Bulletin | Spring 2018

THE MAGAZINE OF GOSHEN COLLEGE

SPRING / SUMMER 2018

FROM THE PRESIDENT

EDITOR Jodi H. Beyeler ’00 ASSISTANT EDITOR Brian Yoder Schlabach ’07 GRAPHIC DESIGNER Hannah Gerig Meyer ’08 NEWS NOTES ASSISTANT Myrna Kaufman ’66 ALUMNI OFFICE ASSISTANT Jan Ramer ’87 DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Dominique Burgunder-Johnson ’06

Beginnings

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IT IS A PLEASURE and privilege to write to you as the president of our alma mater, in spring,

when the maples become leafy once again. I have felt abundant joy as I have re-acquainted myself with the college, learning to know the students, faculty, staff and alumni, and seeing the many manifestations of your lives, leadership and service in the world.

Undoubtedly, these are turbulent times for higher education, Mennonite Church USA, our society and our planet. Goshen College is affected by all of these currents, creating tensions and openings. The challenge and opportunity of the moment were part of what drew me back to Goshen College at this time. I am honored and glad to return to Goshen College because I am optimistic about its future and want to be a part of creating it.

Since I began on November 1, we have already gotten started on a few new things. One is creating a Faculty Renewal Fund to offer seed grants to faculty teams or individuals to renew their scholarship and teaching. These funds, provided through gifts and in addition to our operating budget, recognize that our mission particularly depends on the quality and commitment of its teaching faculty.

We are also working to strengthen our campus community toward greater inclusivity and engagement, with a particular emphasis on student leadership. I have convened a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Taskforce that is bringing together students, staff and faculty to take stock of our culture and actions, and to recommend what new resources and programs are needed. And fortuitously, a newly formed student club, called the Intercultural Coalition of Goshen College, is bringing together members of the Black Student Union, International Student Club and Latino Student Union under one umbrella. They are challenging and leading us to — in their words — “address ongoing student concerns pertaining to diversity and race on campus, and ways to create a community with more understanding and love for one another.”

As I envision the future we create together, I want Goshen College to continue to provide a “distinctively Goshen” liberal arts education, rooted in the way of Jesus. An education that liberates students to explore ideas, the world, relationships and their own souls; to express themselves through writing, discovery, action and the arts; and to compose a life in a beloved community doing meaningful and joyful work.

The hard work is coming more clearly into focus for me. And there is not a place that I would rather be right now than here, where the leafy maple grows.

Dr. Rebecca J. Stoltzfus ’83 President of Goshen College

INTERIM SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCEMENT Kent Stucky ’74 DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI AND CAREER NETWORKS Dan Koop Liechty ’88 ___________________________ BOARD OF DIRECTORS Conrad Clemens ’85, chair Felipe Hinojosa, vice chair Susan Fisher Miller ’79 Rose Gillin ’81 Cristina Hernandez ’00 Ken Hochstetler ’83 Gerry Horst ’72 Timothy Oyer ’85 Faith Penner ’77 John Powell Bruce Stahly ’67 Myrtis Yake ’61 Aaron Zou Carlos Romero, ex-officio ___________________________ Magazine: goshen.edu/bulletin gcbulletin@goshen.edu 574.535.7569 Postmaster: Send change of address to: Alumni Relations 1700 South Main Street Goshen, IN 46526 alumni@goshen.edu Other college phone numbers: Switchboard: 800.348.7422 Admissions Office: 844.704.3400 Alumni Office: 574.535.7565 Box Office: 574.535.7566 Development Office: 574.535.7564 President’s Office: 574.535.7180 The Goshen College Bulletin (ISSN 0017-2308) is published two times yearly by Goshen College, 1700 South Main Street, Goshen, IN 46526-4794.

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Distinctively Goshen Experience the inauguration of Dr. Rebecca J. Stoltzfus as the 18th president of Goshen College.

Letters to the corner office: Two generations at the helm Read the words of wisdom and encouragement exchanged between a father and daughter — the two Stoltzfus Goshen College presidents — from 1984 and 2017.

Departments 00 FROM THE PRESIDENT

04 CAMPUS NEWS

24 ALUMNI CROSSINGS

38 EVENTS CALENDAR

02 #IHEARTGOSHEN

12 ATHLETICS

25 ALUMNI NEWS

40 LASTING TIES

About the cover Seeking to capture the spirit of new Goshen College President Rebecca Stoltzfus ’83 — particularly her overflowing warmth, inner strength and keen intellect — this portrait was painted by the college’s graphic designer Hannah Gerig Meyer ’08, a woman of many artistic talents who also comes from a family of artists. Hannah’s mother, Sibyl (Graber) Gerig ’80, was also once commissioned to paint a portrait of former president J. Lawrence Burkholder ’39 for the college.

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@justinp10

Such an amazing time meeting up with college friends and meeting Pranabh’s family in Kathmandu. #Nepal #iheartgoshen #reunion #internationallove

@lyle_lovett

Sauder Concert Hall, @goshencollege, Goshen, IN, 3/23/18: The sound in the room is pristine, even without a sound system. A computer glitch in our mixing console gave Shawn and me the chance to play a couple of songs last night without the PA while the console rebooted. The Sauder sounded great all by itself. Playing purely acoustically was so much fun, I was almost sorry the PA started working again.

@timpdxhomes

Enjoyed hearing the Goshen College Men’s Choir as they kicked off their NW tour tonight.

@maryn_em

#iheartgos It was a busy weekend in Goshen, Indiana!

These last few days reminded me why I work so hard: the people. @hannah.m.cole

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Look out Indiana, this California girl is choosing the Midwest lifestyle... Goshen College here I come! || #universitybound #indihannah #goshencollege #fall2018

First attempt at a “rain drops on window” photo at the Rec Fit with my new camera. I still need practice, but this isn’t too bad. #goshencollege

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It’s Spring! #iheartgoshen

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Celebrating the big steps and the people who made it all possible. This semester has been a whirlwind but I’m so grateful for old friends & new, and the family that’s always there.

The sun is shining today at Goshen College

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Goshen isn’t just a college, its a life style! @mr.lam22

We are so honored to be featured on the front cover of @goshencollege’s magazine, The Bulletin! What a wonderful way to culminate the @goshentheater fashion show a few months ago & the Eugene Alexander gallery exhibit at Goshen College! • • • #EugeneAlexander #couturefashion #goodofgoshen

Proud of us. #standwithusgc

A stroll down memory lane.

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GC social media directory:

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Join the loving! The hashtag #iheartgoshen is being used across social media for posting photos or thoughts that demonstrate why people love GC. In addition to these recent posts, see more ways that people are engaging with GC on social media at goshen.edu/iheartgoshen, and don’t forget to add #iheartgoshen the next time you post about us!

Menno Simons was all for serving others and encouraging others to as well. We heard from 59 of you who correctly found Menno in the Fall/ Winter 2017 issue on page 15, looking over the shoulder of alumni award recipient Sheri (Greaser) Hartzler ’73.

From the correct submissions, we chose five lucky winners at random to receive limited-edition Goshen College T-shirts: 1. Stan Brunk ’61, Colorado Springs, Colorado 2. James Miller ’66, Eugene, Oregon

@radiohombre

3. Sylvia Miller ’60 (staff 1981-2003), Goshen 4. Vivian Schmucker ‘80, Goshen 5. Marilyn Yoder ’88, Akron, Pennsylvania We love hearing from all of you as you find where Menno is hiding (he looks just like the photo at the top, just smaller). So, when you do, submit your entry to gcbulletin@goshen.edu by July 30, 2018, for a chance to win. Be sure to include your name, address, T-shirt size and graduation year/affiliation with Goshen College.

Good vibes only

Another late night session with @911theglobe hardcore staffers. #4amfinal4 #finishstrong #contest #legacy#goshencollege

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Eight out of 10 Goshen College students are satisfied with their college experience and, overall, experienced higher levels of satisfaction with their college experience than the national average, according to the Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI), a biennial national survey administered to college students at more than 300 four-year private schools.

GC student satisfaction was significantly higher than the national group on 28 survey items.

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“Our students continue to be very happy with the experience and education they receive at Goshen College,” said President Rebecca Stoltzfus ’83. “The high satisfaction reflects the outstanding commitment of our faculty and staff to create a vibrant living and learning environment for our students. Survey data like these also help us identify areas for further growth and take steps to improve in those areas.”

Instructional Effectiveness

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80 percent of GC students report being “somewhat satisfied,” “satisfied” or “very satisfied” compared to 72 percent nationally

Average satisfaction on 7-point scale

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Campus Life

Brian Yoder Schlabach ’07

‘Deep Dive’ documents GC’s marine biology legacy in the Florida Keys A year’s worth of work for a team of more than 15 Goshen College students culminated in the premiere of their documentary, “Deep Dive: A Midwestern Legacy in the Florida Keys,” on March 27 in front of more than 215 students, staff and community members.

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The film chronicles the 50-plus year history of the college’s marine biology program and the relationships built with the Layton, Florida community where the facility is housed.

GC performs ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ for third time In March, the Goshen College Theater Department presented Gilbert and Sullivan’s comedic opera “The Pirates of Penzance” as part of it’s 2017-18 “Swords into Plowshares” theater season.

This musical, presented in its original form, was the first musical produced at GC since launching the new musical theater minor. “Pirates” was previously performed at Goshen College by faculty and staff in 1981 and by students in 1996.

Last May, six film students joined 12 biology students for a threeweek course taught at the college’s J. N. Roth Marine Biology Station.

The course combined elements of communication and biology for an immersion in not only the community of Layton, but the differing disciplines as well.

The film recently won two Indiana Association of School Broadcasters (IASB) awards, as well as second place for best short film (fictional narrative or documentary) and another second place for best cinematography. IASB offers the top state awards for colleges with media and broadcasting programs.

Learn more at goshen.edu/deepdive.

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College and church complete large solar project In early April, Goshen College and College Mennonite Church (CMC) jointly installed a 924-panel solar array — the first solar panels on campus — which will make the Church-Chapel building fully powered by renewable energy.

The panels were installed by Toledo-based Solscient Energy on the roof of the college’s Recreation-Fitness Center and provide 277 kilowatts of power, offsetting the Church-Chapel building’s electric bill, with the costs expected to be fully recovered in about a decade.

David Lapp Jost ’11, a member of CMC, got the project off the ground and spearheaded fundraising for the panels. He approached the college and church leadership about installing solar panels several years ago, but until recently the cost of solar panels and other budgetary and logistical concerns kept the project from moving forward.

“Environmental sustainability is a natural priority for both Goshen College, which does so much to teach thoughtful stewardship, and for College Mennonite Church, which seeks to be a blessing in its community and honor our creator God in word and deed,” said Lapp Jost. “In addition to saving both institutions tens of thousands of dollars annually for years to come, this project is a testament to deep shared values.”

The project is owned by Amity Corporation, an entity created by the college and church in 1989 in order to equitably make decisions about the jointly-owned building’s use, including improvements and maintenance. Both CMC and GC share all Amity costs and benefits fifty-fifty.

The project contributes to the town of Goshen having more solar watts per capita than cities like Sacramento, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Denver or San Francisco.

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GC/CMC solar project by the numbers

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Andrew Strack, Eastern Mennonite University

A series of new programs is taking shape for the Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions (CSCS), a collaborative undertaking between Goshen College, Eastern Mennonite University and Mennonite Central Committee. Designed to mitigate climate change through the advancement of thinking and action in the Anabaptist faith community, the CSCS was established through a generous gift from Ray Martin ’66, a former international development and world health worker whose dream for an Anabaptist-centered and community-focused climate change solution generator has pushed the vision of the center forward.

