Tyson Miller: When you were thinking about leaving Cornell and going to Goshen, a colleague said to you, “We will miss you, but your leadership will matter much more at Goshen.” Can you explain what they meant and how that factored into your decision to come here? Rebecca Stoltzfus: That particular quote was from a professor who taught leadership in the department of labor relations. She was somebody with a lot of cred in leadership. I remember there were a couple of days when I was making calls and letting people know that I was leaving. I had made my...

By Tyson Miller • March 27, 2025 • Features

As classes resumed at Goshen College last week, students and faculty alike have had to adjust their classroom methods both online and in person. Alysha Liljeqvist, assistant professor of business, and Carl Skip Barnett, adjunct professor in the English department, sat down for an interview about just how much their teaching has changed in COVID-19. How many classes do you teach, and how many of those have moved entirely to an online format? Alysha Liljeqvist: This semester I’m teaching three classes, two of which are utilizing a hybrid format and one that has moved completely online.  Carl Skip Barnett: I...

By Luke Vance • August 27, 2020 • Features

Joel Pontius, sustainability and environmental education professor at GC, is preparing to publish his first book on March 1 titled, Place-based Learning for the Plate: Hunting, Foraging, and Fishing for Food. Started from a childhood passion for biodiversity and spending time in the landscapes, Pontius believes that hunting, foraging and fishing are not only ways to feed our stomachs, but also ways to feed people’s curiosity.   Your book, Place-based Learning for the Plate: Hunting, Foraging, and Fishing for Food, how did it start? The book started with some friendships that I had with a couple of the co-editors, Mike...

By Nasim Rasoulipour • February 7, 2020 • Features

Julia Schiavione Camacho is now in her second semester as an associate professor of history at Goshen College. Schiavione Camacho grew up in Tucson and studies Borderlands history. She taught at the University of Texas El Paso before teaching at Antioch College in Ohio.    How did you find Goshen College? I’ve always been drawn to the idea of teaching at a Christian school. I’m Catholic, and some schools that I found are sort of more narrow in what they accept, and that’s fine. But one thing that immediately struck me is that it’s a Christian college, specifically Mennonite, which...

By Gabe Miller • January 31, 2020 • Features

Max Burkholder, a senior biology major, is one of seven Maple Leafs who will compete in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics cross country championship race in Vancouver, Washington, on Friday. The conference race (which took place on Nov.  9) had a lot of pressure on it for your team to make nationals. Did you feel pressure going into it? Yeah, I definitely did, especially since I’m a senior. I knew it could have been my last race, so I was like, “I’m just gonna go.”  There was definitely some motivation from that. Tell me about the race.  You were...

By Sierra Ross Richer • November 29, 2019 • Sports

For CC Lilford, storytelling thrives in a multitude of mediums. The film production and creative writing double major also has a minor in theater, which recently received its capstone in the form of a staged reading of Lilford’s latest one-act play, “Ray Gun Blues.” Lilford will also be a part of the upcoming senior film showcase in December. However, one of their greatest labors of love will soon be delivered in the form of a book from Goshen College’s Pinch Penny Press, entitled “Temple to the Alien Gods.” Read on to hear more about what makes science fiction writing so...

By Olivia Smucker • November 29, 2019 • Arts

In an effort to glean insider information into the inner workings of the 2019-2020 Parables Worship Ensemble, I sat down with members Katy Thornthwaite and Ainslee Zhou, both sophomores, and Nathan Berkey, a junior, to talk about team chemistry, upcoming events and what we’ve always wanted to know about Marcia Yost. Parables, a worship ensemble from Goshen College, combines music, original drama and personal stories to create an engaging worship experience designed to inspire, comfort and challenge. Q: If you had to describe your Parables season in a word, what would it be? Katie: I’d say “dynamic.” Ainslee: “Chaos” is...

