Vicki Kirkton, director of the undergraduate nursing program, will share a family story of healing.

Led by Academic Dean Anita Stalter, Dean of Students Bill Born and Associate Academic Dean Ross Peterson-Veatch.Come lend your thoughts to 3 big questions:What should all Goshen College students know by the time they graduate?What should all graduates be able to do?What should all graduates feel responsibility for?

John L. Martin, director of the Department of Disabilities for the state of Ohio, and winner of the “Culture for Service” award.Other 2009 award recipients: Culture for Service (Galen D. Miller ’74) and Champions of Character (Marty Hess Kelley ’71 and Lynn I. Williams ’60).Following chapel, at 10:30 a.m., a reception for the award recipients will be held in the Church-Chapel Gathering Rooms.

Race & Reconciliation at Goshen College” by guest speaker Brenda Salter McNeil

Founder of youth Ministries for Peace & Justice, Bronx, New York

Alexie Torres-Fleming is founder of Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice in the Bronx borough of New York City.

Hymn sing chapel – a GC tradition!

Celebrating the learning of Maple Scholars–GC’s undergraduate research program, which offers summer opportunities for students to collaborate with professors on research projects.At this convocation, we will hear about two 2009 projects: one in environmental science (Jeremy Good, Adie Gerig and Prof. Ryan Sensenig) and one in women’s studies (Rachel Halder and Prof. Beth Martin Birky).

Associate Dean Ross Peterson-Veatch and others will explore campus diversity, unity, and how we support each other’s learning at GC.

This is our final chapel service of the school year. It will be led by students in the “Preparation for Inquiry Program” class. These students will be spending their summers in various ministry, service, and camp opportunities. They will be blessing us off to our respective summer plans, as well as a farewell to those graduating.

Bishop John D’Arcy, the Roman Catholic bishop of the Fort Wayne – South Bend Diocese, will offer greetings to our campus with the theme of “Easter Peace.”

Seniors Jesse Shaver, Bethany Loberg, and Abri Houser share their statements with the campus.

Come hear Seniors Lydie Assefa and Bryce Bow share how their faith has been shaped while students at Goshen College.

Come on out to sing some of the “favorite hymns” of GC students.

The first ever Honors Convocation, celebrating student achievement in academic study and co-curricular activities.