The center hosted its first board of reference meeting in March 2018 at Eastern Mennonite University, and a May 2017 consultation at Goshen drew 25 representatives from Mennonite organizations to set the mission and objectives for the center.

The center has rolled out a slate of programs focused on student leadership, pastoral and congregational leadership, and support for research into best practices and innovative solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts.

In February, CSCS hired Doug Kaufman ’89 as its director of pastoral ecology, a first step in working with congregations and equipping pastors.

– Lauren Jefferson, Eastern Mennonite University

Faculty members recognized for milestones Five professors were recognized this spring for milestone achievements, including promotions and doctoral degree completions. They include (left to right): Suzanne Ehst, associate professor of education and director of secondary education, earned a Ph.D. in English education from Western Michigan University.

Colleen Geier, program director and associate professor of American Sign Language, earned a Ph.D. in education, with concentration in adult education from Walden University.

Scott Hochstetler ’97, professor of music, was promoted to full professor.

David Lind ’97, professor of sociology, was promoted to full professor.

Regina Shands Stoltzfus ’84, associate professor of peace, justice and conflict studies, earned a Ph.D. in theology and ethics from Chicago Theological Seminary.

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Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions takes shape

Senior Achieng Agutu wins annual peace oratorical contest Achieng Agutu ’18 (above), a public relations major and Spanish minor from Kisumu, Kenya, won the 2018 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest and $500 in prize money on Feb. 13 with her speech “The Introduction: A Story of Inner Peace.”

Agutu’s speech focused on stereotypes and she shared a childhood story to explain how her father educated her about the stereotypes that she would face from the world. It will be entered in Mennonite Central Committee’s bi-national intercollegiate oratorical contest.

Second place went to Mandira Panta ’19, a sustainability studies major from Bhaktapur, Nepal, with her speech “Shades of Injustice.”

The three other contestants included Katie Yoder ’19, a history major from Stryker, Ohio; Sara Azzuni ’19, a nursing major from Jordan; and Deeksha Pagar ’18, a physics and chemistry major from Maharashtra, India.

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Afternoon Sabbatical series celebrates 40th anniversary and final season with high tea

New programs: Sport management major Game development minor Marine Biology Semester Post-master’s Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate

The Goshen College Afternoon Sabbatical series celebrated its 40th and final season during a high tea event on Tuesday, April 10.

Current and past Afternoon Sabbatical Committee members shared memories (including Janette Yoder ’66, below, top) and more as they looked back at the history of the Afternoon Sabbatical program, which was started in the 1977-78 college year.

The series was designed by a group of community women to offer community access to the knowledge and talent of Goshen College faculty. The series involved free lectures and concerts, along with an annual international luncheon, in which attendees could sample the food and take in a presentation about a specific country.

New undergraduate and graduate programs added Beginning in Fall 2018, new sport management, marine biology and game development programs, as well as a post-master’s degree Family Nurse Practitioner certificate will be offered at Goshen College.

A new sport management major will provide in-depth study in business, communication and international elements, as well as internships and hands-on opportunities.

The computer science department will begin offering a game development minor to give students a multi-disciplinary foundation in game design, drawing, animation and programming. Students will have the opportunity to create a game from scratch, testing both their coding and creative storytelling skills, whether it’s a computer game or mobile app.

Goshen College will also offer a post-master’s degree Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate program for individuals who have earned a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) in another specialty area and seek further preparation to become a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP). The program is conveniently designed with courses meeting once per week during late afternoon and evening hours, with students completing the certificate in one or two years, depending on their previous credits and schedule.

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Brian Yoder Schlabach ’07

Beginning in 2020, environmental and marine science majors following a marine biology track will have the opportunity to take part in a new semester-long residential Marine Biology Semester at Goshen College’s J. N. Roth Marine Biology Station in Layton, Florida. During the Marine Biology Semester, students will be immersed in research and will live and study in a culturally rich and diverse setting of the Florida Keys.

State:

• 11 Intercollegiate Broadcasting

• 34 Indiana Collegiate Press

• 4 Broadcast Education

• 15 Indiana Association of School

Systems (IBS) awards, including The Globe (WGCS) as a finalist for “Best College Station in the Nation” (bottom photo)

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Association (BEA) awards, including one first place award

Association (ICPA) awards for “The Record” and “Red Cents”, including 11 first place awards and “Newspaper of the Year” award (top photo) Broadcasters (IASB) awards, including three first place awards (middle photo)

College wins Michiana clean air award Goshen College received the 2018 Partners for Clean Air Award from the Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) in April for being a community leader in energy conservation and land management. Glenn Gilbert ’01 (above), director of facilities, was on hand to receive the award.

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National:

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Students win state and national writing, journalism and broadcasting awards

Professor John D. Roth receives Washington Theological Consortium Ecumenism award John D. Roth ’81 (above), professor of history at Goshen College, received the Annual Ecumenism Award at a service at the Virginia Theological Seminary on Feb. 13.

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This award is in recognition of the work that led to the 2010 service of reconciliation between the Lutheran World Federation and the Mennonite World Conference, which produced the historic document “Healing of Memories: Reconciling in Christ.”

“For me this is a symbolic marker on a journey that I, along with the larger Mennonite Church, have been on for nearly 20 years,” Roth said.

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“Integrate what you believe into every single day of your life. ...Don’t remain on the sidelines.”

– Commencement speaker Dr. Kenneth Rutherford, director of the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR) and professor of political science at James Madison University (JMU)

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1. Amra Bristina ’18, FNP 2. Paul Nganga Thuku ’18 and Marion Nganga 3. Commencement speaker Dr. Kenneth Rutherford 4. Graduates sing the Alma Mater 5. President Rebecca Stoltzfus ’83 hands a diploma to Sijan Shrestha ’18 6. Achieng Agutu ’18 7. Karina Palos ’18 8. Colleen Weldy ’18 signs the alumni book, aided by Dan Koop Liechty ’88, director of alumni and career networks

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SCOREBOARD FALL/WINTER 2017-18 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY (4TH IN CL) Sophomore Vincent Kibunja (Nakuru, Kenya) claimed all-conference honors with a 14th-place finish and four GC runners finished in the top 32 of the season-ending Crossroads League meet, powering the team to its eighth straight finish in the top half of the conference.

Kibunja went on to finish 96th at the NAIA national meet with a time of 26:13, marking the third consecutive season that GC has had a runner in the top 100. The Maple Leafs finished in the top half of five of their six meets.

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY (6TH IN CL)

Sophomore Chelsea Foster (McCordsville, Indiana) qualified for nationals after posting Goshen’s best time in nine years at the Crossroads League meet on Nov. 4. She ran 3.11 miles in 19:04.4, taking fifth in the league to earn all-conference status and her third personal-best time of the season. GC’s eight-runner team combined for 16 personal bests, with 10 coming in the last month of the season, and put four runners under the 21-minute mark at the conference meet. Foster went on to post a career-best 19:00.0 and finish 93rd at the national meet; the

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19-minute mark has been eclipsed by only three runners in school history. She was the first Goshen woman to reach nationals since 2008.

MEN’S TENNIS (8-7, 5-4 CL) In the second year of Evan Atkinson’s tenure as director of tennis, Goshen bounced back above .500 and reached the Crossroads League tournament semifinals for the first time in four seasons after a fifth-place finish. Sophomore Juan Miguel Ciudad (Spain) earned all-conference recognition after going 8-1 in singles play and 5-4 in doubles action during the Crossroads League season.

WOMEN’S TENNIS (0-10, 0-9 CL) First-year Kyra Krall (Carmel, Indiana) led the Maple Leafs in victories as the Maple Leafs posted twice as many individual wins as they did in the 2016 season.

MEN’S SOCCER (12-6-2, 4-3-2 CL) Goshen’s bid to host its first post-season game since 2009 lasted until the final night of the regular season before the Maple Leafs upset Indiana Wesleyan University to reach the semifinals of the Crossroads League tournament. Stuart

Aeschliman (Salem, Oregon) led the team with 12 goals, the most ever by a Maple Leaf first-year, and earned first-team all-conference honors, while junior Ollie Smith (York, England) paced the team with eight assists and made the second team. Junior goalkeeper Johan Escalante (Kissimmee, Florida) posted a 1.08 goals-against average, good for the top 40 in the nation, as the team recorded eight shutouts. Center back Tevin Gilkes (Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago) also got a first-team nod from the league and Escalante was the second-team netminder.

Non-conference action was highlighted by a 7-2 record that saw the team go 5-0 at the John Ingold Athletic Complex, marking the first time in this century that the Leafs were unbeaten at home in non-league play.

Goshen’s defense posted 605 consecutive shutout minutes at home, the longest scoreless streak in school history.

WOMEN’S SOCCER (3-12-2, 0-8-1 CL) Freshman goalkeeper Katie Baer (Villa Ridge, Missouri) finished 19th in the NAIA in saves per game with 8.06 and earned all-conference honorable mention after stopping 88 shots in the nine-game Crossroads League slate. Junior Carolina Villalobos Palacios (San Rafael, Costa Rica) joined her on the honorable-mention team.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL (11-19, 4-14 CL) In the first year under head coach Jon Tropf, Goshen knocked off 16th-ranked Bethel as part of a season-opening sixgame home-court winning streak. By the end of the year, the 2017-18 Leafs had become the first team to graduate four 1,000-point scorers in the same season.

Senior shooting guard Billy Geschke (Medina, Ohio) led the team with 19.3 points per game and graduated with 1,472 points, the ninth-most in program history.

Senior point guard Devin Heath-Granger (Indianapolis) finished with 196 assists on the season and 581 for his career, both records, along with 64 season steals and 1,061 career points. Senior Christian Grider (Huntsville, Ohio) graduated with 1,266 career points and racked up the 10th-best career free-throw percentage in NAIA Division II history. Senior Conner Funkhouser (Avon, Indiana) finished with 1,086 points. Geschke was a third-team all-conference pick while Grider was an honorable-mention selection.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (1-29, 0-18 CL)

Goshen started young, with seven frosh and three seniors on the roster, and its experience took a hit when senior Caitlyn O’Neal (Russiaville, Indiana) went down with an injury in the first quarter of the season opener. Her twin sister Carley O’Neal (Russiaville, Indiana) led the team in scoring with 11.1 points per game.

Carley O’Neal was GC’s lone all-conference pick, garnering honorable mention.

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CREW TO LEAD WOMEN’S SOCCER Justin Crew (above) was named the 10th women’s soccer coach in GC history on April 16. The Olivet Nazarene University (ONU) graduate comes to Goshen from Ancilla College in Donaldson, Indiana, where he led the Chargers’ women’s soccer program since its 2015 inception. He also spent five years as head men’s soccer coach at ONU, reaching an NAIA national tournament, and has worked at the NCAA Division I level as an assistant coach at the University of South Carolina Upstate.

GC NAMED CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER FIVESTAR SCHOOL The NAIA named Goshen a Champions of Character Five-Star institution for 2016-17, marking the 16th straight season GC has received that recognition.

The award is based on five categories of the NAIA’s Champions of Character program: character training, conduct in competition, character recognition, academic focus and character promotion. Goshen is one of just 17 schools that has been a Champions of Character institution every year since the award began in 2002.

NAIA RECOGNIZES 25 SCHOLAR-ATHLETES Twenty-five GC student-athletes were recognized as Daktronics-NAIA ScholarAthletes in the fall and winter seasons.

Award recipients must have a GPA of 3.5 or better and be at least a junior academically.

