. You have learned to live lives of service and learning on every inhabitable continent on earth. By my estimation, in the four years you were here at Goshen College, all students, along with faculty, staff, and administrators, showed God’s love for others with more than 60,000 service hours per year that you were here. You, my dear students, have embodied a ‘love that surpasses knowledge.’”
What matters most: the birds and the bees and passionate…learning
As a boy growing up in the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania, Merle E. Jacobs ’48 loved all birds but was obsessed with yellow canaries. From a pair, he eventually developed a flock of 67 canaries – all happily living inside his family’s home. Fifty years later, I had the privilege…
President opens school year by encouraging students to embrace God’s call and become passionate learners
Goshen College President James E. Brenneman opened the new school year with an impassioned call to action – that all Goshen students fulfill their God-given potential by becoming life-long passionate learners.
President’s speech: “On Becoming a Passionate Learner”
Goshen College President James E. Brenneman spoke during the opening convocation on Wednesday, Sept. 5.Photo by Jodi H. Beyeler. Related links: View photos from the 2012-13 opening convocation and Applause Tunnel. Read the press release about the convocation Fall Opening Convocation message, delivered by…
Goshen College appoints James Townsend as vice president for enrollment management and marketing
Goshen College President Jim Brenneman has named James Townsend as the college’s new vice president for enrollment management and marketing.
What matters most: Diplomacy as a radical calling
We kicked off the school year by focusing on the core value of Servant Leadership. Mid-year, we poured out our hearts and hammers to help Habitat for Humanity build a home for custodial staff member Eddie Mayorga and his family. As the year closed, we sent a new batch of Servant Leaders into the world as ambassadors of Goshen College.