Traits of Mennonite colleges
d / MATTHEW SIDERHURST
EMU. [In the World War I era, EMU employees and students not only gardened on campus, they kept hogs, chickens, and cows on the grounds, until some faculty and administrators lobbied for tidier surroundings.] / Brings vast international experience to his students and colleagues: represented Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in Jordan and Iraq after the U.S invasion of Iraq; taught at Meserete Kristos College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he was a Fulbright scholar in 2001-02. Also was volunteer under MCC auspices in Burundi.
d / MATTHEW SIDERHURST / GOSHEN, BA ’99 / COLORADO STATE U, PHD ’04 / EMU, assistant professor
of chemistry (pictured in the EMU greenhouse) / After receiving PhD, did postdoctoral research with the USDA-ARS-PBARC in Hilo, Hawaii, working to identify attractants for several economically important invasive insects. / Currently maintains research collaborations with USDA scientists in Hawaii./ Will be taking three students to Hawaii to research control methods for an invasive fire ant in the summer of 2009. / Has received over $125,000
in grant money to do chemical ecology projects with eight students. / “A huge reason I am where I am is because of the handful of profs at Goshen who engaged me in class and in research.” / “Having colleagues who appreciate how faith intersects with peace and justice, and the choice of leading a simple lifestyle … this has to be at the top of my list of positives for working at EMU.” / Beginning in the fall of 2009, EMU will be offering a new Environmental Sustainability major; related information at www.emu.edu/begreen. www.emu.edu | crossroads | 25