Around the world, at least one in three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime, according to the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the Center for Health and Gender Equity.
Five Goshen College student speakers will continue the college's near-century-old tradition by participating in the 2007 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Jan. 23 in Umble Center at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
They may be fictional ancestors, but the women portrayed in Chicago artist Preston Jackson's bronze sculpture exhibit, "Fresh from Julieanne's Garden," tell powerful stories of their lives during the eras of slavery, emancipation, Reconstruction and since.
With an impressive repertoire of both classical and contemporary music, The Emerson String Quartet will play at Goshen College Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall on Jan.19 at 7:30 p.m., as part of the Performing Arts Series.
Goshen College Music Department Chair and Associate Professor of Music John Graulty will present the first Faculty Showcase Recital of 2007 on Saturday, Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center's Rieth Recital Hall. Graulty, a clarinetist, will perform chamber music with fellow music department faculty and students.
A Goshen College English professor and poet has taken the shock and horror of the Oct. 2 Amish school shootings and transformed it into an evocative, deeply affecting work of reflection.
Asian-American painter, printmaker and performance artist Roger Shimomura is the Goshen College Art Department’s 2006 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist and will present several public programs on Nov. 15. At 10 a.m., he will speak in the Church-Chapel during convocation on “Return of the Yellow Peril,” about dealing with…
himomura is an artist whose work addresses socio-political issues of Asian-Americans specifically inspired by personal experience as a child held with his family in a “camp” during World War II and 56 years of diaries kept by his late immigrant grandmother.
(Sabbatical Exhibit) An exhibition of work created by Professor of Art John Blosser during his 04-05 sabbatical. Reception: Friday, Sept 30, 6-8 p.m.
John Running Johnson, sculpture Reception: Feb. 13, 2-4 p.m. John Running Johnson, a Michigan sculptor, works with wood and steel.
