Goshen College president opens school year with a call to embrace core values
Goshen College President James E. Brenneman called on students, faculty and staff Wednesday to embrace the college's core values and to work for the common good.
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President’s speech: “This We Believe…”
Opening convocation of the 2007-2008 academic year, delivered by Dr. James E. Brenneman, president of Goshen College, on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007 at the Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall.
Goshen College president commits to a ‘climate neutral’ campus
Goshen College plans to sharply reduce and eventually eliminate all of the college’s global warming emissions and is supporting more research and educational efforts to help stabilize the earth’s climate. President James E. Brenneman made that pledge on behalf of Goshen College by becoming a charter signatory to the American…
President’s speech: “Wake-Up, Goshen”
By President James E. Brenneman at the Goshen Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Feb. 7, 2007
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.
Goshen College unveils $12.5 million program for regional research, intercultural campus transformation and greater access for Latino and other minority students
Dr. James E. Brenneman, president of Goshen College, announced creation of the Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning at Goshen College. Lilly Endowment Inc. will fund the new center with a $12.5 million grant – the largest single grant Goshen College has ever received – which will focus on three areas: researching the resources and challenges that changing demographics bring to a rural Midwest community and to higher education, creating an intercultural learning environment to benefit all students and strengthening current efforts in recruiting and retaining regional Latino and other minority students.
Goshen College presidential inauguration highlights ‘growing wisdom and wonder’
The inauguration of Goshen College's 16th president, Dr. James E. Brenneman, filled a weekend with moments of great laughter, joy and celebration, but also of great ritual, worship and tradition.
New Goshen College president opens school year with words of welcome and grace
After receiving a standing ovation from a sanctuary filled with Goshen College students, faculty and staff, the incoming president, James E. Brenneman, opened the first convocation of the year by noting how the abundant grace of God has sustained and strengthened the college since its beginnings.
In year of leadership transitions, overall giving to Goshen College stays strong
In a year when Dr. James E. Brenneman was named president-elect and strong interim leadership both sharpened daily operations and prepared the way for a new administration, giving to Goshen College remained generous for the 2005-06 fiscal year, which ended June 30.