The list includes five cross-country runners, 11 soccer players, five women’s volleyball players and four basketball players. Goshen’s nine-man men’s soccer contingent was tied for the largest in the NAIA. Goshen has accumulated 184 scholarathlete awards over the last four-plus seasons. Scholar-athletes in tennis, baseball, softball and track and field will be announced later in May.

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Sophomore middle hitter Darienne Maust (Bristol, Indiana) and senior outside hitter Christy Swartzendruber (Shickley, Nebraska) each earned second-team allconference nods after a 12-win campaign.

Maust set a program record with 0.96 blocks per set and led the team with 2.60 kills per set. Swartzendruber, who hit .189, graduates with the second-best efficiency in program history in both serving (.971) and receiving (.956).

Sophomore middle hitter Lindsay McQuinn (Lake Worth, Florida), sophomore setter Ally Roehr (Allendale, Michigan) and junior defensive specialist MacKinnon Tracy (Mill Creek, Indiana) all received allconference honorable mention.

AESCHLIMAN TABBED ACADEMIC ALLAMERICA Spencer Aeschliman (Salem, Oregon), a junior defender on the GC men’s soccer team, was picked to the College Division Academic All-America first team by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Aeschliman has started 50 of the Maple Leafs’ 56 games in the last three seasons. From 2015 to 2017, the Maple Leafs have improved their winning percentage in each season while cutting the number of goals conceded almost in half. This year’s defense set a modern-era record (since 1994) with eight regular-season shutouts.

In the classroom, the physics major sports a 3.99 grade-point average through four semesters, which was the fifth-best mark among the College Division first-teamers. He spent the summer of 2017 on campus studying Elkhart County’s air quality through the college’s Maple Scholars program.

Aeschliman is the first Maple Leaf in any sport to make an Academic All-America team since Erin Helmuth ’13 (women’s track and cross country) in 2013. The last GC men’s soccer players to get the first-team nod were Daniel Martin ’13 and Greg Thiessen ’11, both in 2011. His parents are Jeff ’87 and Margaret (Fisher) Aeschliman ’87.

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GOSHEN AN E D I T E D V E R S I O N O F P R E S I D E NT R EB E C C A S T O LT Z F US ’ I NA UG UR A L A D D RE S S Next year, this institution will be 125 years old. It did not come into being casually, and certainly not by chance. It came into being through the extraordinary vision and energy of the first generation of Mennonites to attain higher education and by Mennonite youth, many of them straight off the farm. And they taught and learned together with faculty and local students who were not from the Mennonite tradition but who were inspired to join this Elkhart County experiment.

Together they discovered the thrill of ideas, debate and scholarship.

Today we honor those founding men and women, who pressed their vision and energy as cultural and academic

entrepreneurs — pressing sometimes within and sometimes against the social boundaries of the Mennonite church as it moved from the 19th into the 20th century.

Today, we face an historic degree of tension and social pressure in higher education, reflected in a tangled debate about the worth of a college degree, the appropriate role of debt in obtaining that degree and concerns that college degree attainment in the United States is stagnant overall and inequitable by race and income level. This, in the face of research showing that a college degree is also strongly and positively associated with people’s lifetime earnings and sense of thriving and well-being.

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If we at Goshen are to navigate and illuminate a way through this turbulence, our particular light must shine even more brightly. If we are to persevere and indeed flourish for another 125 years, we must be clear and confident about what we offer the world.

Such an education, I propose, will have certain distinctive and defining qualities.

These qualities are not new to us, but are re-affirmations of who we have been.

I offer you four affirmations, which I believe are distinctively Goshen, and which yet need to be renewed for this new time.

I affirm that a Goshen education will continue to express and to integrate the transcendent values of beauty, truth and goodness.

We offer an education that liberates through engaging the whole person; it awakens and enlarges the capabilities of our students through the integration of the arts, the sciences, the humanities and the application of knowledge to do good.

These days, liberal arts education is being severely questioned. The 11th president of Goshen College, J. Lawrence Burkholder, wrote in 1983 that our commitment to integrative learning is in fact a part of our faithful call not to conform to the pressures of the world. It is part of our theology of education. He wrote: “I would suggest that a worthy expression of non-conformity these days would be to resist the inclination . . . to be satisfied with fragments. Rather,

the challenge is to think systematically and comprehensively. We must have the courage of rational association and creative synthesis. This means making core curricula as attractive as possible and thinking as broadly and as synthetically as we can. In a post-modern age, to build rational structures by tying together as much of what is good, true and beautiful as possible is to be nonconformed at its deepest level.”

Thirty-five years later, I can say with confidence that the Goshen Core curriculum is outstanding in its integrative nature. No curriculum is perfect or immutable; but what this faculty has made is exceptionally creative, interdisciplinary and integrative.

My second affirmation is that a Goshen education will be one in which the faculty are outstanding scholars engaged in the pursuit of truth.

They are scholars in their disciplines and they are scholars of teaching and learning. I am here, in part, because of my deep respect for this faculty, and because I am determined to support them.

Teaching is a vocation that is terribly demanding — and often delightful. This creative delight is possible when, in the words of Paulo Freire: “The teacher is no longer merely theone-who-teaches, but one who is taught in dialogue with the students, who in turn — while being taught — also teaches. They become jointly responsible for a process in which all grow.”

S O NG O F T HE MA P L E S Our seeds have wings the wind propels. See how each leaf unfolds, its map of roads radiating outward. We stretch toward light yet trust the dark from which we sprout, the rich earth we clutch and query.

What we reach for feeds us, becomes love conveyed in concentric circles swelling from the heartwood.

Music flows through the flutes of our veins. Give us this day a cote of doves, a parliament of owls and for a crown, a thousand green prayer flags shimmering in the rain, burning red or gold as we bow.

— Shari Miller Wagner ’80 This poem was commissioned for the inauguration ceremony.

Shari Miller Wagner (below) is the 2016 and 2017 Indiana Poet Laureate.

Top: The inauguration ceremony was held in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall on February 17, 2018.

Middle left: (L-R) Olivia Copsey ’19, Tobias Garcia ’21, Alia Byrd ’19, Benajmin Meyer Reimer ’19 and Lana Smucker ’18 perform “Goshen Voices,” a commissioned dramatic reading by Don Yost ’72.

Middle right: Former President James E. Brenneman ’77 confers the presidential medallion to President Stoltzfus.

Bottom left: Men’s Chorus Bottom right: Retired Goshen College faculty

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And thus our work happens in a truthseeking community. At its best, our truth-seeking community includes many diversities of experience, intelligence, identity and academic discipline, and advances our knowledge through creative conflict, not competition. When our teaching is relevant to our lives and our students’ lives, when it involves controversial ideas or challenging methods, conflict arises.

Let us embrace relevance, controversy and challenge! Let us practice how to listen deeply, to be curious about our differences and to create a conversational space when it is uncomfortable — even distressing. Let us manifest our respect for the intrinsic worth of every member of our campus community, and also our freedom to ask challenging questions and speak opposing views.

Third, I affirm that a Goshen education will continue to be experiential and transformative to an unusual and adventuresome degree.

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leads to experience and experience leads to study. Whether in a classroom or community or lab or oratory or stage, experiential learning challenges you to “try this!”

Goshen College students “try this” when restoring prairies on our campus and measuring the return of species of plants and pollinators. When learning not only French or Spanish, but also Wolof or Quechua as they build relationships with host families in Senegal and Peru.

When learning as students within a local prison classroom as ‘outsiders,’ alongside the ‘insider’ incarcerated students.

When learning to see how racism hangs on, within our society, and yes, within our campus, and when practicing skills to dismantle this and other forms of oppression.

Throughout our history, Goshen scholars have written a great deal about transformative education — which I stand behind. I also want to hold this over-used term to its true and high standard. It does not come cheaply.

Education always involves growth and change. It invites and sometimes forces the learner to go to a new place because the old place is not working anymore.

Goshen challenges learners to let many “prior things” fall apart — received worldviews or biases or privilege that stand in the way of our becoming the people we long to be, and to bring about the world we want to live in.

Looking back on my own experience at Goshen I can see how my own transformations that happened here have affected my life and my career.

On my Study-Service Term in Haiti, I learned that living simply and vulnerably as a cultural outsider brought about moments of deep connection and happiness. My prior idea that wealth and power were the keys to joy and beauty fell apart. As a woman, my experiences and relationships here taught me that being female did not make me less scientific or less able to be a leader. My prior ideas about my own capabilities fell apart.

These “prior things” did not go down without a struggle. Transformation is not tidy. The process of old ideas falling apart is disruptive and chaotic. It usually includes a disconcerting reorientation.

This is where friends, mentors, teachers and one’s own intelligent, shining soul become essential ingredients.

Finally, I affirm that a Goshen education is rooted and established in love — or in the words of our motto, in “Culture for Service.”

I affirm that we are rooted in an educated conscious love, formed and transformed by the way of Jesus. A love that gives us courage to be vulnerable and to be fierce when called upon to act for goodness.

This taproot of love leads us to make particular commitments in this time and place: • At a time in our nation when social inequalities are increasing, we will strive to craft policies and choose actions that expand social opportunity and increase equity.

• At a time when the rhetoric of higher education pits job preparation against holistic human development, our education will be holistic and prepare our graduates for great careers.

• At a time when the arts and humanities are viewed as nonprofitable, we will preserve them,

because they enable us to make a world that is worth living in.

• At a time when we are overwhelmed by disconnected information, we will host “the eternal conversation about things that matter.”

But our work is never complete. As I look ahead, I want not only to build on our current distinctions, but to imagine a vibrant future as well.

I imagine a future where we openly engage with and invest in this Maple City of Goshen, this Elkhart County and this region of Michiana — a future in which we see our commitment to local place and land and people as a part of our distinctive strength, a wellspring of learning and relevance.

I imagine us growing in our knowledge and relationship to the Potawatomi and Miami people who originally inhabited the lands of Goshen College.

I imagine our campus culture being transformed by the full participation of the increasingly diverse student body who are choosing a Goshen College education. I imagine a Goshen College transformed by that new reality; willing to let “prior things fall apart” when our

Photos from Inauguration Week, left to right: President Stoltzfus led an inaugural convocation panel — Dominique BurgunderJohnson ’06, director of marketing; Bev Lapp ’91, professor of music; Karina Flores ’17; and John D. Roth ’81, professor of history — in a conversation and storytelling about “Becoming who we are.”

Stoltzfest fun Bobblehead Becky presented at the basketball game Hugh Birky ’21 performs magic with help from Rachael Klink ’21 at Stoltzfest.

transformation requires it. And to create new things together.

Most of all, I imagine the joy of working with this community to create a shared vision and new aspirations as we continue to offer a distinctive and excellent Goshen College experience for life, leadership and service.

May we be strengthened in our inner beings with power through the Spirit, and may Christ dwell in our hearts through faith as we go forward, rooted and grounded in love.

To read the full text of this address or to see photos and videos from the inauguration, visit goshen.edu/inauguration.

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LETTERS TO THE CORNER OFFICE:

Two generations at the helm

EDITOR’S NOTE: In 1984, just months after she had graduated with a degree in chemistry from Goshen College, Rebecca Stoltzfus’ father Vic Stoltzfus ’56 was appointed as president of Goshen College. With encouraging words and remarkable insight, she wrote a heartfelt letter to him. Little did either of them know that nearly 35 years later, Rebecca would find herself in shoes similar to those of her father’s, as she assumed the presidency of her alma mater. In the spring of 2017, when Vic learned that Becky would be appointed as the college’s 18th president, he responded with a letter of his own. Here are those two letters, edited for clarity and length.

10.28.1983

A letter to my dad before he becomes president…

Dear Dad, I wanted to say a few words to you before you take the big step and become the pres.

