STEM
September 16, 2021
Women in STEM club makes a comeback
The Goshen College Women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) club is seeking to boost activity and membership this semester after a hiatus last year. The club is currently led by three students: Ainslee Zou, a senior biochemistry and music double major; Gretta Rempel, a junior biology major; and Lauren Murphy, a sophomore biology major. Zou says that the mission of Women in STEM is “to promote growth in an inclusive, supportive and trusted environment for diverse and underrepresented voices in the [STEM] community.” “Our main goal is inclusion,” Zou said. “So even though we are the ‘Women in...
February 16, 2020
Science tournament fosters young STEM scholars
Over 300 students from middle and high schools in northern Indiana participated Saturday in the annual Indiana Science Olympiad regional tournament hosted by Goshen College. Teams of 15 students competed in 23 events that tested their skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The challenges inspired feats of creativity to break codes using matrices, model 3D protein structures with pipe cleaners, design musical instruments and more. In the Recreation-Fitness Center, students tested gravity-propelled vehicles designed to speed across the gym floor and stop dead on a blue masking tape target, pressured-air bottle rockets that release parachute-held ping-pong balls and balsa...
April 10, 2013
Clemens ranks high in bi-national math contest
Every year, Goshen College math aficionados have the opportunity to compete with roughly 4,000 other students from colleges all over the U.S. and Canada. The William Lowell Putnam Competition—named after the 20th Century banker and Harvard graduate—consists of solving 12 difficult problems in six hours. This year, Andy Clemens, a junior math and physics double major from Goshen College, was recognized as one of the best performing competitors. Despite ranking higher than 85 percent of his 4,000 peers, Clemens was modest about his performance. “I did well because I enjoy math so much,” Clemens said. “If you want to do...