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DECADE OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP AWARD 3. Grant Rissler ’99 of Richmond, Va. – After graduating from Goshen College, he worked for six months at Mennonite Board of Missions and then spent two and a half years in Mennonite Voluntary Service, including a year at Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) United Nations Liaison office, a year as an immigration paralegal in South Texas and a half-year traveling the United States and Canada by bus to report on Mennonite service programs. He has a master’s degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. He worked as communications director at the Faith and Politics Institute, where he helped organize the Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage. He also has held positions with MCC East Coast relating to peace and justice work, donor relations, MCC Relief Sales and MCC thrift shops.
DR. ROMAN GINGERICH CHAMPION OF CHARACTER AWARD 4. Keith Springer ’69 of Fisher, Ill. – While studying mathematics and secondary education at Goshen College, he participated in baseball and basketball. In basketball, he set career-scoring records, finishing with 1,531 points from 1965 to 1969. He taught math and coached ninth grade boys’ basketball at Concord Junior High School in Elkhart, Ind., from 1969 to 1971. Springer and his wife, Kathy (Newcomer) Springer ’71, then served for two years at the
American School of Brasilia in Brazil with the Mennonite Board of Missions as overseas mission associates. The Springers also have performed mission and volunteer work in Argentina and Israel. Since 1977, Springer has operated a cash grain farm with his brother.
DR. RUTH GUNDEN CHAMPION OF CHARACTER AWARD 5. Sue Roth ’66 of Stryker, Ohio. – She helped pioneer organized sports opportunities for women, striving to give them equal access in the athletic world. At Goshen College, Roth was a member of the Women’s Athletic Association and participated in field hockey and softball. After graduating from Goshen, Roth taught physical education and coached in Middlebury, Ind., and Stryker, Ohio, before returning to the college from 1976 to 1999 to teach physical education and coach field hockey, volleyball and track and field. As Goshen’s coach, Roth was named the Hoosier Conference for Women Coach of the Year in volleyball in 1985, 1988 and 1989. She also served as a commissioner with the Indiana Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. Visit www.goshen.edu/alumni/homecoming to see more photos from Homecoming 2012, including class reunion photos. Next year, Homecoming is Oct. 4-6, 2013.
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