‘This I Believe’ by Chase Snyder
Chase Snyder's "This I Believe" speech
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John Blosser: Retrospective Exhibit
John Blosser: Retrospective Exhibit John Blosser has taught in Goshen College’s Art Department for 10 years and before that at Hesston College for 20. This exhibit features the work he has done throughout his career as he nears retirement in 2011. There will be a reception for this show during…
New book offers first introduction to Amish spirituality and religious beliefs
On Oct. 2, 2006, the world was stunned by the killings of five Amish schoolgirls in a small schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa. Within hours, the Amish community forgave the gunman and rallied around his family. It was an act of compassion and forgiveness so powerful, so unbelievable, and for many, so questionable that it led three authors who know the Amish well to write a book about the role of forgiveness in Amish culture, "Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy."
New book offers Burkholder’s essays on ‘prophetic peacemaking’
Goshen College Professor Emeritus of Religion J.R. Burkholder's life and work as ethicist, church leader and social change agent spanned and influenced dramatic changes in 20th-century Mennonite peace theology and ecumenical engagements. A collection of 30 of his most insightful essays on pacifism, patriotism, public witness, Mennonite ethics, health care, stewardship, vocation, service and other issues of discipleship have been collected and edited into the new book Prophetic Peacemaking (Herald Press).
Grandmother’s Flower Garden: Floral Design in Mennonite and Amish Quilts
Antique and contemporary quilts by Mennonite and Amish makers, using both geometric and naturalistic flower motifs. The exhibit is a tribute to the traditional design known as “Grandmother’s Flower Garden” that has become one of the most popular patterns in the history of American quilt-making. Quilts will come from the…
Trading turf for prairie
A small corner of the campus has started to turn greener thanks to a student proposal and the care and involvement of a professor and a utilities manager.
Dick Lehman Reception
Dick Lehman Reception Reception for Dick Lehman whose exhibit has been in the Hershberger Art Gallery since June 13 and ends Sept 12. The exhibit is entitled: Collected Meanings: Japanese Pottery and Travel Stories.
Alumnus named one of the World’s Most Influential People for seeking cancer cure
TIME Magazine announced today that Goshen Center for Cancer Care Medical Director Dr. Douglas Schwartzentruber, a 1978 Goshen College alumnus, has been named to the magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, the 2010 TIME 100.
Susan and David Clayton
Susan and David Clayton Clay and Fiber Reception: Sunday, Feb. 19, 2-4 p.m.
Terry Evans, Chicago photographer, offers 2010 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist lecture
Evans has worked with aerial and ground photography to capture the prairies and plains of North America. More recently, she has explored the steel industry and working steel mills, as well as using photographs of the Greenland ice sheet to examine the scale of climate change.