Students using summer to gain experience through AmeriCorps
Goshen College students Suzanna Yoder and Diego Torres are spending their summer to gain experience through AmeriCorps at Boys and Girls Clubs in Elkhart County.
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Sculptures, turtles, documentaries and more: 2021 Maple and Hickory Scholars
This summer, 15 students participated in the Maple Scholars and Hickory Scholars, Goshen College’s eight-week, hands-on interdisciplinary summer research programs.
Prevention Intervention Network graduates see campus change
Prevention Intervention Network (PIN) is made up of Goshen College students who offer peer-led bystander education training. Since the program began in 2015, 83 students have gone through this training.
Dayna Baxter ’18 pilots program to pair social workers with law enforcement in her community
Dayna Baxter, a 2018 graduate of Goshen College with a degree in social work, is behind a new program that will pair social workers with law enforcement to support victims of domestic violence in South Bend, Indiana.
Anna Bowman, retired social work professor and a founder of women’s studies program, dies at 90
Anna Bowman, associate professor emerita of social work and director emerita of women’s studies, died Saturday, July 4, at her residence in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. She was 90 years old.
GC social work program named top 50 nationally
Goshen College’s social work program has been named among the top 50 social work undergraduate programs by the 2019 Social Work Degree Guide, an online resource for finding up-to-date information about educational and career options in social work.
Students spend fall break serving in Puerto Rico
Five Goshen College students traveled to Puerto Rico during fall break, Oct. 15-19, to serve with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in an area affected by Hurricane Maria in September 2017.
GC again named best school in Indiana for social work majors
For the second year, Goshen College is the top college for Social Work majors in Indiana, according to Zippia, a website that provides career information and tools for professionals across various industries
(VIDEO) Good of Goshen Special: Thank you, teachers!
Just in time for Thanksgiving, Goshen-area students, including two GC students, surprised their favorite teachers with letters expressing gratitude for the positive impact they’ve had on their lives.
Students offer bystander intervention trainings for campus and beyond
In the nearly three years since Prevention Intervention Network (PIN) began providing peer-led programming, they have trained almost the entire campus community － more than 800 Goshen College students, faculty, and staff － to be prosocial bystanders, and facilitate a regular fall and spring program with all outgoing students and faculty.