MennoMedia appoints new executive director and publisher, Amy Gingerich ’99
The MennoMedia Board has named Amy Gingerich as the new executive director and publisher at MennoMedia and its book imprint Herald Press, effective early 2018.
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Campus farm enhances liberal arts education
Students studying the history of American food culture cross disciplines on campus and at the Merry Lea Sustainable Farm.
Teaching Tomorrow’s Designers: Anne Berry ’99 – Communication Arts
Teaching design is an opportunity to engage students on current issues and help them think about ways in which they too can use their creativity in socially responsible ways.
New Aschliman Peace Arts Collection honors the work of Kathryn Aschliman ’54
Kathryn Aschliman, professor emerita of education, taught in the Laboratory Kindergarten for 34 years, and now has a peace arts collection named after her.
Joseph Berry ’94 honored with Penn State’s Outstanding Science Alumni Award
Joe Berry '94 is a senior research scientist at the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) in Golden, Colorado.
Why Guarav Khandelwal ’01 decided to create an app following Hurricane Harvey
Guarav Khandelwal '01, the CEO of Houston-based technology company ChaiOne, developed the app Disaster Connect after Hurricane Harvey, to address disaster recovery needs around the world.
Professor Emeritus of Biology Jonathan Roth ’59: Labor of love – mcc.org
Providing access to clean water is a passion for MCC. It’s also a passion for supporters like Dr. Jonathan Roth. Through his company, Micrology Labs in Goshen, Indiana, Roth has donated hundreds of water test kits to MCC’s partners around the world.
Marvin Bartel finds inspiration in functional art
Bartel is a potter — but most of all, a maker. A creator. He is also a lifelong educator, retired from Goshen College in 2002.
Lisa Koop ’99: Border Patrol Arrests Parents While Infant Awaits Serious Operation – NPR’s All Things Considered
"I can't pretend to understand any reasoning that would have led anyone up the chain of command to think that Irma and Oscar were flight risks or dangers to the community or in any other way people who needed to be followed into a hospital in order to be placed in deportation proceedings," says Lisa Koop, a lawyer with the National Immigrant Justice Center. She will be asking an immigration judge in December to let the Sanchezes remain with their children in the U.S.
Get to know University of Alaska Interim Chancellor Sam Gingerich ’72
UAA's interim chancellor Sam Gingerich has made a career as a university administrator for more than 30 years.