The groundbreaking shovel holders in front of historic Westlawn Hall. Left to Right: Jeremy Corson, Resident Director, AVI Food Systems (Goshen College’s dining provider); Bruce Stahly, chair of the Goshen College Board of Directors; Gina Leichty, Mayor, City of Goshen; Emily Perez, senior nursing student, Salem, Oregon; Jadyn Good Kaufmann, Senior nursing student, Goshen, Indiana; Tia Robinson-Cooper, Chancellor, Ivy Tech Community College South Bend-Elkhart; Rebecca Stoltzfus, President of Goshen College; Nelson Kemboi, senior nursing student, Eldoret Rift Valley, Kenya; Randy Christophel, CEO of Goshen Health; Julie Crossley, Chief Nursing Officer of Goshen Health; Jewel Yoder, Prof. of Nursing, and the chair of the Department of Nursing; Pete McCown, President, Community Foundation of Elkhart County; Adam Tohulka, DJ Project Executive; Brian Mast, GC director of facilities and GC project manager
On Friday September 1, 2023, Goshen College celebrated the groundbreaking of the Westlawn Renovation Project, signaling the start of construction. This renovation will allow Goshen College to grow its nursing and public health programs in state-of-the-art learning spaces, as well as provide enhanced dining services and indoor and outdoor gathering spaces that serve the entire campus. Renovations are expected to be completed by early 2025.
Westlawn renovation groundbreaking event: Goshen College President Rebecca StoltzfusBrian Mast, GC director of facilities and GC project manager Jewel Yoder, Professor of Nursing and the chair of the Department of Nursing and Public HealthGina Leichty, Mayor of the City of Goshen and 1995 GC graduateJoe Springer, curator of the Mennonite Historical Library, talks about the history of the building and its original groundbreaking in 1951Westlawn Hall’s cornerstoneGC staff and community members breaking ground for the Westlawn renovations, Sept. 2023project renderingsGoshen College President Rebecca Stoltzfus and Tia Robinson-Cooper, Chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College South Bend-ElkhartCurrent nursing students take their turn with the shovels at the Westlawn renovation groundbreakingGC President Rebecca Stoltzfus (center) talks with Randy Christophel, CEO of Goshen Health, and Gina Leichty, Mayor of the City of GoshenTia Robinson-Cooper, Chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College South Bend-Elkhart; Gina Leichty, Mayor of the City of Goshen; Nick Kieffer, president of the Goshen Chamber of Commerce; and GC President Rebecca StoltzfusPete McCown, President of the Community Foundation of Elkhart County, talks with Bruce Stahly, Chair of the GC Board of Directors, and with Nick Kieffer, President of the Goshen Chamber of CommercePresident Stoltzfus being interviewed by ABC57