By Olivia Smucker • September 25, 2019 • Arts

Liz Tecca is senior on the Goshen women’s basketball team from Kalamazoo, Michigan. On November 3rd, Tecca became the 13th women’s basketball player to score 1000 career points in a victory over Aquinas College. How does it feel to hit 1000 points and be a member of that select group? It feels pretty good. It feels good to know that years of hard work is paying off and kind of just a milestone to check off the list. It’s been good! You started the game against Aquinas at just six points shy, so were you mentally checking off how many...

By Seth Wesman • November 19, 2015 • Sports

Scott Gloden grew up in Traverse City, Michigan and is a 1998 graduate of the University of Michigan. While there he played for the Wolverine’s club soccer team. He has previously coached in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio and Missouri. Most recently he has coached the St. Louis University Billikens. He said from having lived in the Midwest he was aware of Goshen, and when he heard Goshen was looking for a head coach he knew he wanted to apply. The Record sat down with him to hear some of his thoughts on soccer.   What is your history with soccer? How long...

By Michael Walker • March 19, 2015 • Sports

How long was the drive and where did you go? “We split the trip there into a couple of days—first to Indianapolis, where we stayed for a night in a church, then to Meridian, Mississippi, where we stayed at a camp lodge, then to New Orleans for four days.” — Seth Yoder (senior) “We went to New Orleans, LA, my hometown.” — Etienne Davis (first year) “The return trip was a long haul—about sixteen hours straight.” — Caleb Liechty (first year) “We had a diverse array of tour locations. We stopped at churches, schools and nursing/retirement homes. We sang to...

By Christina Hofer • March 5, 2015 • Arts

After fall break, Jeff Gundy will visit Goshen’s campus to be this year’s S. A. Yoder lecturer.  He’ll give a lecture and reading mysteriously titled “Poetry, The Sleeping King, and Creative Doubt” in Rieth Recital Hall on Tuesday Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Gundy is no stranger to GC. In fact, he is a member of the class of ’75. Now a professor of English at Bluffton University, he has taught the English Department’s poetry workshop several times, and was a student under its founding poet and muse, Nick Lindsay. To give you a better sense of how down to...

By Ann Hostetler • October 8, 2014 • Features

Mike Linn transferred to GC and answers questions about his new life Q: What is your major and what year are you? I’m a sophomore environmental science major. I’ll graduate in 2016. I went to Northridge High school, in Middlebury, Ind., and graduated in 2012. My freshman year, I went to Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Ill. I transferred to Goshen College for a number of reasons. Q: Why did you choose Goshen? I like small schools because I feel that big schools are too impersonal. I would never choose a public university, but always a small private school. At...

By Sara Albaba • March 19, 2014 • Features

Darab Nagarwalla’s purpose in life is to teach young people to be passionate about the environment. Though India is his homeland, for the next three semesters Nagarwalla has chosen to live in Goshen while on sabbatical. He is currently in the process of obtaining his teaching certificate at Goshen College. What do you want to say to introduce yourself? I am a 52-year-old Indian, married with a daughter in grade nine. My wife and daughter continue to be in India while I am here. I am here on sabbatical, working towards my teacher certification in biology through the Transition to...

By Ezra Ocubamichael • February 12, 2014 • Features

Deb Brubaker has been a music professor at Goshen College for 25 years. She teaches several music courses and conducts the Women’s World Choir, started in 2008.  She talks about her experience of connecting women’s voices with world music.   Q: How do you describe music as a part of your life? A: I think I’ve always been singing. Singing is kind of how I express my Christian faith and also my passion for justice, for good things for all people. Q: What do you like about teaching music?   A: It’s really exciting to see how music is a...

By Chau Ngoc Bao Bui • November 8, 2013 • Arts

Natalie Thorne is a first-year social work major from Goshen, with minors in peace, justice and conflict studies and women’s studies. She was one of two goalies for the women’s soccer team this fall and is now transitioning into basketball. Describe your childhood soccer career. I got started with soccer first with the Goshen Youth Soccer Organization. In second grade, I got started with Goshen Stars, a traveling league. I played with the Goshen Stars up until my fifth grade year. As my teammates entered middle school and started their middle school soccer careers, I continued to play with them....

By Nina Fox • November 8, 2013 • Sports