I feel like a parent watching a child leave for college. I’m giving up an intimacy with you. We’ll still have our special father-daughter time I’m sure, but they’ll be fewer and farther between. You’re no longer going to belong just to me — you’ll belong to the faculty, the Board of Education and to the whole Mennonite Church.

I’m also afraid for you. I love you, even with all your foibles, but will others? I’m afraid of how bald you’re going to be up there on top. I don’t want people to dislike you, and presidents are highly unlikeable people.

And finally, nothing can make you not my dad, not even being the president. More important than the simple and eloquent spokesperson you will be, you are a man of choice words, who creates and forms his words to tickle the tongue and elate the ear. During your term as president you will have grandchildren. I don’t want my children to have the Goshen College president for their grandpa, I want them to have my dad.

And dad, after you retire, I want you to find a patch of land where you can have a garden, some fruit trees and an Allis Chalmers Tractor. And I’ll help you dig your potatoes.

Love, Becky

5.20.2017

Dear Rebecca, Thirty-four years ago this fall you wrote me one of the most thoughtful, tender, supportive, intimate letters that I have ever opened. I “accidentally” found it while I was looking for some old photos in files in my office. When I read it now, it brings me close to tears.

You had a remarkable ability at age 21 to see that becoming the president of Goshen College would mean exposure to

critics. When I became president, I had quite a bit of dark hair.

You anticipated my bald head!

Then you went on to express confidence in my ability to be a spokesperson for Goshen College. And you followed up with the clear declaration that the corner office would not mean that I would cease to be your father. You anticipated our seven grandchildren, but did not envision two of them in the future student body of GC. I treasure every word, every sentence of your letter. And now it is my turn.

Yes, your mother and I are tempted to hurt even before you begin your presidency for the ways that a public life attracts critics, some of them unfair (even unfair critics can sometimes be valuable and unintended helpers). We know that the sheer amount of work is a challenge. Responding to multiple and competing constituencies is a strain on integrity. You won’t go bald, but you may get very white.

You already have presidential manners. You recognize the gifts of others and genuinely appreciate what they have to offer. You don’t need constant affirmation. You have kudos already in the bank from an outstanding career. You have faculty, administrative, research and church credentials, plus remarkable national and international experience. You respect research and know how to access best practices and learn from the best minds. You are at home with information technology.

Your husband, your two children, your parents and the larger Miller and Stoltzfus families will be cheering you on. Your Ithaca friends and colleagues will not forget you.

Don’t be uncomfortable with some public acclaim. It can be useful. I don’t worry about you finding all your headgear two sizes too small.

My 12 years in the corner office had more joy than pain, more fulfillment than disappointment. My values and the college values were mostly aligned, which released my energy and motivation.

I have experienced 19 years after a college presidency. They have been so fulfilling. And so it will be with you, our beloved daughter. Yes, we will respect your time and your priorities, but you will still be our daughter.

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“My memories of Becky are from the point of view of a younger sister who looked up to her with a lot of awe and admiration. She skipped a grade, which meant she was five years ahead of me, but as annoying as I’m sure I was, she was always kind and patient with me, playing with me after school even when she was a cool high school student and I was still a sixth grader. I always felt there was nothing she couldn’t do, and lucky for Goshen College, I still believe that to be true!”

1972 The Stoltzfus family at their home in Charleston, Illinois (left to right): Tina Stoltzfus Schlabach ’82, Vic Stoltzfus ’56, Malinda Sanna ’87, Marie Stoltzfus ’56, and Rebecca

— Malinda Sanna ’87, sister

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Cornell University Photography

President Stoltzfus began nutrition research at Cornell University which aims to make food safer for mothers and children in low-income countries. The research, which she will continue, is funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and she is the principal investigator, though works with an international team of researchers. In March 2018, she traveled to the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology in Arusha, Tanzania, along with Goshen College professors: Paul Meyer Reimer ’84, professor of physics, and John Mischler, assistant professor in the sustainability and environmental education program.

Who is President Stoltzfus?

2017 On Nov. 1, her first day of work, President Stoltzfus spent her morning delivering Rise ’n Roll donuts to people and offices across campus as way of introducing herself and getting to know the community and every corner of the college.

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Brian Yoder Schlabach ’07

From some who know her best

“A test of her character happened when she learned that a high school teacher wanted to form a chapter of the National Rifle Association (NRA) at Eastern Mennonite High School. From what she knew of the NRA, she did not think it fit into the culture of her high school. She wrote an article in the school paper in opposition. The teacher met her in the hallway and strongly rebuked her. She heard him out, stood her ground and did not back down. It strengthened her to face opposition.”

— Vic Stoltzfus ’56, father

1983 Singing at Goshen College as a student with John Peachey ’85, Cheryl Showalter ’84 and Kevin Miller ’85.

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The engagement of Rebecca and Kevin Miller ’85.

2016 Rebecca was professor of human nutrition and vice provost for undergraduate education at Cornell University before returning to lead her alma mater.

“The first time that I sat down with Becky, she expressed with unparalleled enthusiasm the learning that she believes takes place both inside and outside of the classroom.

Immediately I understood that Becky is a person who believes in the whole student, and that is our challenge as educators to support students in integrating their various experiences.”

— Mike Bishop, Cornell University’s director of student leadership in the Office of Engagement Initiatives

2017

Brian Yoder Schlabach ’07

The Stoltzfus family: Rebecca with husband Kevin Miller ’85, daughter Lydia Miller, a 2018 Goshen College graduate who majored in mathematics, and son Gabe Miller, a Goshen College sophomore majoring in environmental science.

“My mom always takes a broad perspective of things.

Growing up, in any given conversation, she would take the topic and then zoom out, and bring all these other insights into view. Which was sometimes annoying…like in seventh grade when I was trying to convince her to let me get a cell phone, and suddenly she’s talking about globalism and Third World economies! But, she never let me think in an insular way.”

— Lydia Miller ’18, daughter

“I have been fortunate to collaborate with Becky for many years in work that focused on helping others make a positive difference in the world. In every interaction — whether a class, a meeting, a retreat, a conference, a presentation, a panel, etc. — she stands out as the person in the room who asked the right questions at the right moment that made everyone think more deeply about their purpose, that opened up spaces for others to contribute in more meaningful ways and that always led to a better process and outcome. And, following her questions, she always listens intently to the response, looking for ways to bring that perspective into whatever initiative we were working on. In other words, she ‘walked the talk’ and modeled how one builds deep, genuine, relational trust — something the world needs more than anything now.”

— Richard Kiely, senior fellow, Office of Engagement Initiatives, Engaged Cornell

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ALUMNI CROSSINGS

DAN KOOP LIECHTY ’88 DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI AND CAREER NETWORKS

Restoring a piece of GC history and tradition SINCE 1910, most graduates from Goshen College have

signed a heavy leather-bound graduation registry. This tradition continues today as the book and a lamp are annually moved to the Roman Gingerich Recreation-Fitness Center for commencement. After crossing the stage and receiving their diplomas, graduates sign the registry as part of the ceremony.

In the past few years though, it became clear that the book would need to be restored if we wanted to continue this tradition.

Joe Springer ’80, director of the Mennonite Historical Library, helped us find a book restorer who could get the book ready for the next century of graduates. After several months away, the book is now back on campus with a new leather cover that very closely matches the original, pages that were stabilized so that the ink will not fade and a new binding.

New pages were also added so that we can use it for many more years. See the before and after pictures at right.

With the restorer in place, the next question was how to pay for the process. I contacted all of the former directors of alumni relations who are living to see if this is a project that would resonate with them. In short order, former directors Lois Bare ’79, Susan Edwards ’91, Kelli King ’77, Laurie Nafziger ’78 and Alice Roth ’57 agreed to join me in funding this project in full. We give thanks for their continuing commitment to the college and this tradition.

As I noted earlier, “most” graduates signed the registry. There was a break in its use from 1980 to 1994 and members of those classes didn’t have a chance to sign it. When Lois Bare revived the tradition in 1995, she wisely left some pages blank so that those class members could sign it at a later date. We now plan to take the registry to class reunions at Homecoming for signatures. In the meantime, if you are on campus and you never signed the book, you are most welcome to stop by the alumni office and sign it. If you want to see your signature, or maybe your parent’s or grandparent’s signature, you are also welcome to stop by the office. It really is a wonderful piece of Goshen College history and tradition, restored to perfection.

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Before

After

The end of the fiscal year is approaching!

As you think about your giving plans, please consider a gift to the GC Fund before June 30. Gifts to the GC Fund are powerful because they go to work immediately, underwriting the very core of the student experience. Your gift by June 30 helps continue Goshen’s tradition of scholastic excellence, academic innovation and spiritual development. You can give online at goshen.edu/give, or by mail: Development Office, 1700 S. Main St., Goshen, IN 46526.

Annual report available online Goshen College’s 2016-17 annual report is available for viewing online at goshen.edu/give under “News & Reports.”

It is one opportunity to reflect back on the past year and say a big “thank you” to each of the individuals, churches and organizations that supported the college’s students and mission this past fiscal year. Every donation matters.

Prepare for your class reunion on Facebook In preparation for Homecoming Weekend and to help classmates reconnect, we have created a Facebook group for each graduating class since 1950. In addition to catching up and conversation, you can post photos, add files, create events or conduct a poll question just for members of the group. Please invite your classmates to join if they aren’t already. You can find links at goshen.edu/alumni under “Stay Connected.”

Thank you Jim Caskey and welcome back Kent Stucky!

After 20 years of loyal service in the college’s development office, vice president for institutional advancement Jim Caskey ’84 decided to join the Goshen Health leadership team as vice president of Goshen Health Foundation and capital campaign director. His last day at the college was March 31. Kent Stucky ’74 returned to campus in a part-time role to serve as interim special assistant to the president for advancement. He had previously served Goshen College for nine years (1992-2001), including as vice president for advancement, and since has been at Loyola University Chicago, Trine University and the University of Texas at Tyler. Thank you Jim and welcome back Kent!

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Sept. 28, 2017, both of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

DEATHS

Thelma Huston Thomas ’41, McDonough, Ga., died Jan. 3, 2018.

Harold R. Bachman ’36, Goshen, died Nov. 3, 2017.

Anna Shirey Yoder ’45, Albuquerque, N.M., died Jan. 23, 2018.

Ira. L. Hartman ’36, husband of Esther Hartman, 1560 Sycamore Ct, Goshen, died Oct. 27, 2017.

David W. Yoder ’42, Elkhart, Ind., died Oct. 24, 2017.

Lawrence E. Maurer ’36, Boulder, Colo., died Jan. 24, 2018.

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DEATHS Martha Thomas Baker ’47, Beaverton, Ore., died Dec. 29, 2017.

Arletta Roth Bare ’49, Prairie du Sac, Wis., died Jan. 3, 2018.

Charlene Showalter Christophel ’47, Goshen, died Dec. 9, 2017.

Doris Ebersole, wife of Robert A. Ebersole ’48, 1212 Waterford Cir, Apt 400, Goshen, IN 46526, died Jan. 13, 2018.

J. Morgan Frantz ’45, husband of Evelyn Frantz, 10 Community Cir, Palmyra, PA 17078, died March 13, 2018.

Verda Hershberger Good ’41, Eureka, Ill., died Nov. 30, 2017.

Marjorie Nafziger Gunden ’47, Naples, Fla., died Sept. 26, 2017.

Anna Bulla Hollar ’42, Goshen, died Feb. 10, 2018.

John W. Miller ’48, Plattsville, Ontario, Canada, died Dec. 2, 2017.

