Ever wonder what you can do with a Goshen College degree? Wonder no more — we checked in with a few of our recent graduates to find out what they’ve been doing since graduation.
Menno Tea co-founders Hans Weaver ’13 and Niles Graber Alvarez ’14 are returning to their roots this summer with the grand opening of the Menno Tea Mint Farming Cafe in Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania.
Goshen College’s accounting program is consistently ranked among the best in Indiana. That’s why three of the top 10 accounting firms in the country come to campus every year to recruit GC students directly. Doug Nisley (GC ’80) is a partner at Crowe Horwath LLP, the 8th largest CPA firm in the country, and he consistently comes to Goshen College to recruit interns and employees for the firm. Why? “[Goshen College students] are very well-rounded people,” says Nisley. “[They] can do the technical side of the job … and also talk about other things in the world that your clients care about.”
“The students make all the decisions: accounting, marketing, purchasing, hiring, training, technology, business analysis – everything.”
Ken Hochstetler didn’t have a grand plan to come back to his hometown of Goshen.
Shawn Riegsecker, founder and CEO of Chicago-based tech company Centro, will present insights from his entrepreneurial journey during the Business Innovators Luncheon on Monday, April 6. Hosted by the Goshen College Business Department, the luncheon will take place in the Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall from 12-1 p.m.
Goshen College’s accounting program continues to rank as the #1 accounting program among private, Christian liberal arts colleges in Indiana. Based on the results of the Certified Public Accountant exam that all accounting graduates take, the Goshen College accounting program was ranked as the 12th best program in the nation in the small program category and the 3rd best program in Indiana for bachelor’s degree candidates.
How T-shirts, a Volkswagen van, and a mint tea blend changed the lives of three graduates: Niles Graber Alvarez '14, Corrine Graber Alavarez '13 and Hans Weaver '13
I felt that the culture and heritage at Goshen College would be very rich. I really liked that so I decided to go to school there and study computer science. My parents did not pay for school, so I had to be enterprising and start businesses to pay for tuition. I did everything from selling kitchen knives to delivering pizza. Ultimately, I had a startup in my senior year of college which I was able to sell when I graduated.
