Naomi Lapp Klassen won the annual C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Tuesday night, with her speech entitled “Confronting Mass Incarceration: A Story of Agency and Sight.” The contest was judged by Breanna Nickel, an assistant professor of bible and religion; Richard Aguirre, clerk treasurer for the city of Goshen; and Mark Schloneger, a pastor at Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship.  The judges deliberated for 34 minutes, before awarding Lapp Klassen, a senior history and criminal and restorative justice double major, the $500 first place prize.  Peace Muhagachi, a senior sociology major, was awarded second place and a $350 prize...

By Tyson Miller • February 20, 2025 • News

The spring semester has been good to the Goshen College communication department, as The Record, The Globe and FiveCore Media have all had success at various competitions.  In February, the Broadcast Education Association announced award and scholarship winners. GC grabbed 11 recognitions, including three first-place awards. In early March, The Globe staff traveled to New York City for the 85th Intercollegiate Broadcasting System awards. The Globe was nominated for 23 awards and took home five first place trophies.  In March, Globe and FiveCore staff headed down to Indianapolis for the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters awards. GC students received 31...

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Goshen College hosted the inaugural Nuestras historias event last week, a look at the journeys of Latino professionals in the media and communication industries. The event featured panels, a keynote address, music and refreshments.  Lily Herrera, a sophomore broadcasting major, was one of the panel members and was eager to be a part of the event.  “I was really interested because we never really talked about such a niche thing before,” Herrera said. “We are a Hispanic-Serving Institution, but we never talked about Hispanics in broadcasting, so I thought it’d be really cool to be a part of it.” Herrera...

By Tyson Miller • April 11, 2024 • News

Earlier this semester, Kyle Hufford, professor of communication at Goshen College, spent three weeks working as part of a team to lead film workshops at the Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea. The Youth Olympics are for athletes 15-18 years old, and the games occur on the same year as the adult Olympics — albeit with opposite Games. For instance, the Winter Youth Olympics were this year, and the Summer Olympics are in Paris later this year. Given the age range, participants in the Youth Olympic Games only get to partake in this event once. The young athletes participated...

By Liam Morris • March 14, 2024 • Features

Interviewing people who talk for four or more hours per day isn’t the most difficult task in the world. They’ve got a lot to say. “I’m a quote machine,” said Jason Samuel, associate professor of communication and general manager of WGCS. “Don’t mess. Have I sold you yet?” Goshen College’s communication department is not all talk. Three broadcasting students, Dante Stanton, Amelia (Lee) Turnbull and Mike Murrell, have taken the real-world experience offered by the communication department to the next level, as they’re employed at radio stations and television channels before finishing their degrees. According to Samuel, GC’s awarded, dependable...

By Phil Witmer-Rich • September 28, 2023 • Features

The campus is tranquil almost everywhere on Wednesday nights, with one exception being a small room in the west wing of Newcomer Center. Before going to print, the student staff carefully reads over articles, lays out text and graphics and examines photos collected for the week — all in time for a new issue of The Record to be released Thursday morning. Junior accounting major Caleb Shenk serves as digital editor, and on Wednesday nights he works on copy editing, page layout and the crossword. “With my internship, I’ve been unable to write as much as I would have liked...

By Lukas Bontrager-Waite • April 13, 2023 • Features

At the Indiana Collegiate Press Association (ICPA) awards on April 1, The Record was named the second-best newspaper in the state for colleges under 3,000 students. Wabash College took first place with a score of 92 points, beating out The Record’s 71 points, while Taylor University finished in third with 63 points. This year’s second-place finish concludes The Record’s five-year run as “Newspaper of the Year.” The ICPA is a statewide journalism organization that promotes “fellowship among collegiate journalists in the state” and hands out awards every year recognizing collegiate journalists. This is the first time the ceremony has occurred...

By Meaghan Godzisz • April 13, 2023 • News

Goshen College’s communication department has announced the student media leaders for the upcoming school year.  Caleb Shenk will serve as executive editor of The Record in the fall, along with Meaghan Godzisz who will serve as digital editor. Seth Smith Kauffman//The Record   In the spring of 2024, they will hand over the reigns to Daniel Eash-Scott and Sadie Brenneman who will serve as executive editor and digital editor, respectively.  Seth Smith Kauffman//The Record 91.1 The Globe will also come under new management in fall 2023, as Amelia Turnbull becomes student station manager, followed by the new student executive producer,...