Helen Snyder Reusser ’48 died Nov. 8, 2017 and James R. Reusser ’54 died

Palmer Becker ’58, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, a long-time church leader, pastor, missionary, church planter, author and educator, is the recipient of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary’s Alumni Ministry and Service Recognition for 2018. Becker is the author of 15 books, including “Missio Dei No. 18: ‘What is an Anabaptist Christian?’” (now available in 18 languages), and an expansion of that resource called “Anabaptist Essentials: Ten Signs of a Unique Christian Faith” (Herald Press, 2017). Since 2007, he has taught short courses on the subject of Anabaptist identity in more than 15 countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America with Mennonite Mission Network and Mennonite Church Canada Witness. 1 Vera Good ’52, 102, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, a pioneering educator and television producer, is the subject of a new book, “The Exceptional Vera Good: A Life Beyond the Polka Dot Door” (CMU Press, 2017), by Nancy Silcox. The book traces Good’s life from her upbringing in an Old Order Mennonite family to her successful career as an executive producer of children’s programming for TVOntario from 1965 to 1981. Good laid the conceptual design and was the first executive producer

for Polka Dot Door, an educational TV series for children that aired every weekday from 1971 until the show’s cancellation in 1993. 2 Jonathan N. Roth ’59 (faculty ’85-04), Goshen, through his company, Micrology Labs, has donated hundreds of water test kits to Mennonite Central Committee’s partners around the world. The kits allow users to test for the presence of E. coli and other coliform bacteria in water.

DEATHS David L. Aasen ’50, Seattle, Wash., died Oct. 8, 2017.

Kathryn Leinbach Beck ’50, Minneapolis, Minn., died Nov. 29, 2017.

George Bialac, husband of Verda Hostetler Bialac ’59, 5216 Hamilton St, Omaha, NE 68132, died Jan. 3 2017.

Verna Birky, wife of Luke A. Birky ’50, 1300 Greencroft Dr, Apt 206, Goshen, IN 46526, died Oct. 25, 2017.

Margaretha Miller Brubacher ’57, Wausau, Wis., died Feb. 5, 2018.

Arlene M. Grieser ’52, Archbold, Ohio, died Jan. 24, 2018.

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C. Franklyn Heatwole, husband of Esther Bixler Heatwole ’51, 1002 W Casa Del Sol, La Junta, CO 81050, died Aug. 5, 2017.

B. William Yoder ’59, Goshen, died Jan. 20, 2018.

Patricia Harnish Yordy ’54, wife of Maurice J. Yordy ’52, 1397 CR 700 N, Eureka, IL 61530, died Oct. 25, 2017.

Patricia Rohrer Hooley ’50, Ligonier, Ind., died Feb. 8, 2018.

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Rosanna Yoder Hostetler ’53, West Chester, Pa., died Jan. 29, 2018.

NOTES

Wandalee Weaver Kabira ’52, wife of Chosei Kabira, 1067-14 Ichigao Aoba-ku, Yokohama, 225-0024 Japan, died Jan. 11, 2018.

Phil Bontrager ’69 was installed as continuing pastor at Grand Marais (Mich.)

Mennonite Church on Aug. 6, 2017.

John C. King ’55, Goshen, died Nov. 24, 2017.

Virgil S. Hershberger ’65, Fairview, Mich., joined TourMagination on a 10-day pilgrimage to Ireland in September 2017.

Then he spent several weeks visiting his son and family near London before repatriating back to Michigan from his three-year stint of being treasurer for Ford Credit Europe.

Donald G. Miller ’59, husband of Nancy Reedy Miller ’61, 21760 Angela Dr, Goshen, IN 46526, died Sept. 13, 2017.

Carol Miller Kramer ’65 and Leroy Miller, Middlebury, Ind., were married on Aug. 1, 2015.

Anna Rose Nafziger Kiesow ’56, wife of Peter Kiesow, 2820 CR 19, Wauseon, OH 43567, died Jan. 23, 2018.

Ellen Miller Riegsecker ’50, wife of Duane Riegsecker, 1117 Spring Brooke Dr, Goshen, IN 46528, died Oct. 6, 2017.

Sally J. Risser ’56, Reston, Va., died Dec. 17, 2017.

Ethel Henry Rush ’53, wife of Richard Rush, 78 Mountain, Richfield, PA 17086, died Sept. 11, 2017.

Mary Katherine Sauder ’53, Lititz, Pa., died Jan. 26, 2018.

Wanda S. Shumaker ’51, West Liberty, Ohio, died Jan. 25, 2018.

Kathryn Swartzendruber (staff ’78-90), wife of John D. Swartzendruber ’53, 60325 CR 113, Elkhart, IN 46517, died Jan. 1, 2018.

Shirley Amstutz Toole ’57, wife of Edwin Toole, 18291 CR 40, Goshen, IN 46526, died Oct. 19, 2017.

M. Jean Birky Troyer ’58, Goshen, died March 15, 2018.

Naomi Conrad Ulrich ’56, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., died Jan. 2, 2018.

Carol Jean Roupp Weber ’56, wife of Richard Weber, 1343 W Baltimore Pike, Apt D315, Media, PA 19063, died Oct. 31, 2017.

Violet Friesen Weese ’57, wife of Crayton Weese, 503 Evergreen Ave, Steinbach, Ontario, Canada R5G 0J1, died Feb. 3, 2018.

Evelyn Hartman Wenger ’53, wife of Sheldon Wenger, 1285 Shank Dr, Harrisonburg, VA 22802, died July 5, 2017.

Gerry Sieber ’66, Newton, Kan., retired after completing coaching the fall 2017 cross country season at Hesston College. He also coached soccer, basketball and track and field over 30 years at the school.

Richard E. Stuckey ’66, Surprise, Ariz., was appointed to the board of directors for 2018 for Benevilla, a not-for-profit human services agency dedicated to enhancing the lives of West Valley residents by providing care services for older adults, disabled adults, children and families. He previously served on the board from 2009-15 and was board chair in 2011-12.

Philip J. Troyer ’65, Tucson, Ariz., volunteered mowing grass at Richardson Adventure Farm during the summers of 2013-15, and traveled in the United States, Caribbean and Europe during the winters of 2013-16.

DEATHS Allen L. Bohn ’63, husband of Lilah Graber Bohn ’63, 4700 Krueger St, Wichita, KS 67220, died Nov. 15, 2017.

Matthew M. Cherepak ’66, husband of Jane Cherepak, 1533 Ash Dr W, Elkhart, IN 46514, died Jan. 10, 2018.

Ronald H. Herr ’69, husband of Erma Herr, 197 Cowell Rd, Ulster, PA 18850, died Feb. 3, 2018.

Wilbur B. Leer ’65, husband of Marilyn Leer, 2140 Okemos SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506, died Dec. 4, 2017.

Paul M. Longace ’61, husband of Nancy Heisey, 556 Lee Ave, Harrisonburg, VA 22802, died Feb.19, 2018.

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Ruth Martin Harnish ’50, wife of Robert L. Harnish Sr. ’50, 316 Evergreen Ct, Eureka, IL 61530, died Nov. 23, 2017.

At 104, Rose Hutchinson ’35 is GC’s oldest living alumnus Rose (Adams) Hutchinson ’35 (above) enrolled at Goshen College 88 years ago. Now, at age 104, she lives in Beaverton, Oregon, and she is Goshen’s oldest living alumnus.

In February, Goshen College President Becky Stoltzfus was able to visit with her during the Men’s Chorus spring break tour in Oregon.

Hutchinson was born on June 24, 1913, in Goshen, raised Methodist but later became a Catholic. Her father owned the Adams Store in downtown Goshen, which sold jewelry, men’s clothes, shoes and other accessories, and is now home to the Goshen Historical Museum.

She remembers playing tennis with Laverne Yoder, the daughter of then-president Sanford C. Yoder, on the Goshen tennis courts, where she met her future husband, Tom. After the couple were married, they moved to Indianapolis, and then later moved to New York City. They were married for 50 years until Tom’s death in 1993.

Hutchinson was a math major at Goshen but admitted she’d have rather studied theology or creative writing. She recently took up watercolor painting.

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Paula Oswald McClave ’69, wife of Charles McClave, 3327 38th St, W, Billings, MT 59102, died Jan. 6, 2018.

Marjorie Teuscher Miller ’68, wife of LeRoy Miller, 19456 Sun Cir Ct, Goshen, IN 46528, died Feb. 26, 2018.

Howard Oatman, husband of Ethel Smoker Oatman ’68, 172 N Park Court, Fruita, CO 81521, died July 31, 2017.

Margueritte M. Rydlewski ’68, Palmyra, Va., died Aug. 21, 2017.

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Robert D. Shank, husband of Tillie Anderson Shank ’61, 1402 S 15th St, Goshen, IN 46526, died Jan. 25, 2018.

Lorraine Chapman Smith ’67, Fort Wayne, Ind., died Feb. 23, 2018.

Betty Detwiler Sommer ’66, Bluffton, Ohio, died Nov. 7, 2017.

Joel Kauffmann ’79 honored at Museum of the Bible opening Family and friends of Joel Kauffmann ’79 (above) gathered to celebrate and honor his work ahead of the opening of the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C in November. At the event, museum staff unveiled a plaque (above) thanking Kauffmann for the “creative genius he brought to the Museum of the Bible,” and a new scholarship was launched in his name.

A screenwriter and creator of the Pontius Puddle cartoon, published in more than 200 publications, Kauffmann was a creative consultant on museum design before his sudden death on May 8, 2015.

The museum, a 430,000-squarefoot look at the Bible’s history, stories and impact, opened to the public on Nov. 11. For Kauffmann, the project represented the convergence of his personal passion for the Bible and his experience with building exhibits, perhaps most prominently at Nazareth Village, an open-air, interactive museum in Israel that replicates village life in the time of Jesus.

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Ginny Davidhizar Birky ’70, Newberg, Ore., retired in December 2017 from George Fox University (GFU). She was professor of education and awarded emeritus status after teaching at GFU for 17 years. She most recently taught and directed the doctor of education department. Prior to that she taught in the master of arts teaching program. Her husband, Karl Birky ’71, is in the process of retiring as a traffic engineer.

Dennis Byler ’70 and Connie Byler retired in January 2018 after 37 years of mission work in Spain.

Larry Gautsche ’74, Goshen, president and CEO of LaCasa, received the John Niederman Rural Development Leadership Award at The Prosperity Indiana Summit in January 2018. The award honors a person “who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in improving the quality of life, influencing the policies, and fostering opportunities for growth and development for the betterment of rural Indiana.” He plans to retire from LaCasa in August 2018.

Samuel B. Gingerich ’72 was named interim chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2017.

NOTES Franklin C. Baer ’72, Harrisonburg, Va., was named the Christian Connections for International Health’s (CCIH) 2017 Christian International Health Champion at the CCIH annual conference at Johns Hopkins University on July 15, 2017. He has worked in more than 30 countries and led numerous USAID, World Bank and faith-based teams to design health systems development (and rebuilding) projects.

After 45 years of connecting faith-based partners with health systems, he is easing into retirement. He continues working as an independent consultant, as a senior adviser to IMA World Health and as vice-president of SANRU NGO, managed by the Protestant Church of Congo. 3 Phil Bender ’70 and Julie Bontrager Bender ’72, Goshen, began as interim pastors at Bonneyville Mennonite Church on Aug. 27, 2017.

Emerson Nafziger ’73, Urbana, Ill., retired Dec. 31, 2017, from his position as extension agronomist, educator, mentor and researcher at the University of Illinois after 36 years.

Charles O. Steiner ’71, Goshen, was inducted into the 2017 Elkhart County Sports Hall of Fame.

