Schwartzentruber, local cancer researcher and GC alumnus, to speak at Afternoon Sabbatical

Lecture: Afternoon Sabbatical – Doug Schwartzentruber
Date and time: Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010 at 1 p.m.
Location: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College Music Center
Cost: Free and open to the public

GOSHEN, Ind. – Dr. Douglas Schwartzentruber, medical director at Goshen Center for Cancer Care and 1978 Goshen College alumnus, will speak on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010 at 1 p.m. in Sauder Concert Hall, Music Center as part of the monthly Afternoon Sabbatical series. The event is free and open to the public.

Schwartzentruber was named to TIME Magazine's 2010 list of 100 most influential people in the world for his breakthrough study on a vaccine in treating skin cancer. The clinical trial was one of the first studies to prove vaccines might have a medical benefit against cancer. Schwartzentruber brought the clinical trial from the National Cancer Institute to Goshen Center for Cancer Care almost seven years ago, when he accepted the medical director position in his hometown of Goshen, Ind.

Goshen College's Afternoon Sabbatical program is in its 33^rd year of offering rich diversity in programs for the community. A committee of area representatives and college personnel consider the knowledge and talent at Goshen College and among Elkhart County citizens and aim to select programs that will appeal to a wide variety of interests. The program encourages the idea that people need a sabbatical from their daily lives to rejuvenate their minds and spirits.

Afternoon Sabbatical programs are usually on the second Tuesday of the month at 1 p.m. in Sauder Concert Hall or the College Church Fellowship Hall and are free and open to the public. For more information on the Afternoon Sabbatical series call the Goshen College Welcome Center at (574) 535-7566. 

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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