CANCELED: International Student Club coffeehouse
The International Student Club (ISC) has been cancelled due to Covid-19 precautions.
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Goshen College’s top scholarship recipients named for 2020-21
Goshen College has announced recipients and finalists of the school’s 2020-21 top scholarships for incoming first-year students.
Broadcasting students bring home five national first-place awards
Goshen College broadcasting students won five national first-place awards from 19 nominations at this year’s Intercollegiate Broadcasting System’s (IBS) Multimedia Conference on March 7 in New York City. The five first-place awards are the most by any college at this year’s competition.
New Sherer Competition established for high school violinists and pianists
The Sherer Violin and Piano Competition for Young Musicians, which will take place May 15-16 in the college’s Music Center, is open to violinists and pianists in grades 8-12.
Value in the challenge: Life as a first-generation student at GC
A record 36 percent of students at Goshen College are first-generation students, which influences Goshen College’s efforts towards enhancing the experience of first-generation students and working through specific challenges they face.
Michelle Alexander brings challenging message about the ‘New Jim Crow’
Writer and civil rights advocate Michelle Alexander, best known for her 2010 book “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” spoke to a packed house on Feb. 19 on the topic of mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness.
Sophomore Ronit Goswami wins 2020 peace oratorical contest
Goshen College student Ronit Goswami, a sophomore exercise science major from Goshen, won the 2020 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest and $300 in prize money on Feb. 18 with his speech titled “Finding Peace in the Trenches: The War on Homelessness.”
Students support the Elkhart County Food Council with real-world research
From food council research to on-the-ground food asset mapping, Goshen College students are teaming up with ECFC to promote healthier, sustainable food for everyone in the community.
60th Annual Concerto-Aria Concert to showcase six student musicians March 7
Six student winners of the 2020 Goshen College Concerto-Aria Competition will perform arias and individual concerto movements with the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra at the 60th annual Concerto-Aria Concert on Saturday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.
Goshen College’s Conference on Religion and Science will explore brain science and Abrahamic mindfulness
Registration is now open for the 19th Annual Goshen College Conference on Religion and Science, Mar. 6-8, 2020, featuring Dr. Michael Spezio, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at Scripps College in Claremont, California, and an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church.