Kathy Bennett Stiffney ’72, a member of the Goshen Painter’s Guild, is co-owner of The Painted Finch Studio and Gallery, which opened in November 2017.

Beth Bedsworth Suderman ’74, Elkhart, Ind., is a reading tutor with the Horizon Education Alliance.

DEATHS Donovan J. Beyeler, husband of Patricia L. Massanari ’71, 21908 Shirley Dr, Goshen, IN 46526, died Dec. 24, 2017.

Donations are currently being accepted to support the scholarship fund, which will be administered by Goshen College. Planners hope to raise $100,000 for the fund.

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Ronald L. Sommer ’72, husband of Diane Lehman Sommer ’75, PO Box 126, Kidron, OH 44636, died Feb. 27, 2018.

Elizabeth “Betsy” Troyer, wife of Samuel J. Troyer ’74, 1725 Juniper Place, Apt 107, Goshen, IN 46526, died Oct 2, 2017.

living of our days. They grant us a taste of being good enough, just as we are, in this world, just as it is.” 5 Kevin J. Gross ’83 (administrative faculty ’84-10), Goshen, has worked as a fractal (mathematical) artist in his business, Spirit Fire Images, LLC, since 2010. His fractal photographs have won numerous awards and are in collections across the country.

See examples of his photographs, calendar and videos at: SpiritFireImages.com.

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Marcella Hershberger ’81, Bristol, Ind., concluded as pastor of Bonneyville Mennonite Church on July 31, 2017.

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Tina Stoltzfus Horst ’82 is the founder of Coaching Mission International, a nonprofit organization providing culturally intelligent leadership coaching and coach training to the mission world. Her book, “Dancing Between Cultures” (Life Development Publishing, 2017), is loaded with stories, tips and real life situations designed to help implement practical faith-based strategies.

Susan A. Bender ’76 retired from the city and county of Honolulu, Hawaii, after 21 years as a real property tax attorney.

Rebecca Dyck ’75 continues to teach maternal-child nursing at Dawson College in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with clinical work in pediatrics and obstetrics.

Kelvin E. Friesen ’77 and Karen Rodriguez, Archbold, Ohio, were married on Dec. 30, 2017.

Hope Branscombe Graham ’75 is teaching nursing students at the University of La Gonave in Haiti.

Priscilla Stuckey ’79, Placitas, NM, wrote a second book, “Tamed by a Bear: Coming Home to Nature-Spirit-Self” (Counterpoint Press, July 2017). It’s a memoir of befriending the still small voice on a path of nature spirituality. 4 DEATH Marcia Beiler Yoder ’77, wife of Royce Yoder ’76, PO Box 71, Lederach, PA 19450, died May 29, 2017.

Roberta (Bobbi) Miller ’80, now retired from 37 years as a medical social worker, works part time as office manager at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Sarasota, Fla. Dan Nafziger ’83, Goshen, began working as chief medical officer at Goshen Hospital in January 2018. A specialist in infectious diseases, he had served as Elkhart County’s health officer for eight years.

John D. Roth ’81 (faculty ’85-present), professor of history, translated from German “Love in a Time of Hate: The Story of André and Magda Trocmé and the Village that Said No to the Nazis” by Hanna Schott (MennoMedia, 2017). He also co-wrote “The Global Anabaptist Profile” with Conrad Kanagy and Elizabeth Miller ’06 (ISGA, 2017).

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Dan Schrock ’81, Goshen, was installed as ongoing pastor at Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship on Sept. 17, 2017.

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James Caskey ’84 (administrative faculty ’97-18) became the vice president of Goshen Health Foundation and capital campaign director beginning April 30, 2018. He has held various positions in development at Goshen College since 1997, most recently as vice president for institutional advancement since 2009.

Phyllis Cole-Dai ’84, Brookings, S.D., has co-edited “Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems” (Grayson Books, 2017). “Mindfulness poems,” Cole-Dai explains, “invite us to bring our whole self to whatever moment we’re in, and truly live it. They encourage us to be more present, more attentive and compassionate, in the

Cynthia D. Yoder ’83 is teaching English at Chubu University in Kasugai, Japan.

She has spent 16 years living and working abroad since graduating from Goshen.

DEATHS Brent A. Eash ’81, husband of Heidi Schenk Eash ’81, 15485 CR 4, Bristol, IN 46507, died Jan. 8, 2018.

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Gordon R. Dyck, husband of Judith A. Beechy ’70, 315 Big Horn Dr, Unit H, Estes Park, CO 80517, died on Nov. 2, 2017, after a three-year journey with ALS.

David Reimer is sworn in on Dec. 13 as his wife, Simonetta, looks on.

Work comes full circle for U.S. ambassador David Reimer ’84 David Reimer ’84, a senior member of the U.S. Foreign Service, was sworn in as Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius and the Republic of Seychelles, two island nations in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of Africa, on Dec. 13, 2017.

After graduating from Goshen College in 1984, and earning a Master of Public and International Affairs degree from the University of Pittsburgh, Reimer spent five years working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture before joining the U.S. Foreign Service. Because of his SST experience in Belize, he returned there for his first job.

His path to becoming a U.S. Ambassador has taken him all over the world, filling various foreign service posts in Belize, East Africa, Germany, Haiti, Iraq, Italy and Switzerland. He has received eight top State Department performance awards, and is known for his extensive knowledge of Africa and his outstanding leadership and communication skills.

“It’s a fantastic career,” he said.

“It’s been a wonderful career for me, and I’d really like to see more Goshen College students here in the State Department.”

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Kathleen Murray Foster Friesen ’81, wife of Jon E. Friesen, 308 Witmarsum W Dr, North Newton, KS 67117, died Nov. 12, 2017.

David B. Strycker ’80, husband of Andrea Warkentin Strycker ’80, 1616 E Colfax Ave, South Bend, IN 46617, died Dec. 3, 2017.

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Frederick M. Zinser ’80, Goshen, died Feb. 16, 2018.

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Dr. Ann (Gusler) Vendrely ’85 (above) has been named as Goshen’s new vice president for academic affairs and academic dean. Bringing more than 20 years of experience in higher education as a professor, researcher and administrator, Vendrely will direct the college’s academic program, provide leadership to the teaching faculty and lead the academic strategic planning.

For the past four years Vendrely has been the associate provost and associate vice president for academic affairs at Governors State University in University Park, Illinois, which has included launching a new general education program and overseeing a successful accreditation process.

As a researcher, she has participated in receiving grants totaling more than $2 million, and her scholarship has focused on a variety of topics in physical therapy, as well as research on best practices for undergraduate education. She is also a professor of physical therapy at the university and previously served as the program coordinator for the school’s transitional doctor of physical therapy degree program. In her role as a professor, Vendrely received the institution’s faculty excellence award three times.

Lon L. Swartzentruber ’88, Grand Rapids, Mich., is a senior design partner with Design Group International. He works with nonprofit leaders in the areas of strategic planning, leadership coaching, governance and capital campaigns.

Randy Zimmerman ’85, Shipshewana, Ind., will retire at the end of the current school year. He has been superintendent for 20 years at Westview School Corporation.

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Ellah Wakatama Allfrey ’88, London, has been appointed publishing director of Indigo Press, a new publishing house. Indigo Press will publish fiction and creative non-fiction and is open to writing from around the world and literature that explores radical thinking and literary innovation in both form and approach.

Ann Minter Fetters ’86, Wichita, Kan., wrote “Miracle in the Making” (June 2017), the story of Kevin Deary ’00 and the Boys & Girls Club of Elkhart County, Goshen. Deary is president and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Elkhart County.

Karen Hirschy ’85 (staff ’70-03), Goshen, retired from MAX (Mutual Aid eXchange) in March 2018.

Douglas Kaufman ’89, Goshen, is the director of pastoral ecology with the Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions, a partnership of Goshen College, Eastern Mennonite University and Mennonite Central Committee. He works with pastors on addressing ecological issues in worship, hoping to shape Mennonites to care more about climate change. He continues as copastor at Benton Mennonite Church, where he has served for 18 years.

Monica Denny Markel ’88 works as an RN case manager at Kindred Hospice in San Antonio, Texas. She notes that when she is complimented on her Spanish, she’s given

NOTES Thavisith Mounsithiraj ’92, Goshen, won first place in the Toastmasters International Speech Contest in February 2018 at the local level.

Kristine Drolet Weaver ’91, Goshen, will be awarded the 2018 Nurse Practitioner Award for Excellence for the State of Indiana by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners at the national conference in Denver, Colo., in June. 6

1995-99 NOTES Amy M. Gingerich ’99, Hudson, Ohio, was appointed the executive director and publisher at MennoMedia and its book imprint Herald Press, effective early 2018.

She has served as editor at Herald Press books and editorial director at MennoMedia since 2009. 7 Grant Rissler ’99 defended his doctoral dissertation, titled “Advocate or Traditional Bureaucrat: Understanding the Role of ESL Supervisors in Shaping Local Policy toward Immigrant Communities,” for a Ph.D. in public policy and administration in June 2017 at Virginia Commonwealth University.

He is assistant director for programs at the Commonwealth Educational Policy Institute.

“I am so energized by the possibilities and opportunities as I look forward to helping move the new vision and growth potential of Goshen College forward,” she said.

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Janneken Smucker ’98, associate professor of history at West Chester University, is recipient of the 2018 Dale W. Brown Book Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies for her book, “Amish Quilts: Crafting an American Icon” (John Hopkins University Press, 2013).

Keith S. Swartzendruber ’97 and Tabitha Gingerich, Washington, D.C., were married on Dec. 10, 2016. Keith works at National Council of Churches as operations coordinator for convening tables and intellectual property.

2000-04 NOTES Jordan E. Buschur’s ’01, Holland, Ohio, painting of books is featured on the cover of Ian McEwan’s book, “My Purple Scented Novel,” to be released in the United Kingdom in June 2018. She also recently moved into a new studio space, which she shares with her mother, a painter and floral designer.

Rachel Springer Gerber ’00, Bloomington, Ind., completed her service as denominational minister of Christian formation for Mennonite Church USA on July 31, 2017. She served in this role since 2014. Her work included the establishment of The Gathering Place, an interactive website for Anabaptist youth leaders to find connection, resourcing, networking, mentoring and spiritual formation.

Tamara Gill ’03 and Kevan S. Zechin, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, were married on Sept. 9, 2017. Tamara works as an

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administrator and child care provider for Word Alive Christian Outreach Ministries. 8 Krysta M. Hawkley ’03 and Tony Hartman, Elkhart, Ind., were married on Aug. 5, 2017. Krysta works as an enrollment and financial aid specialist at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. 9 Jonathan R. Leichty ’01 and Amanda A. Beachy ’08, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, were married on Sept. 23, 2017. Jon is an organic dairy farmer and Amanda is pastor at Washington Mennonite Church. 10 Jessica Meyers ’03 is an Asia correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, based in Beijing.

Jason Miller-Souder ’00 was appointed CEO of Families Forward Philadelphia (Pa.) in July 2017. Families Forward provides shelter, housing and social services to families. He also teaches macro social work at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice.

Kent Oyer ’01, Goshen, made a 10-day hike to Everest Base Camp and back again with Mountain Mart Treks in Nepal in September 2017.

