The Goshen College men’s cross-country team has opened the season ranked 16th in the NAIA Men’s Cross-Country Coaches’ Top 25 Rating, their highest ranking since 2023.  After finishing 17th in last year’s final standings they look to continue climbing the rankings with the addition of nine new first-years and five transfers.  Rustin Nyce, the team’s head coach, said that the runners were “just focused on their individual growth.” “I don’t think anybody said anything about their rankings, really … it’s not something that we think about often,” Nyce said.  Lisa Voyles, the team’s associate head coach, spoke similarly about their...

By Jonas Wyse • September 10, 2026 • Sports

The Goshen College Center for Health and Wellness recently expanded their medical and mental health services for students. Along with GC’s long term partnership with Goshen Family Physicians that has served as the college’s primary medical care for students since 2014, two formal agreements with Maple City Healthcare Center and Center for Healing and Hope have been finalized. Both of these partnerships aim to provide affordable and easily accessible healthcare for GC students.  Patty Hartshorn, director of health and wellness and Title IX coordinator, shares what prompted these new health service expansions. “When I arrived two years ago, we did...

By Hannah Smith • September 10, 2026 • Features

A choir from Goshen College traveled to Spain and Portugal for a tour this summer. From June 9-18, the group of 33 singers toured throughout the Iberian Peninsula, performing in Madrid, Spain; Seville, Spain and Batalha, Portugal.  The choir consisted of current students, faculty and alumni who performed a program entitled “Joy, Peace and Love.” The tour was organized by Marcia Yost, former director of the arts. The choir was led by H. Roz Woll, associate professor of music and Scott Hochstetler ’97, professor of music.  Because the group was open to any students or alumni, it required a mixed-voice...

By Anton Alstrom-Brookhyser • September 10, 2026 • Arts

Jesse Loewen ’17 and Isacc Hernandez ’13 departed the Goshen College Academic Success Center after 13 years of service between them. Loewen has joined Duquesne University’s School of Nursing as a student success coach and Hernandez has returned to his hometown of Nampa, Idaho.  Loewen, who attended Bethany Christian High School and played soccer at GC, was on campus for over a decade. He believes that now is the correct time for him to move on. “I’m just at a time of my life where, it’s like, do it now or just find yourself here for another year,” he said....

By Liam Shaw • September 10, 2026 • Features

Samuel Klopfenstein, a senior biochemistry major, qualified in July for the Ironman 70.3 triathlon world championships.  Klopfenstein is a triathlete who, since 2021, has been competing in and heavily training for sprint, Olympic and Ironman 70.3 triathlons, the last of which are commonly known as “half Ironmans.”  His first race was in 2019, at the Rock the Quarry sprint triathlon in Goshen. He signed up with his father, who was a triathlete himself. “The reason that I got into triathlons was my dad,” Klopfenstein said. “As a kid, we would get up at the crack of dawn … and drive...

By John Eash-Scott • September 10, 2026 • Features

Jessica Baldanzi, professor of English, had the chance to publish one of her poems in the North American Review over the summer.  Since its foundation in 1815, the North American Review has been one of America’s most prominent literary journals. Mark Twain, Margaret Atwood and Walt Whitman are among the writers that have been published by the journal in its 211-year history. Thomas Jefferson was an early subscriber of the publication.  Baldanzi’s poem, titled “Respects,” is a work in conversation with Seamus Heaney’s 1966 work “Mid-Term Break.” In the work that inspired Baldanzi, Heaney writes about the experience of losing...

By Teo Kingsley • September 10, 2026 • Arts

On Aug. 27, The Crossroads League Council of Presidents announced that Manchester University has accepted an invitation to compete in the Crossroads League pending approval from the NAIA. Should they be accepted, they will join the conference for the 2027-28 school year. MU was previously a member of the NCAA and competed in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. President of Goshen College, Rebecca Stoltzfus, serves as the Chair of the Crossroads League Council of Presidents. Stoltzfus welcomes the expansion of the conference. “I think from the perspective of the Crossroads League, we are attracted to the idea of adding one...

By Liam Shaw • September 10, 2026 • Sports

G’day and vie bischt du and welcome back to campus for the new year!  We are Nathan and Zeke, the funnies editors for this semester and your favourite Aussie and Amish duo on campus.  This week, we are here to give you a couple tips and tricks to make the most of the fall at the big GC. So grab your horse, hook up your buggy and get ready for a wild ride.  The most important thing to know about campus is where the best watering hole is, and there is nothing better in Northern Indiana than the famous Westlawn,...

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Policy changes from the Department of Homeland Security will soon have impacts on Goshen College’s international student population. As of last school year, GC’s student body was made up of 11% international students In order to study in the United States, these students were required to apply for and receive an F-1 visa, more commonly known as a student visa. On Sept. 15, these policy changes to these F-1 visas will be enacted, creating uncertainty for the future of the GC international student population. Currently, students on F-1 visas have what is called “duration of status,” meaning they have an...

By Greta Miller • September 10, 2026 • News

Students were placed under lockdown at Goshen College on Saturday after the Goshen Police department received a report of a possible bomb threat on campus, prompting officers to search the college. Officials later determined the threat was not credible. At 2:16 p.m., campus safety sent a notification stating that campus was on lockdown and that everyone should shelter in place. The alert also said, “Police do not believe this is an immediate threat.” Jeremy Corson, resident director for AVI Fresh at the college, had arrived on campus Saturday morning when he was approached by an officer who asked if he...

By Ana Alves Machado • September 10, 2026 • News

As the school year begins, Goshen College is welcoming a total of 41 new faculty and staff hires, spanning across numerous departments. Several of the new additions are familiar faces — recent graduates of GC who have now taken professional positions at the college. These full-time workers include Eliza Alemán ’26, news and media manager; Shoaib Ansari ’25, AI systems analyst; Kate Bodiker ’26, director of athletic communications and game day operations; and Peri Mast-Hochstedler ’26, Harold & Wilma Good Library services assistant and circulation supervisor. Describing her role, Alemán said, “I handle writing all of the press releases that...

By Josiah Miller • September 10, 2026 • News

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The River Bend Film Festival celebrated its 10th year in Goshen and its 24th year overall this weekend. The festival showed more than 70 short films, bringing independent filmmakers and actor Doug Jones to downtown Goshen for three days of community events, including screenings and Q&As.  The festival featured local filmmakers along with filmmakers from all over the world. The post-screening Q&As, and other events such as the coffee talk, helped the festival focus on connecting the audience directly with filmmakers, not just promoting the films.  Behind the festival’s three-day schedule was a team of volunteer members who started organizing...

By Elena Oborocea • September 10, 2026 • News

To continue our commitment to producing The Record without the use of AI, we have formally adopted a new AI policy. The stated goal of the new policy is to keep journalism human centered and to ensure accuracy and the longevity of trust and relationship with our readers. To read the full policy, go to record.goshen.edu/ai-policy  The Record editorial board

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