professors
February 13, 2025
Making work home: the art of office decoration
Noah Lederach: EXPLORATORY “I really try to make it feel like it is a safe space for anyone.” Lederach tried to make a place that people would want to visit and could engage with. His office features fidget spinners and a sensory jellyfish going on in the background. “[It] is a place where you can come and tool around and look around.” Breanna Nickel: Thinking space Plate with 99 names of God in Arabic: “I got that in Palestine the first time I went with students over there, so it’s both meaningful because of the religious aspect … but it...
February 6, 2025
‘A remarkable Indiana woman’
Anita Stalter, a retired education professor and academic dean, unexpectedly died on Dec. 10, 2024. She was age 77. Stalter began at Goshen College in 1987 in the education department. First, teaching part time, and later becoming a full-time professor in 1989. She later served as the chair of the education department, and eventually became the interim dean of students. In 2001, Stalter became the first woman in the history of GC to be academic dean. She continued to serve as academic dean for 14 years until her retirement in 2015. A celebration of life service was held at the...