Nathan M. Pletcher ’00 and Andrea Springer ’00, Mountain View, Calif., celebrated the birth of Dane Springer Pletcher on July 28, 2017. Andrea teaches reading intervention to elementary students, and Nate is an electrical engineer at Verily Life Sciences. 11 Jimmer Prieto ’00 and Zulma Prieto ’00 were awarded the 2017 Diakonia Award by the Goshen Noon Kiwanis Club. The club gives the award annually to someone from the Goshen community who demonstrates a commitment to service. Jimmer retired as director of the English as a new language program at Goshen Middle School. Zulma started “El Puente,” Indiana’s first Spanishlanguage newspaper, in 1992. She is also adjunct professor of Latino studies at Goshen College.

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Aaron Sawatsky-Kingsley ’97, Goshen’s city forester, and the City of Goshen, were presented the International Society of Arboriculture’s Good Leaf Award, given to communities/individuals for outstanding work in community forestry. Aaron works at managing and growing a healthy tree canopy for Goshen.

Joseph J. Berry ’94 honored with Penn State’s Outstanding Science Alumni Award Joseph Berry ’94 (above) was honored with Penn State’s Outstanding Science Alumni Award in October 2017 for his research contributions and his commitment to training undergraduate researchers.

Berry’s research on semiconductors and photovoltaics has resulted in advances in solar power technology and optoelectronics devices — electronic devices that use or are affected by light.

Berry is a senior research scientist at the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, and has contributed to the Department of Energy’s Condensed Matter Physics Program since 2015. He is also a lecturer in the Department of Physics and an affiliate of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Berry’s graduate research was foundational to semiconductor spintronics — a field of electronics in which the spin of electrons is manipulated — and was cited by the Nobel Prize Committee in the scientific background for the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics. He later developed high-precision spectroscopic imaging techniques to understand quantum effects in nanostructured semiconductors.

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Jason Rhodes ’01, boy’s basketball coach at Oak Lawn (Ill.) Community High School, was named coach of the year in the South Suburban Conference. 12

Joanne Gallardo ’06, Goshen, was installed as ongoing pastor at Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship on Sept. 17, 2017.

Angela Dittman Ritchey ’02, Warsaw, Ind., has been promoted to senior vice president and chief technology officer at Lake City Bank. In her new role, she focuses on network security, the rapid growth of new technology in banking and the growth of financial technology innovation.

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Alyssa Kreider Sunderland ’02 and William Sunderland, Seattle, Wash., celebrated the birth of Keziah Sage on June 9, 2017. She joins Yuri, 7, and Gareth, 5.

After Hurricane Harvey, Gaurav Khandelwal ’01 and his wife, Seema (above, with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner in the middle), opened their Houston home to several nurses who traveled there to help. But the nurses were turned away at the volunteer sites, due to an overabundance of volunteers.

Khandelwal, the CEO of Houstonbased technology company ChaiOne, figured there had to be a better way to connect resources with people in need.

About 500 hours of work later, along with the help of about a half dozen employees, ChaiOne’s team rolled out the app Disaster Connect, which employs maps and balloons pinpointing the locations of needs following a disaster.

Khandelwal worked with the city and other charitable organizations to promote it.

Lane Kaufmann ’05 and Amanda Hooley Kaufmann ’05, Lansing, Mich., celebrated the birth of Emri Sue on March 15, 2017. Lane is fixed term faculty in the art department at Michigan State University, and Amanda teaches grades 4-6 at Stepping Stones Montessori School. 14 Sarah E. Yoder ’05, Goshen, was inducted into the 2017 Elkhart County Sports Hall of Fame.

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Danae Wilson Wirth ’01, Goshen, STEM coordinator at Fairfield Community Schools, was named conservation educator of the year by the Elkhart County Soil and Water Conservation District in February 2018.

Why Gaurav Khandelwal ’01 decided to create an app following Hurricane Harvey

Justin Gillette ’05, Goshen, won his 90th marathon, Beyond the Beach, on Sept. 17, 2017.

Alan Zimmerman ’04, Goshen, was honored

by Interra Credit Union for 10 years of service.

Margene Murdent Zink ’02, South Bend, Ind., was recently named a partner at Kruggel Lawton CPAs, an accounting and business advisory firm where she began her career 15 years ago. She is the firm’s first female partner and is the leader in the firm’s nonprofit practice, providing audit, tax and consulting services to nonprofit clients of all sizes.

NOTES Christopher De Shield ’06, assistant professor of English at the University of Belize, is founding editor of Dobl Benk, a literary journal that publishes creative nonfiction and poetry, drawn primarily from University of Belize student work.

In addition to original compositions, the journal plans to also feature student translations into Belizean Kriol of famous works from other language traditions.

Justin Heinzekehr ’06 (administrative faculty ’16-present), director of institutional research and assessment, and assistant professor of Bible, co-edited “Socialism in Process” (Process Century Press, 2017) with Philip Clayton.

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Joshua R. Weaver ’06 and Julia Gingrich, Elkhart, Ind., celebrated the birth of Eliza Catherine on Oct. 10, 2017. She joins Caroline, 3.

Mariko Miyama Claassen ’05 was promoted to manager at Insight Accounting Group’s Goshen office. She will focus on preparing tax returns for businesses, as well as individual tax payers. She previously was a tax analyst.

Layne W. Wyse ’06 finished a master of urban and regional planning (MURP) program at Portland (Ore.) State University in summer 2017. He works as a transportation planner with Nelson/Wygaard in Portland.

The app can be used globally to address disaster recovery needs around the world, Khandelwal said.

It’s available to download for free on iOS and Android devices.

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2007 NOTES Ashenafi Abebe ’07 and L. Whitney Turner ’10, Indianapolis, Ind., were married on April 29, 2017. 15 Laura Neufeld Goerzen ’07 and John Goerzen, Newton, Kan., celebrated the birth of Martha Kathryn on July 10, 2017. 16 Joseph R. Hartman ’07 and Jenna C. Yoder ’07, Prairie Village, Kan., celebrated the birth of Oscar on March 18, 2016. Joe is an assistant professor of Latinx and Latin American Studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Lisl K. Hershberger ’07 and Pedro Galvá de la Rosa, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, were married on July 12, 2017.

Lisl is a social worker with the international NGO, International Justice Mission.

Fern R. Lehman ’07 and Mark Stege, Marshall Islands, celebrated the birth of Beia Oli on Sept. 21, 2017. Fern is a biology professor at the College of the Marshall Islands. 17 Liz Martin ’07, Goshen, a TAP master teacher at Goshen Community Schools, is one of 11 educators appointed to the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching’s advisory board for the 2017-18 year.

Rachel Slentz ’07 and Matt Jun, Granger, Ind., were married on Aug. 19, 2017. 18 Adam D. Yoder ’07 and Laura Landis Yoder ’07, Winston-Salem, N.C., celebrated the birth of Camilla Ann on May 4, 2017. She joins Theodore, 3.

2008 NOTES Jodi M. Birkey ’08 and Phillip Ihaza, Washington, D.C., were married on Aug. 11, 2017. 19 Lindsy R. Glick ’08, Boise, Idaho, works as a bilingual civil rights investigator at the Idaho Human Rights Commission, where she investigates claims of illegal discrimination and harassment.

Lauren R. Hall ’08 and Vaughn Climenhaga, Houston, Texas, celebrated the birth of Mae Arabella on July 10, 2017. Lauren is an elementary school nurse in Houston. 20 Kelsey Hartman ’08 and Jose A. Perez, Houston, Texas, were married on July 21, 2017. Kelsey earned a master’s degree

in 2014 and a Ph.D. in 2016, both in psychology from Louisiana State University.

She is a school psychologist with CypressFairbanks Independent School District. 21 Reuben D. Houser ’08, St. Paul, Minn., works as a psychotherapist at Waters Edge Counseling and Healing Center.

Matthew G. Rody ’08 and Brooke Rody, Saint Paul, Minn., celebrated the birth of Lev on March 15, 2017. He joins Thea, 2. The family began a three-year term in November 2017 as Connecting Peoples Coordinators with Mennonite Central Committee in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.

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2009 NOTES Sheldon C. Good ’09, Philadelphia, Pa., began working as executive director of The Mennonite, Inc., on Feb. 1, 2018.

Brent Handfield ’09, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, works as financial controller for Blue Heron Aviation Ltd.

2010 NOTES Kathryn Schlabach Bachman ’10 works at Samaritan Family Medicine Resident Clinic in Lebanon, Ore. She offers osteopathic manipulation treatments and helps patients with chronic pain to find non-narcotic treatments that work for them. 22 Ben Bouwman ’10 was installed as associate pastor of Walnut Hill Mennonite Church, Goshen, on July 23, 2017.

Elizabeth Clemens ’10, Bend, Ore., works as the Families First program manager at Bethlehem Inn, central Oregon’s largest emergency shelter. She collaborates with a wide variety of community agencies that can assist in providing housing, physical and mental healthcare, educational and job support. Last year they provided services to over 1,100 adults and children and served more than 77,000 meals to those in crisis. 23 Renee Miller Eigsti ’10 and Rick J. Eigsti ’11, Iowa City, Iowa, celebrated the birth of Evelyn Mae on July 12, 2017. 24 Daniel L. Hall ’10 and Hannah Miller Hall ’10, Harrisonburg, Va., celebrated the birth of Lilyana Miller Hall on Jan. 9, 2018.

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Emily Leischner ’10 is a master’s graduate student in anthropology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, with interests in museum anthropology, first nations and indigenous studies, and community-based research projects.

she began a master’s degree in development studies program at the Graduate Institute of Geneva, Switzerland.

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Katie Miller O’Leary ’14, a choir and music teacher at Goshen High School, directed the school’s spring musical, “Tarzan,” based on the popular Disney film.

Minda Clemens ’11, Goshen, is director of development for the north central region for Ivy Tech Community College. She works with donors and community partners to grow student success within the region.

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Eric D. Hochstetler ’11 and Logan N. Subler, Tipp, City, Ohio, were married on Oct. 14, 2017. Eric works as an auditor at The J.M. Smucker Co. in Orrville, Ohio,

While living in Germany after college, Rachel Smith ’01 (above left) discovered a knack for helping non-English speakers pronounce English words. Having studied computer science, math and music, and with experience as an ESL teacher and opera singer, she decided to put her skills to work and make an English pronunciation video to post to a new website called YouTube.

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“I really didn’t have a big plan going in. I started posting some basic videos and it grew from there,” she told Entrepreneur magazine. “The idea and the concept very much grew over time.”

A decade later, Smith’s YouTube channel, Rachel’s English, has more than 1.3 million subscribers, helping people from all over the world learn English. Her nearly 500 videos have been viewed more than 73 million times. Sometimes her husband, David Roth ’98 (above right), or her college friends even make appearances in the videos.

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Jennifer K. Steinmetz ’14 is a special education teacher in the intensive skills classroom at Franklin High School in Portland (Ore.) Public Schools.

2015 NOTES Melissa A. Mackowiak ’15 and Cody Smith, Lima, Ohio, were married on Sept. 3, 2016.

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Maritza Chavez Stahly ’12 and Derrek Stahly, Goshen, celebrated the birth of Asher D.R. Chavez Stahly on Aug. 11, 2017. 25

Jacob P. Smucker ’15, multimedia producer and graphic designer for JMX Brands, the largest online retailer of Amish furniture, was awarded the first annual service award at the business’ headquarters in Sarasota, Fla. 27

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Rachel Smucker ’15, Harrisonburg, Va., works as communications associate and policy analyst for Secure Futures, LLC, a solar energy company in Staunton, Va.

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Alison Reist ’13 is a project supervisor with A Brush with Kindness Paint and Repair Program with the Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity.

Samita Thapa ’13 worked in Nepal with Accountability Lab for a year and a half before moving to Santiago, Chili, where she volunteered with Start-Up Chile, a leading accelerator in Latin America. In fall 2017,

NOTES Blake J. Shetler ’16, Milton, Mass., works as a volunteer in the Life Together Community of Episcopal Service Corps.

