public speaking
September 12, 2012
“Aphasia: Hope is a four letter word”
Carl McIntyre spoke to students and faculty at an Umble Master Class lecture on September 11. McIntyre, an actor and former salesman, suffered from a severe stroke 7 years ago. The stroke left him with aphasia, a communication disorder that impairs speaking, writing and reading. To chronicle his story, McIntyre produced a film titled "Hope is a Four Letter Word." McIntyre screened his film during the Master Class and spoke on his journey with aphasia. McIntyre, who speaks slowly but passionately, inspired the crowd, saying, "Every day is hard. But every day is good. Never quit. Without hope, no...
April 11, 2012
Cambridge bishop to speak at 114th commencement
Goshen College will celebrate its 144th commencement on April 22nd and will welcome Bishop Simon Barrington-Ward as the commencement speaker. Barrington-Ward will present “Becoming What You Are: Exploring the Great Exchange” to the 210 undergraduate and 23 master’s degree candidates who are prepared to receive diplomas in the Recreation-Fitness Center. Barrington-Ward, a recipient of bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, was initially connected with Goshen College in 2001 when a ’73 alumnus, previously employed by Barrington-Ward, realized the Goshen College Arts in London course would be visiting Coventry Cathedral, at which Barrington-Ward was bishop. The group met...
March 28, 2012
Students share work at annual research symposium
This Saturday marks the 14th annual Goshen College Student Research Symposium, a day in which both students and staff come together to engage in a range of speeches on various topics. The day will consist of two sessions, one from 12:45 to 3 p.m. and the other from 3:25 to 4:45 p.m. The first session will feature 16 students who represent a wide range of academic departments and class years. Topics such as sex trafficking, reading fluency, the cultural obsession with zombies, osmotic hemolysis (water transport across cell membranes) and the relationship between celebrities and advertising will be covered. Each...
March 21, 2012
MRSS chapter to host Science and Religion Conference
The Midwest Religion and Science Society chapter at Goshen College will attempt to create dialogue about the relationship between religion and science this year at the twelfth annual Science and Religion Conference. MRSS hosts two conferences a year, one at Goshen College in March and the other at Andrews University in October. The March conference will be held this weekend from Friday to Sunday. Celia Deane-Drummond, the featured speaker at the conference this weekend, is a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame. Her educational career began at Cambridge University, where she earned a degree in natural sciences,...
February 16, 2012
Treiber wins C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest with Christian critique of Occupy movement
On Tuesday evening, Feb. 14, students, faculty and community members packed into Umble Center to hear five students address various issues related to peace and justice in the C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest. The contest is an annual event sponsored by the GC communication department. Funding comes from the trust of C. Henry Smith, a Mennonite historian and professor at Goshen and Bluffton colleges in the early 1900s. Lauren Treiber, a sophomore peace, justice and conflict studies major from Grand Rapids, Mich., came away as the winner with her speech “The Real Occupy Movement: Understanding Capitalism in a Christian...
November 3, 2010
Upcoming forums on peacemaking in Iran and Colombia
JustPeace seminars will be hosting two opportunities for the Goshen community to learn about peacemaking in Iran and Colombia. At 7 p.m. today, Nov. 4, in the Koinonia Room in the Church-Chapel, W. Scott Harrop, who teaches in the Middle East studies program at the University of Virginia, will present "The Audacity of Mutual Respect: A Better Path for U.S.-Iran Relations--And Why it Matters." The evening will specifically explore President Obama's mutual-respect approach to the United States' relationship with Iran, and the implications that come from this. The event is free and open to the public. The presentation will conclude...
October 14, 2010
Anabaptist communicators to gather at GC
The 2010 Anabaptist Communicators Conference will take place at Goshen College on Oct. 22 and 23, bringing those who work for Mennonite and Bretheren organizations together for workshops and lectures. This year’s topic is “Faithful listening = Creative Communication.” Although registration is officially closed, if students are interested in attending one or more individual sessions they should email Richard Aguirre, rraguirre@goshen.edu, immediately. As of Sept. 30, 58 people were registered to attend. The communication department paid the full conference fee of $60 for two students to attend. Chagan Sanathu, a sophomore, and Yolo Lopez-Perez, a senior, entered the essay competition...
October 7, 2010
Pacifist brings new perspective to World War II
"World War II was the biggest catastrophe ever to befall humanity," said Ted Grimsrud in his presentation, "The Long Shadow: World War II's Moral Legacy," on Oct. 6 at Goshen College. Ted Grimsrud is a professor of Bible and Religion at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va. Both his parents participated in World War II and he was named after a good friend that died in combat. While growing up, his family didn’t talk much about the war. Grimsrud finally took a pacifist stand in his mid-20s and came to terms with the war and is still researching its impacts...
October 6, 2010
Indiana poet, author Haven Kimmel to visit GC
Every year, in honor of long-time English professor S.A Yoder, the Goshen College English department welcomes a prominent literary figure to come speak to students and community members. This year, celebrated novelist and Indiana native Haven Kimmel will be speaking about her experiences as a writer. Haven will discuss her newest published work and hold a book signing following the lecture. The event will take place on Sunday, October 10th at 7 p.m. in Newcomer Center 19 and is free and open to the public. Though her newest book, “Iodine,” embraces more suspenseful aspects. Kimmel’s novels tend to focus...
September 30, 2010
English professor reflects on sabbatical in Germany
Ann Hostetler, professor of English, read her writings to an audience of students, faculty and friends on Tuesday as a way to share about her sabbatical in Dresden, Germany. Throughout the evening, entitled, "Forgiveness and Other Unexpected Guests: Reflections from a Sabbatical in Dresden, Germany," Hostetler shared her poetry, prose and a short story. Hostetler left for Dresden for a year in August 2009, her second trip to the east-German city. She was intrigued by Dresden's distinctive culture, with influences from the time of Soviet occupation, which ended with the German reunification in 1990. While in Germany, Hostetler taught...
September 30, 2010
Professor of theology to reflect on parents’ war experiences
Ted Grimsrud, professor of theology at Eastern Mennonite University, will give a presentation entitled "The Long Shadow: World War II's Moral Legacy" at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 6 in Newcomer 17. Both of Grimsrud's parents participated in World War II; his father fought in the pacific war with his mother serving as a recruiter. Grimsrud was a teenager at the time of the Vietnam War, and valued war as positive and necessary growing up. He later began to question the moral legitimacy of war altogether. After becoming a Mennonite pacifist in his 20's, he's struggled with the question,...
April 21, 2010
Author of ‘The Soloist’ coming to Goshen
Steven Lopez, author of "The Soloist" and reporter for The Los Angeles Times, will be speaking in at Sauder Hall on Friday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m. as a part of Oaklawn's 11th annual Spring Spectacular. Lopez has been a reporter at The L.A. Times since 2001, but most learned his name when he wrote "The Soloist," a recent bestseller based on his weekly column and interactions with Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, a homeless Juilliard musician struggling with schizophrenia. The book was then made into a major motion picture starring Jamie Foxx as Ayers and Robert Downey, Jr. as Lopez. "I'd...
April 8, 2010
Finding Atlantis: Poet and feminist critic Gilbert visits campus
Undiscovered, deep within the ocean, the lost continent of women's literature, "Atlantis," awaits new explorers to map its typography. Thus began the 39th annual S.A. Yoder Memorial Lecture featuring Sandra Gilbert who spoke about the lost writings and analysis of women authors, the female literary canon she compared to the mythological continent, Atlantis. Gilbert, professor emeritus of Columbia University, is well known for her multiple books of poetry, and also her extensive work developing the female literary canon of English literature. It was this collection of lost female authors that Gilbert focused her lecture on this past Tuesday evening. In...
April 1, 2010
Stepping towards Commencement
Ronnie A. Yoder, chief administrative law judge for the U.S. Department of Transportation, will address the graduating students with a speech titled “A Niche for You—Immortality" at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 25 when the 112th class of Goshen College students graduate According to Goshen College's press release, Yoder, from Alexandria, Va., “has been active in numerous administrative law judges’ associations and in developing, teaching and writing on the administrative judiciary for more than 30 years.” Yoder holds his B.A. and his Juris Doctor from The University of Virginia and also spent a year studying at Yale Divinity School as a Rockefeller...