Students study honeybees, racial identity, Latin American music and more in summer research program
This summer, 18 Goshen College students are participating in the Maple Scholars Summer Research Program.
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Wittrig named summer 2015 archival intern at MB Historical Commission
Liz Wittrig is the recipient of the Mennonite Brethren Historical Commission’s summer archival internship for 2015. The selection committee chose Liz from several strong candidates from Mennonite universities and colleges in the US and Canada. As intern, Liz will spend a total of five weeks visiting each of the MB…
May term courses a ticket to study abroad
Six international courses will take students across the globe to Nepal, Kenya, Greece, Italy, China, Spain and Morocco – and that’s doesn’t even include the summer Study-Service Term (SST) units in Peru, Senegal and Nicaragua that begin in May. Many of these classes are interdisciplinary and open to all students regardless of year or major.
History professor’s book makes appearance in Tanzanian music video – The Elkhart Truth
A new music video for “Historia” by Tanzanian R&B singer Lady Jaydee features the Goshen College history professor’s book, “Telling our own Stories, Local Histories from South Mara, Tanzania.”
22 students research alongside professors during summer
Twenty-two Goshen College students are spending their summer working with professors on various research projects during the college’s eight-week Maple Scholars program.
From the classroom to the colonies, students gain a new perspective on Anabaptism in Paraguay
During May term, Goshen College Professor of History John D. Roth led 17 students in an exploration of the different Anabaptist cultures of Paraguay. The class trekked from the capital city of Asunción to Mennonite colonies in the Gran Chaco and in eastern Paraguay during their three-week learning tour of the country.
Martyr stories still real, relevant
Process for new Martyrs Mirror begins
More than 35 people from seven countries gathered at Goshen College on August 5-8, for an international consultation on the theme, “Bearing Witness: A New Martyrs Mirror for the 21st Century?” Hosted by the college’s Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism, the international gathering explored the possibility of a major story-gathering initiative, focused especially on the theme of “costly discipleship.”
Fourteen students research alongside professors during summer
Fourteen Goshen College students spent the summer working with professors on various research projects during the college’s eight-week Maple Scholars program in June and July.
History professors’ essays featured in book on evangelicalism and Anabaptism
Goshen College Professors of History Steven M. Nolt and John D. Roth contributed essays to the book, "The Activist Impulse: Essays on the Intersection of Evangelicalism and Anabaptism."