Participants live in community, work for social justice in schools, nonprofits and churches, and grow as leaders through training and spiritual practice.

In addition to her videos, Smith, who lives in Philadelphia, also runs an online subscription-only academy for intermediate to advanced English learners who want to boost their conversation skills.

After reaching 1 million subscribers, YouTube threw her a party and awarded her a Gold Play Button at their recording studios in Manhattan in December, giving her a chance to celebrate with her friends, family and fans from around the world.

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DEATHS Sadie Ponce Bermea ’15, wife of Steve G. Bermea, 807 N Main St, Goshen, IN 46528, died Nov. 4, 2017.

NOTES Katie Hurst ’17, immediately after graduation, accepted a position at the Walt Disney Company in Orlando, Fla., as an external communications intern, working primarily with media relations in the public affairs department for Disney World Parks & Resorts.

Erin Drudge Love ’08, wife of Eric Love, PO Box 706, Akron, IN 46910, died Feb. 24, 2018.

Emma Liechty ’17 is serving with Mennonite Voluntary Service as a digital literacy instructor at Briya Public Charter School in Washington, D.C.

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Karina Ortega ’17, Elkhart, Ind., teaches a dual-language kindergarten class at Waterford Elementary School, Goshen.

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FACULTY AND STAFF DEATHS Marilyn Bayak (staff ’73-10), Goshen, died March 10, 2018.

NOTES Mike L. Brown ’97, Syracuse, Ind., was inducted into the Greater Otsego County Sports Hall of Fame in Michigan in October 2017. He was a graduate of Johannesburg-Lewiston High School, where he participated in football, baseball and track and field.

Kevin Koch ’10, Goshen, a textile artist and custom tailor, owns and manages Koch House of Design. He has traveled the world, both studying and teaching this old craft.

Rose Shetler ’06 (administrative faculty ’07-present), Goshen, is a major gift officer at Goshen College.

Marti Rogers Whalen ’11, Goshen, is the communicable disease supervisor for the Elkhart County Health Department.

Correction Thank you to Janet Umble Reedy for recognizing and identifying the late Connie Bryant Lockerbie '62 as the unidentified woman in the Fall/Winter 2017 issue "Lasting Ties" photo (p. 40). She was a home economics major.

Send us your news and photos Send your news and photos related to births, deaths, marriages, job changes, achievements, etc. to alumni@goshen.edu or Goshen College Alumni Office, 1700 S. Main St., Goshen, IN 46526. When sending in photos for publication, please submit digitally in the highest resolution available. We look forward to hearing from you! You can log on to the Alumni Directory (goshen.edu/alumni/directory) to read more news about alumni, find their contact information and submit your own updates.

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Kaitlyn W. Bradley ’17 (environmental education) and Michael Sproles, Kimmell, Ind., were married on Oct. 21, 2017.

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Mark Eash Hershberger ’10 creates connections with new “Mennonite Game” card game While many Mennonites have played the “Mennonite game” – the Anabaptist version of six degrees of separation – everyone now has the chance to play Mark Eash Hershberger’s ’10 (above) table top version.

Hershberger created “The Mennonite Game” card game where players strategically “discover that they are connected in various ways” through drawing cards and using their various ties and experiences, such as realizing that someone is your “brother’s roommate’s sister’s ex-boyfriend’s high school teacher,” according to a Hershberger.

Hershberger originally began creating the card game three years ago, and last fall he shared the project with the broader community through a Kickstarter campaign.

Nearly 300 people backed the campaign, giving more than $12,000, far beyond his original goal.

The game, priced at $35, is available via “The Mennonite Game Card Game” Facebook page.

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In Memoriam

Art Smucker

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry (1923 - 2017) Arthur A. Smucker ’45, professor emeritus of chemistry at Goshen College, died December 25, 2017, at the age of 94. Smucker taught at Goshen College for 34 years, serving at various times as a chemistry professor, head of the chemistry department, tennis coach and director of computer services. Along with his wife, Oma, he also led Study-Service Trimesters (now Study-Service Term) for Goshen College in Guadeloupe (GC’s first unit) and in Poland. He retired from Goshen College in 1987.

“Art was an excellent mentor, showing me ways to improve in the classroom and having fun in the laboratory setting,” said Don Clemens ’61, chemistry professor from 1967-2004. “Art had an inquisitive mind and learned computer programming, thus helping to start the computer department at GC. Art was a friend as well as a colleague.”

Smucker is survived by his second wife, Carol Oyer ’46; his children, Doug ’71 (Karen ’69), Brian ’73 (Candi Horton), Don ’75 (Jade Chandler), Cynthia Marcus ’77 (Larry), Carol ’79 (Chuck Back), and Robert ’81 (Klaudia ’78); three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and four stepchildren, Rebecca Oyer ’75, Kathy Oyer ’77, Sarah Oyer ’80 (Mike Cerceo), and Tim Oyer ’85 (Joanne).

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C. Norman Kraus

Professor Emeritus of Religion (1924 - 2018) C. Norman Kraus, professor emeritus of religion, died April 6, 2018, in Harrisonburg, Virginia at the age of 94.

Kraus taught courses in Bible, religion, theology and church history at Goshen College from 1951 to 1988, and served as founder and director of the Center for Discipleship at Goshen College.

A student of both Anabaptism and Evangelicalism and its origins, he is the author of more than a dozen books on Christian faith and theology, and also served as a book review editor of the “Mennonite Quarterly Review.”

“As a student at Goshen College, fraught as I was with deep questions of faith and ultimate meaning, C.Norman Kraus was a profound guide and mentor in the classroom and out,” said former Goshen College president James E. Brenneman ’77.

Kraus was married to Ruth Smith ’42, who died in 1997. In 1998, Kraus married Rhoda Short Hess, who survives him, along with his five children, Yvonne Forman ’68, Jo Anne Okamoto ’69, John Kraus, Bonnie Kraus-Connelly ’74 and Robert Kraus, along with their spouses, eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Mary Swartzendruber (1918 - 2018)

Mary A. Swartzendruber, 100, died March 5, 2018 in Goshen. She and her husband Ed, who died in 2015, had been longtime, faithful “angels” of the Goshen College Music Department and Music Center, giving more than $1,000,000 to the college since their first modest gift in 1954 when they were farmers. Although they never attended college themselves, their money for scholarships, instruments and more have helped hundreds of college students and their steadfast support has kept the music program humming. They were the parents of Kay Montgomery ’64 and Doug Swartzendruber ’68.

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visit campus Experience the difference June 25

Sept. 28-29

Nov. 9

March 23-24

Summer Open House

Explore Goshen Day (especially for those 100+ miles away)

Explore Goshen Day

Admitted Student Weekend

Jan. 21

Custom visit day

Oct. 5

MLK Day Open House

Let us know your needs and we’ll design a specialized visit itinerary for your visit.

Especially good for high school seniors if visiting on a weekday.

July 9 Summer Open House

Sept. 14 Explore Goshen Day

Sept. 21 Pre-Med, Environmental Science & Sustainability Open House

Homecoming Open House (for high school children of alumni)

Oct. 26 Explore Goshen Day Track: ASL

Feb. 18 President’s Day Open House

March 8 Explore Goshen Day

Ways all alumni can help grow Goshen Refer students to us who have not heard of or considered Goshen College, but whom you think would value this learning experience and community. (goshen.edu/refer) Organize a group of high school students in your area and bring them to campus for a visit. The Admissions Office can help with your planning and with travel reimbursements. (goshen.edu/visit)

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goshen.edu/calendar

EVENTS June - September Events listed are open to the public and free unless otherwise indicated. Call 574.535.7566 or visit goshen.edu/tickets for pricing information and to order tickets. For a complete list of Goshen College events, including upcoming Performing Arts Series and athletic events, visit goshen.edu/calendar.

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OCT. 5 Homecoming Peace Plays Umble Center 8 p.m. | $5

JUNE 7 Performing Arts Series: Audra McDonald Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. | $70, $65, $55

OCT. 6 Homecoming Music Gala Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. | $

SEPT. 23 – NOV. 18 Exhibit: “Amish Arts 1900-1940: From the Pottinger Collection” Harold and Wilma Good Library, Gallery

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JUNE 4 – SEPT. 16 Exhibit: “Amish Arts 1900-1940: From the Pottinger Collection” Music Center, Hershberger Art Gallery Reception: Sunday, Sept. 9, 2-3:30 p.m.

Lecture: Sunday, Sept. 9, 3:30 p.m.

SEPT. 14 Performing Arts Series: TBA Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. | $

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OCT. 6 Homecoming Peace Plays Umble Center 4 p.m. | $5

OCT. 8 Homecoming Peace Plays Umble Center 2 p.m. | $5

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December

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NOV. 2 Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Choir Concert Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. | $ NOV 3 Performing Arts Series: TBA Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. | $ NOV. 9, 10, 17 Fall Mainstage (TBA) Umble Center 8 p.m. | $10, $5 NOV. 11, 18 Fall Mainstage (TBA) Umble Center 3 p.m. | $10, $5

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NOV. 13 Men’s and Women’s Choir Concert Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. | $

DEC. 7, 8 A Festival of Carols Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. | $

NOV. 16 Panel Discussion: Alice Parker, Mary Oyer, Rebecca Slough Music Center, Rieth Recital Hall 12 p.m.

DEC. 9 A Festival of Carols Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall 4 p.m. | $

NOV. 16 Lavender Jazz / Wind Symphony Fall Concert Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. | $

DEC. 15 Performing Arts Series: TBA Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. | $

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Presidential Word Search Puzzle

by JOE SPRINGER ’80, curator, Mennonite Historical Library

Identify the following 40 words in this puzzle: Words may appear in any direction, forward or backward, but always contiguous. A single letter may be part of more than one word.

First OR last name of each of the 18 presidents of Goshen College (including acting/interim and shared names only used once, 14 words) First name of each of the presidential spouses (shared names only used once/ omitted spouse’s name for president who was a widower while in office, 15 words)

Youthful occupational aspiration of GC’s longest-serving president (1 word) Country where two GC presidents served as missionaries prior to becoming president (1 word) City where the only person to serve twice as GC president helped shape the liberal arts program of a new university (1 word) Incongruous username of first GC president to use email while in office (1 word)

GC’s motto—created by GC’s first president (words of the phrase appear separately, 3 words) Number of GC core values (1 word) One of three orienting goals of GC’s current educational vision (1 word) 50-year-old plan for the future of Goshen College (1 word) Goshen’s favorite tree (1 word)

For the answers go to: goshen.edu/wordpuzzle

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Look back. Look forward.

As you cherish your college memories — roommates who became lifelong friends, late-night discussions, moments of new insight, unforgettable pranks — now is the time to start planning to ensure a bright tomorrow for future Goshen College students and yourself. Planned giving offers you peace of mind and reflects your values as you are able to joyfully share from your abundance for many years to come.

Learn more at:

goshen.edu/give 574.535.7564

PLANNED GIVING

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for alumni and families of current students (parents, siblings and grandparents) CLASS REUNION YEARS: 2008 | 1998 | 1993 | 1988 | 1983 | 1978 | 1973 | 1968 | 1963 | 1958 | 1953 WEEKEND ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: Homecoming convocation and alumni awards reception | Special events related to SST anniversary | 50th class banquet (1967) | Goshen’s First Friday activities – downtown | Family bike ride | Peace Plays | Alumni breakfast | Ultimate Frisbee tournament | Soccer game | Special Haitian art exhibit | Hymn sing | Alumni picnic | Music Gala | Food trucks

Beginning July 1, register online at:

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