Graduation is an accomplishment for the whole family | Jillian de Moya ’15 – The Goshen News
Jillian graduated from Goshen College with a nursing degree, and credits her children with getting her through the schooling.
Jillian graduated from Goshen College with a nursing degree, and credits her children with getting her through the schooling.
Eleven Goshen students traveled to a town called Tansen to work in a hospital with Nepali nursing students. They've been able to find out that many of their friends are safe, but their hearts ache to go back and help.
The city of Goshen is home to healthcare centers that not only practice top-notch medical care, but truly care for the community and all of its residents. IU Health Goshen has partnered with Maple City Health Care Center to provide affordable, integrated primary care to even more of the community.
Milo Albrecht, 93, only attended Goshen (Ind.) College for three semesters, but his nearly $2 million gift will give many Goshen College students the opportunity to stay longer. A regular donor to Goshen College, last month Albrecht donated $1.98 million worth of stocks to Goshen College.
GENEX Services, LLC, has awarded Goshen College $20,000 for scholarships in the nursing program.
Goshen College nursing students, with the help of a GC nursing alum, experienced the realities of nursing abroad and found new “sisters” during a May term class in Nepal.
On a class trip to study the Apostle Paul in Greece, an unexpected layover became a life-saving opportunity for GC students.
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.
When Isaac Steiner, 7, died on March 6, 2013, after a 21-month struggle with brain cancer, his parents, Rob and Sarah Steiner ’98, were devastated. Though the experience of Isaac’s illness was agonizing, the Steiners found that having meaningful nursing care made a difference. As a tribute to their son and his nurses, they recently established a scholarship for Goshen College nursing students in the hope that recipients will provide the same kind of compassionate care that Isaac received.