Rachaelann Klink ’20: A lesson in resilience
Goshen has taught me about resiliency - and when is it more applicable than now?
Archives for History Category
Shetler authors book on women’s generational ‘network of knowledge’ in Tanzania
Jan Bender Shetler, professor of history and director of international education at GC recently published "Claiming Civic Virtue: Gender Network Memory in the Mara Region, Tanzania" (University of Wisconsin Press, July 2019), looking at the history of the Mara Region through the stories of women.
Graduate Story: Rudi Mucaj: A future polyglot prime minister?
Rudin Mucaj, a history major and pre-law minor from Fier, Albania, will defer grad school for a year of voluntary service in Washington, D.C., and is exploring many options after that, including someday becoming president of Albania.
Joseph Hartman ’07 was first graduate from Southern Methodist University-Meadows with a Ph.D. in art history
In 2016, Joseph R. Hartman '07 became the first-ever student to graduate from Southern Methodist University Meadows with a Ph.D. in art history. He released his first book, "Dictator’s Dreamscape: How Architecture and Vision Built Machado’s Cuba and Invented Modern Havana" this month through University of Pittsburgh Press.
J. Mark Ramseyer ’76 awarded Order of the Rising Sun by Japanese government
J. Mark Ramseyer, Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies at the Harvard Law School, has been conferred with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, by the Japanese government. One of the oldest and highest national decorations, the award recognizes Ramsayer’s extensive contributions to the development of Japanese studies in the U.S. and the promotion of understanding of Japanese society and culture.
Grants provide renewal for faculty scholarship
Goshen College President Rebecca Stoltzfus introduced the new Faculty Renewal Grants, with the first round of proposals funded last spring.
Seven questions with Jennifer Graber ’95, author of ‘The Gods of Indian Country: Religion and the Struggle for the American West’
Jennifer Graber '95 is author of "The Gods of Indian Country: Religion and the Struggle for the American West" (Oxford University Press, 2018), which traces the struggle between Native and Anglo-American people over a 100-year period.
2018 Maple Scholars investigate mosquito genetics, interactive graphic novels, groundnut toxins and more
Thirteen Goshen College students participated in this year’s Maple Scholars research program, an eight-week program which gives undergraduate students the unique opportunity to create and present scholarly works.
Troy Osborne ’94, Anabaptist historian, named dean at Conrad Grebel University
Professor Troy Osborne '94, associate professor of History at Conrad Grebel University College and the University of Waterloo has been selected as Grebel’s new dean, beginning January 1, 2019.
Grant Miller ’13 chosen for Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics
Grant Miller '13 is one of 13 students chosen from across the world to participate in a two-week program in Germany and Poland this summer as part of the 2018 Seminary Program of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics.