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Remembering resistance, 1960’s to today

By benjamin handrich • Nov 19th, 2009 • Category: news

J.R. Burkholder, professor emeritus of religion, along with members of the Peace, justice and conflict studies department, joined together with PAX club to hear stories of draft resistance last Saturday morning. The conference, titled "Resistance: Taking a Stand Against...

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Maple Scholars present research in Atlanta, Kokomo

By Katelyn Yoder • Nov 19th, 2009 • Category: news

Students who participated in the summer 2009 Maple Scholars program have recently presented their research at conferences in both Atlanta, Ga. and Kokomo, Ind. Beth Martin Birky, Professor of Women’s Studies, and Regina Shands Stoltzfus, Assistant Professor of Peace,...

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GC community collects stories from WWII veterans

By Laura Schlabach • Nov 19th, 2009 • Category: news

Dan Coyne, a Goshen College alumnus, traveled to a convention in DC in August with 34 World War II veterans, including his father, Frank. This convention, recognizing Elkhart County WWII veterans, led Coyne to instigate an ongoing collection of the oral histories of...

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Haarer seeks breath of God through radio, poetry

By Laura Schlabach • Nov 19th, 2009 • Category: lead, news

Carl Haarer, one of Boston’s top radio reporters, can play the guitar and piano, sing, write poetry and speak theology. He did all these things – and talked about journalism -- on Tuesday in his Umble Master Class keynote address. Haarer, who works for ...

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Nursing students make history administering H1N1 vaccines

By Alysha Landis • Nov 19th, 2009 • Category: lead, news

The last time it happened, it was smallpox and polio in the 1960s and 70s. Now, decades later, the public health system is back--the schools are giving mass inoculations—this time because of the H1N1. Six Goshen College students in the Community Health nursing...

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“As Purple is to Lavender:” Shands Stoltzfus presents doctoral work

By Kristen Ulery • Nov 19th, 2009 • Category: news

Alice Walker, author of the novel "The Color Purple," once said, “Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.” These words have guided the doctoral research of Regina Shands Stoltzfus, Assistant Professor of Peace, justice and conflict studies, who...

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Campus Conversation About National Anthem Continues

By Alysha Landis • Nov 11th, 2009 • Category: news

Last Wednesday, Nov. 4, over thirty students and faculty gathered for a town hall meeting in Newcomer to discuss the new proposal to allow an instrumental version of the national anthem to be played before sporting events. Carolyn Schrock-Shenk, associate professor of...

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An Alternative Health Method: Using Touch to Balance Energy

By Josh Delp • Nov 11th, 2009 • Category: news

The presentation began with what appeared to be a ping pong ball. Steve Woodward, the speaker for the evening, held it with two fingers and it began buzzing. The device used the person holding it to complete the electronic circuit between the power source and the...

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Ugandan Environmental Activist Addresses Students

By Laura Schlabach • Nov 11th, 2009 • Category: news

Sara Kaweesa, a creation care advocate from Uganda, spoke to students on climate change in the Communicating Across Cultures class on Monday evening. She is from the A Rocha Uganda Initiative, touring the midwest with Reverend Tafue Lusama, who is speaking about the...

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Gilbert Explores Coal Usage, Ancient Lighting

By Nate Day • Nov 11th, 2009 • Category: lead, news

Students were held rapt during Monday's convocation as Glenn Gilbert, Goshen College's Utilities Manager and sustainability coordinater, walked onstage wearing a conductor's hat and poured roughly fifty pounds of coal from a metal trashcan. He strode forward and...

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Draft Resisters from ‘69 to Reunite at PAX Conference

By Laura Schlabach • Nov 11th, 2009 • Category: lead, news

Draft resisters from the 1960s will congregate at Goshen College this weekend to discuss resistance and peacemaking in Saturday’s PAX sponsored conference entitled ‘Resistance: taking a stand against war, 1960s to today.” Draft resisters who were student leaders...

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Boston’s best: Carl Haarer, Radio Man

By Laura Schlabach • Nov 11th, 2009 • Category: news

Carl Haarer, award-winning reporter and radio poet for WBZ in Boston, is this year’s featured Umble Master Class speaker. He will be on campus on Monday and Tuesday next week to speak in classes and deliver the keynote address. The keynote address, entitled “Breathe...

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International speakers address climate at Goshen Theater

By Ross Weaver • Nov 4th, 2009 • Category: news

Saturday evening Reverend Tafue Lusama spoke at the Goshen Theatre, bringing a plea from his home country of Tuvalu for Americans to take action against climate change. Both he and Sara Kaweesa of Uganda are embarking on a speaking tour with Restoring Eden, a Christian...

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Sexual assault and domestic abuse recognized on campus

By Laura Schlabach • Nov 4th, 2009 • Category: lead, news

T-shirts fluttered in the breeze in Schrock Plaza this week, created by victims and friends of those who have suffered from sexual assault or domestic abuse. Goshen College recognized sexual assault and domestic abuse this week through the clothesline project, the...

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Jim Brenneman on why GC doesn’t play the national anthem at sports games

Nov 4th, 2009 • Category: news

The following is a letter from President James E. Brenneman to the Goshen College community on November 12, 2008. It is reprinted here in conjunction with the current administrative re-examination of Goshen College's policy of not playing the national anthem at sporting...

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