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Jun 07 2022

Comenzamos esta semana con una devoción hallada en Hechos 20:24 que dice: “Sin embargo, considero que mi vida no vale nada para mí; mi único objetivo es terminar la carrera y completar la tarea que el Señor Jesús me ha...

Jun 07 2022

Esta mañana me desperté a las 7:00, aunque no teníamos que estar en la iglesia hasta las 9:30. A pesar de que mi cuerpo ya se acostumbró al horario de despertarse temprano a las 5:30 en los días laborales, hoy...

Jun 07 2022

Después de estar en el valle del río Grande durante casi dos semanas, mis compañeros de clase y yo hemos estado expuestos a la crisis fronteriza y los desafíos que enfrentan las personas en las ciudades fronterizas con respecto a...

Jun 07 2022

              Terminamos nuestra primera semana de trabajo en la Posada. Con un grupo de 11 personas pudimos terminar dos lados del proyecto de cerca que rodea el perímetro de la Posada. A algunas personas...

Jun 06 2022

Arleth Martinez shares her thoughts on our Immigration Day of Learning organized by Katherine Smith of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC).  For privacy reasons, the names of the people she met have been changed: This was a very emotional and heartfelt...

Jun 06 2022

Gracie Stevens reflects on her visit to the “House of Little Wings”: The first thing our group did upon arriving in Arizona was visit the refugee hospitality center, Casa Alitas. It is a program run in Tucson, Arizona that helps...

Jun 05 2022

Tucson is a sprawling and vibrant city of a half million people in southeastern Arizona.  June is a hot month in this part of the world, with temperatures reaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the afternoons.  But “it’s a dry heat,”...

Jun 05 2022

In this post, Ryan and Olivia reflect on their experience with food in Senegal. Food and Culture Food and cooking are a central part of culture and over these last four weeks, our group has enjoyed cooking and eating local...

Jun 04 2022

In this post, Emma Zehr and Caleb Gingerich reflect on their experience with language in Senegal. French and Colonialism My host family does not speak any English. I took a semester of elementary French prior to arriving in Senegal, a...

Jun 03 2022

Merry Lea’s annual festival happened in May 2022. During this two day event Merry Lea staff encourages families to explore the outdoors and engage with the biodiversity at the Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center.

Jun 02 2022

Goshen College recently recognized 165 undergraduate students for excellence in academics on the 2021-22 spring semester Dean’s List. The Dean’s List includes traditional undergraduate students earning at least a 3.75 GPA, while completing at least 12 hours of course work...

Jun 01 2022

How does a small, historically Mennonite college in Northern Indiana find itself on the brink of becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution?

Jun 01 2022

Professor John D. Roth ’81 writes about how renewal is happening globally for Anabaptist-Mennonites and how that is shaping the college’s approach to scholarship for the church.

Jun 01 2022

Goshen College is not only ever singing, but ever dreaming and boldly aspiring.

Jun 01 2022

Professor Ryan Sensenig writes about how a Midwestern college’s unique marine biology program has significantly grown and evolved since it began in 1966.

Jun 01 2022

Siblings Caleb ‘18, Joshua ‘19 and Bekah Liechty, known as the musical group Girl Named Tom and winners of season 21 of NBC’s “The Voice,” sat down with President Rebecca Stoltzfus before their sold-out October 2021 performance in the Goshen…

Jun 01 2022

This article originally appeared in the Spring/Summer 2022 issue of The Bulletin. BY JOE SPRINGER ’80, curator, Mennonite Historical Library “Conned” by five older brothers into learning to catch and throw, Ruth E. Gunden ’52, professor of physical education from 1953...

Jun 01 2022

One of the defining features of Goshen College is the boldness of our imagination — especially imagination that embraces the world. This issue of the Bulletin features three stories that exemplify the bold imagination of Goshen College — examples of…

Jun 01 2022

Here is what we hope students will learn while spending three weeks in the Desert Southwest.

Jun 01 2022

Today is the first day of a new and innovative course, a partnership between the Business Department and Athletics.  Jerrell Ross Richer, professor of economics, and Rustin Nyce, head coach of the men’s and women’s cross country and track teams,...

Jun 01 2022

Goshen College has received a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to be used toward developing and implementing summer camps for community youth.

May 31 2022

After two busy day trips, we spent Saturday in the village of Ngollar. Adama, our local coordinator, and his extended family invited us to visit their village to get a sense of rural life in Senegal. We knew that there...

May 31 2022

Our third week focused on the religious context of Senegal, particularly on the role of Sufi Islam and the different brotherhoods. We had two lectures to start the week. On Monday we heard from Moïse Diémé, who spoke with us...

May 31 2022

On Thursday and Friday of our second week of study we visited Saint-Louis. Saint-Louis is located at the mouth of the Senegal River a few kilometers from Mauritania. It is the site of West Africa’s first French settlement and is...