Terry Evans Chicago artist photographer Terry Evans is the Goshen College Art Department’s 2010 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist, and will offer a public lecture, “Now and Then,” in the Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall on Sunday, Feb. 7 at 2:30 p.m., with a reception following. The presentation is free…
Seven Goshen College students will speak Tuesday, Feb. 9 about issues of peace and justice for the annual C. Henry Smith Oratorical Contest.
During Goshen College's 17th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Study Day on Monday, Jan. 18, the life and legacy of Dr. King's emphasis on making peace will be celebrated through music, poetry, prayer, story-telling, a town hall discussion and a workshop. As the college cancels daytime classes so that students can participate fully in the events, the public is also invited.
Kelsey Shue's "This I Believe" speech
It was the height of the Vietnam War and the U.S. military draft; Woodstock was taking place in New York; and it was also a turning point for the Mennonite peace witness. The year was 1969.
Brett Bridges' "This I Believe" Speech
The public radio station in Elkhart, Ind., WVPE-88.1 FM (www.wvpe.org), has selected essays by three Goshen College students to air the Tuesdays between Nov. 17 and Dec. 1 on the "This I Believe" segment of its program. All of the pieces are scheduled to air at 7:35 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m.
How do the practices, habits and routines of worship form Christian -and specifically Mennonite- identity? Goshen College Professor of History John D. Roth explores these questions in his new book "Practices: Mennonite Worship and Witness," (Herald Press, 2009). "Practices" is the final book in his three volume series on Mennonite identity in the 21st century.
Goshen College's graduate program in nursing has only been around for two years, but already the first class of graduate nursing students will receive a master's degree from an accredited nursing program next year.
With the help of Goshen College librarians, more peace is now available around the world- at least in the form of online documents related to peace studies.
