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November 30, 2011
“Goshen Graphix” book release at First Fridays
A collection of student graphic novels will be released on Friday at Better World Books. The...
News • first fridays • Writing
November 30, 2011
Health clubs collaborating for AIDS awareness
Music, stories and free homemade desserts will be in Java Junction to bring awareness to World AIDS...
November 30, 2011
For the Record 11
And we’ve come to the final days of the semester. This fall will be remembered most vividly for...
November 30, 2011
Help one of our own get their home, sweet home
This may not be your traditional Mennonite “barn-raising.” Goshen College agreed to help...
November 16, 2011
Degree partnership with Ivy Tech possibility for 2012
Students who want to come to Goshen College but can't due to the cost will hopefully have another...
November 9, 2011
Strengths and concerns regarding the new hiring policy
Goshen College is not the only Mennonite college without a Mennonite faculty ratio requirement....
November 2, 2011
Mennonite faculty religious requirement will be dropped
The Goshen College board made a decision to drop the Mennonite religious requirement in the faculty...
November 2, 2011
For the Record 8
As the municipal election day gets closer, candidates and their political parties are entering into...
October 26, 2011
For the Record 7
Awareness weeks are important. Even though it may seem like they happen often, these weeks shine a...
October 26, 2011
Dealing with Jim Miller’s death
Time and community will heal the wounds inflicted on the Goshen College community after Jim Miller'...
October 12, 2011
Upcoming memorials for Jim Miller
If anyone is interested in participating in memorials for Jim Miller here is a list of places and...
October 12, 2011
For the Record 6
In the process of writing an article that tries to convey who Jim Miller was, I felt sad that I...
October 12, 2011
Students, faculty remember caring mentor
Ask any question to James Miller, and even if he didn't know the answer immediately, a few days...
October 9, 2011
Tragic loss for the Goshen community
Goshen College mourns the death of Dr. James Steven Miller, biology professor for 30 years, who was...
October 5, 2011
Creating community around a canvas
Anyone could have grabbed a marker, colored pencil or crayon and contributed to the large poster in...
October 5, 2011
Blood drive on Friday
The American Red Cross will be in the Union Gym on Friday for their biannual blood drive. Even if...
September 28, 2011
New general education plan approved
In four years, Bio World, Reading the Bible and Literature and Writing will no longer be taught at...
September 28, 2011
For the Record 4
As I wrote about the new general education program, I kept thinking how I wished I could come to...
September 21, 2011
For the Record 3
A news story that has been on my radar for the past few months is that of seven Mississippi teens...
September 14, 2011
Award-winning Mennonite poet performing on Friday
Julia Spicher Kasdorf will present a poetry reading from her new collection on Friday at 7:30 p.m...
News • Mennonite • performing arts • poetry
September 14, 2011
For the Record–9-15-11
Listening is something we do every day, but how many of us are good at it? At both of Anna Deavere...
September 7, 2011
College count stands at 945
Enrollment stands at 945 students this year, down slightly from 960 a year ago. With the end of...
September 6, 2011
For the Record–09/08
Welcome (back) to Goshen College. After a few months of emptiness, the life-giving energy of...
April 21, 2011
Maple Scholars anticipate summer research
While most students don’t see Goshen during its most beautiful time of year, 16 students will get...
April 14, 2011
How to turn the campus into a fairway
Now that it’s springtime in Goshen, you’ll probably start noticing groups of students wandering...
April 7, 2011
Coast-to-coast with two wheels and a hammer
The distance: 3600 miles. The time span: nine weeks. The mode of transportation: a bicycle. Look out...
March 31, 2011
Menno Tea: Brewed for culture
A minty smell wafted through the connector Saturday afternoon as Java...
March 23, 2011
College tuition: you may have more help than you think
Financing your college education doesn’t have to be between you and a bank anymore. With the...
February 24, 2011
Bienvenidos a Spanish Café
If you hear Spanish “jaja’s” floating through the air in the third-floor connector on Tuesday...
February 10, 2011
ABC’s “Secret Millionaire” targets alumni’s organization
Volunteers and students at Urban Faith Works, a small non-profit organization in Gary, IN,...
February 5, 2011
Venues for on-campus spirituality thrive
Although Goshen College is a Christian school, students ultimately choose the spiritual experience...
Features • Campus Life • Faith
May 15, 2010
Schwartzentruber honored as 100 Most Influential
In May 2009 Dr. Doug Schwartzentruber, medical director of the Goshen Center for Cancer Care and a...
April 8, 2010
Goshen College: A Fashion House?
If you come across a Maple City Shirt Company men’s work shirt, keep it. It is one of the...
March 25, 2010
New! Fun and games at the library
For those of us who are board or card game aficionados or just bored on a Saturday afternoon, the...
March 5, 2010
Brazilian Adventures for GC Student
In October of 2008, instead of heading to college like a lot of his friends, David Graber, a first-...
February 18, 2010
“Culture for Service” bringing new life to kidney failure patient
When the Goshen College administration came up with the motto “Culture for Service” I bet they...
January 20, 2010
Overcoming the Winter Doldrums
Now that the initial excitement of the new semester has worn off and the reality of winter life in...
January 20, 2010
AVI steps up to student requests
Among the changes that come with a new semester, students may have noticed a few at the Westlawn...
December 2, 2009
After three years, second S.S.T. unit to Cambodia to depart in January
This spring, a group of 21 students will travel to Cambodia for the second ever Study-Service Term (...
October 28, 2009
Wise unmasks white privilege
How are a 36-hour-old pot of rotting gumbo and white privilege alike? “It doesn’t matter who...
News • convocation • Race
September 23, 2009
New director leads domestic Study-Service Term
The planning for the new domestic S.S.T. is well underway. Anayeli Juarez, the recently hired...
September 16, 2009
Puerto Rican telenovela actor a student at GC
Rosario played the role of Omar, a drug dealer whose bad influence led the wealthy main characters...
Features • film • performing arts • theater