By Sophia Kellenberger • April 13, 2023 • News

In September of 2021, Alyssa H. McDonald visited Goshen College for the first time. While chatting with Duane Stoltzfus in the Newcomer Center, she met Alyssa M. McDonald.  Alyssa H. didn’t think much of it at the time, but now, a year and a half later, having two Alyssa McDonalds in the same school is causing more than a little confusion. Not only do they attend the same college, both of the McDonalds are in the communications department.  Alyssa H. McDonald is a freshman journalism major, mother and works independently for a nonprofit. To her, the best part of the...

By Lydia Stauffer • March 23, 2023 • Features

Jakyra Green won first place in the C. Henry Smith Oratorical Contest on Tuesday evening with her speech, “The Privilege of Peace.” Her speech focused on the illusion or privilege surrounding peace for Black people and their realities in America. The culmination of several months’ work was showcased as competitors gave their speeches.  Speakers were able to offer new perspectives on their chosen themes, give the audience space for consideration, relate through laughter and audience engagement and hear words of affirmation as they spoke.  After all of the presentations, judges Gilberto Perez Jr., vice president for student life, Elizabeth M....

By Sarah Miller • February 23, 2023 • News

Five student finalists will take the Umble Center stage Tuesday, Feb. 21 for the 50th annual C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest.  Since 1974, the contest has challenged students to apply Christian peace positions to current issues in society. This prompt may be broadly interpreted to include methods to address social inequalities and injustices.  Contestants will share with students and the Goshen community about the ways they have  recognized peace and social justice in their lives.  The five finalists in this year’s contest are: Daniel Eash-Scott, a junior history major from Wauwatosa, Wis.; Jakyra Green, a junior English Education major...

By Olivia Koop • February 16, 2023 • News

The Record launched a new website today after months of designing and digital troubleshooting. The new site is the product of a joint effort between Goshen College students and LightBox, a local design firm founded by Goshen College alumni.  It replaced the newspaper’s original website, created in 2008, which had become inconsistent and hard to navigate over the years. “One of the biggest issues with any student-produced product is the brain drain that occurs,” said Jordan Graber Kauffman, one of the founders of LightBox. “The knowledge base disappears as people graduate, which we hope this new website will help address...

By Record • September 30, 2021 • News

91.1 The Globe and the staff that run the award-winning station were nominated for 29 awards by the Intercollegiate Broadcasting Systems, including Best Station in the Nation for the 11th consecutive year.  Goshen College received more awards than any other school in the competition. “I’m so proud of everyone at the Globe for doing so well, individually and collectively,” said Kadie Daye, senior Globe student station manager. “Out of my four years here, I think these nominations are the most widespread. Normally a select few people receive a nomination or two, but this year, it really feels like everyone was...

By Gabriella Klopfenstein • February 19, 2021 • News

The $1.4 million Center for Communication Studies, which includes studios for 91.1FM The Globe (WGCS), Globe TV and a newsroom for The Goshen College Record, was completed just in time for the start of the fall semester.  After being spread out across the campus for decades, with The Globe in the Union Building, the Globe TV studio in the Harold and Wilma Good Library and the newsroom in the Kulp Annex, the communication department’s co-curriculars will finally join forces under one roof. Located in the west wing of the Newcomer Center, this facility includes a TV studio with a set...

By Graysen Cockerham • August 27, 2020 • News

Goshen College broadcasting students won five national first-place awards from 19 nominations this past Saturday, at the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Multimedia Conference in New York City. The team of students from 91.1 The Globe and Globe TV came home with more first place awards than any other college at the event.  Eleven students won 19 finalist awards which included "Best College Station in the Nation" for the tenth consecutive year. This award considers Goshen College alongside the likes of Arizona State University, Indiana University, Sandiego State University and dozens of other schools big and small.  “Following the award ceremony as...

By Grace Van Note • March 13, 2020 • News