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Bootstrapping a $7 Million Company in Houston: Gaurav Khandelwal ’01, CEO of Chai One

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.

Unique MBA program will shape leaders for the common good

Three institutions affiliated with the Mennonite Education Agency – Bluffton University in Ohio, Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia, and Goshen College – have joined forces to launch “The Collaborative MBA” to shape “transformative leaders.”

Goshen College students create plan for Florida Amish community

Each winter, as many as 3,000 Amish people from “up north” trade in their buggies for three-wheeled tricycles and join the small year-round Amish population in Pinecraft. Because of the spontaneous nature of Pinecraft’s growth, there are concerns about its safety, building permits, land use and ordinance codes. With the help of two Goshen College students and a recent graduate, these concerns are finally being addressed.

The numbers don’t lie: For Goshen College accounting students, experience means success

Three of the top 10 accounting firms in the country recruit students directly from Goshen College, as do regional and local firms. It helps that the college has one of the only regional accounting programs with a required, paid internship, which usually leads to a job offer.

Goshen College business students take top prize at MEDA competition, again

Goshen College business students won first place at the Student Case Competition during MEDA’s (Mennonite Economic Development Associates) annual convention in Wichita, Kan., on Nov. 9.

New Goshen College business team wins regional and national “Rookie of the Year” awards

A group of eight students formed a team through the international non-profit organization Enactus.

Goshen College accounting program ranked 10th best in the nation and 2nd best in Indiana

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) recently ranked the Goshen College accounting program as the 10th best program in the nation in the small program category and the 2nd best program in Indiana overall (just behind Notre Dame).

Goshen College offers new degrees for adults: social work and business administration

With classes beginning in January 2013, Goshen College is now taking applications for two new programs of study as part of an expanded educational offerings for adult students: a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work degree and the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree.

Goshen College takes top prize at MEDA Convention in student competition

At MEDA’s (Mennonite Economic Development Associates) annual Business as a Calling Convention in Niagara Falls in early November 2012, Goshen College business students won the Student Case Competition.

Goshen College ‘Lunch and Learn’ series to support and encourage administrative staff

This year Goshen College’s Center for Business and Entrepreneurial Education will continue its seven-week “Lunch and Learn” series targeted to administrative support staff looking to improve work habits and the work environment through lunchtime seminars in Goshen taught by experienced community leaders.