Goshen College

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Important people

A number of famous people have either taught or attended Goshen Gollege throughout the years, from a world renowned professor and astronomer and award winning author to the developer of the seedless watermelon and prestigious business leaders and musicians. Goshen's motto "Culture for Service" is evident in many graduates and faculty who have contributed to larger society. Below is a list of several important people who have been associated with the College.

*List of Goshen College people

Past presidents

* John D. Yordy (Interim President), 2004-06
* Shirley H. Showalter, 1997-2004
* Henry D. Weaver, (Interim President), 1996
* Victor S. Stoltzfus, 1984-96
* J. Lawrence Burkholder, 1971-84
* Paul E. Mininger, 1954-70
* Carl Kreider (Acting President), 1950-51, 1970-71
* Ernest E. Miller, 1940-54
* Sanford C. Yoder, 1923-40
* Daniel Kauffman, 1922-23
* Irvin R. Detweiler (Acting President), 1920-22
* Henry Frank Reist, 1919-20
* George J. Lapp, 1918-19
* John E. Hartzler, 1913-18
* Noah E. Byers, 1901-13

Principals of the Elkhart Institute
* Noah E. Byers, 1898-1903
* Willis E. Tower, 1895-98
* Rev. F.A. Hosmer, 1894-95 [cite web|url=http://www.goshen.edu/inauguration/presidents.php|title= Past Presidents of Goshen College|publisher=Goshen College|year=2006|accessdate=2008-05-11]

Center for Intercultural Learning and Teaching

On October 25, 2006, Goshen College announced that it was the recipient of a $12.5 million Lilly grant to create the Center for Intercultural Learning and Teaching (CITL). [cite web|url=http://citl.goshen.edu|title= Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning|accessdate=2007-12-25] Aguirre, Richard: "Access, Transformation & Research", Bulletin: The magazine of Goshen College, Winter/Spring 2007, pp. 11-12] The purpose of this grant is to research challenges that come with changing demographics in rural towns with small colleges, hopefully putting Goshen College at the forefront of the study. Goshen received this money in part because of its heritage with SST, and priding itself on being a good "global citizen," one of the school's core values. Goshen College's location in Elkhart County is optimal for such a study because of the community's large and rapidly growing Latino population (12.6 percent of the population in 2006). The grant will also provide a venue for growing and retaining minority (particularly Latino) students. Despite growing minority populations, Indiana's minority enrollment in its colleges and universities has only increased two percent.

Traditions

* Goshen's motto, "Culture for Service," was coined by president Noah E. Byers in 1903.

* Goshen's school colors, purple and white, were modeled after Northwestern University, where President Byers attended and after which he wanted to model Goshen.

* One of the college's many traditions is "sampling" sap from the city of Goshen's official Maple Tree, located on campus, and "testing" how many more weeks of winter there will be. Professors from the science department bring out their equipment with much fanfare to determine the official length of winter. In 2006, the maple tree was removed because of disease rotting the hardwood and was replaced by a new tree, now the official maple tree of Goshen. In 2007, new president Jim Brenneman replaced this tradition (which probably resulted in the early death of the maple) with "Weather or Not Day"; a day celebrating Northern Indiana's fickle weather.

* Early (1925) advertisements for the college were refreshingly direct. One said “Goshen [is] not the best college in the United States. But it is better than the rest for Mennonite young people.” [Showalter, Shirley: President's Public Diaries. http://www.collegevalues.org/diaries.cfm?id=233&a=1 ]

College seal

Goshen College seal signifies the book which all alumni have signed since graduation, and the lamp signifies the enlightenment that comes with education. As a Christian school, the book also signifies the importance of word, as well as God's call for his people to be "light to the world." [cite web|url=http://www.goshen.edu/news/bulletin/03june/01_year.php|title=One remarkable year: 1903-1904|publisher=Goshen College|year=2003|accessdate=2008-07-18]

Alma Mater

"There's a spot in Indiana, where the leafy Maple grows"
"It's the dear and glorious parkside, where the Elkhart River flows"
"'Tis a spot we love most dearly, 'Tis a spot we'll cherish long"
"After youth and strength have faded, and this world has heard our song"
"Chorus:"
"Goshen College, Ever Singing"
"To our motto we'll be true"
"Honor to our Master bringing"
"Alma Mater, we love you"
"Here we learn life's duties doing, in our sacred college halls"
"Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, answer high, when duty calls'
"Though our times may be slender, may our hearts be warm and true"
"Ever lead us onward, upward, ever shall the strength renew"
"Chorus:"
"Goshen College, Ever Singing"
"To our motto we'll be true"
"Honor to our Master bringing"
"Alma Mater, we love you"
"And the lasting ties of friendship, growing through the hopes and fears"
"May they ne'er be brung assunder in the distant, coming years"
"Though our future paths may lead us, to unite humanity"
"Alma Mater e'er we leave you, loyalty we pledge to thee"
"Chorus:"
"Goshen College, Ever Singing"
"To our motto we'll be true"
"Honor to our Master bringing"
"Alma Mater, we love you"

College hymn

"Teach me thy truth, O mighty One,"
"From sin, O make me free."
"Prepare my life to fill its place"
"In service, Lord, for thee."
"Accept my talents, great or small,"
"Choose thou the path for me,"
"Where I shall labor joyously,"
"In service, Lord, for thee."
"Help me to show thy glorious way"
"That leads in hope to thee,"
"Till other souls their joy shall find,"
"In service, Lord, for thee."
"Grant me thy grace for ev'ry task"
"Until thy face I see,"
"Then ever new shall be that joy"
"In service, Lord, for thee."

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References

External links

* [http://www.goshen.edu Official website]
* [http://www.goleafs.net Official athletics website]
* [http://www.goshen.edu/aboutgc/map.php#map Campus map]
* [http://www.goshen.edu/merrylea/ Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center]
* [http://www.globeradio.org FM 91.1 The Globe, WGCS website]