spacer
August 2011
S m t w t f s
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031






August 2011


2
Tuesday
SUMMER SST RETURNS / ENDS
Union, South Entrance

15
Monday
Exhibit: Senegal Fabric in Indiana Patchwork: The Quilts of Irene Bornman
Good Library Gallery   through September 5, 2011

16
Tuesday
Student Teaching Orientation
4:00 pm, Koinonia Room

18
Thursday
Teaching Faculty Meeting
8:30 am, NC 17

19
Friday
Opening All-Employee Brunch
10:00 am, CMC Fellowship Hall

20
Saturday
Visiting Artist Recital: Wendela Van Swol, solo flute
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall, GC Music Center

23
Tuesday
MSN Orientation - Cohort V
3:00 pm, Wyse Hall, Room 211
MSN Orientation - Cohort IV
5:00 pm, Wyse Hall, Room 318

25
Thursday
Academic Department Chair/Program Directors Meeting
8:00 am, College Church 110

26
Friday
International Student Orientation
College Church Gathering Rooms
MAO Orientation
9:00 am, Newcomer Center, Room 17

27
Saturday
New Student Days
  through August 29, 2011
Welcome Convocation
2:00 pm, Church-Chapel
Presidential Picnic
5:00 pm, Green in front of the Administration Building

28
Sunday
Student Life Coffee
10:00 am, Schrock Plaza
Worship Service
11:00 am, Church-Chapel
Transfer Student Meeting
2:00 pm, College Cabin

29
Monday
Fall Semester begins with evening classes
various locations
New Students Academic Information Meeting
9:00 am, Umble Center
Spanish competency/placement test for continuing students
9:30 am, Good Lib 102
Math competency test for continuing students
9:30 am, UN 004
Spanish test for new students R - S
11:00 am, Administration 21
Spanish test for new students A-He
11:00 am, UN 004
Spanish test for new students Ho - P
11:00 am, Good Lib 102
Math competency test for new students R - Z
12:15 pm, Good Lib 102
Math competency test for new students A - P
12:15 pm, UN 004
Spanish test for new students T - Z
12:15 pm, Administration 21
Continuing Student Check-In to 6:00 p.m.
1:00 pm, Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall
Music Theory placement exam
2:45 pm, MC 110
Part-Time Job Fair
3:00 pm, Schrock Plaza

30
Tuesday
Theater Fling
9:00 pm, Umble Center, Yost Room

31
Wednesday
FALL SST DEPARTS
Union, South Entrance
Opening Convocation
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Campus Ministries Open House
9:00 pm, RFC 104

September


1
Thursday
Colloquium Large Group Session #1
2:00 pm, Umble Center

2
Friday
Chapel - "Serving Christ," Campus Ministries theme for 2011-2012
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

3
Saturday
Hokum Karem
10:30 am, GC Fields
ISC Welcome Back Party
4:00 pm, College Cabin
Club DC @ GC "Movie on the Lawn"
10:00 pm, Umble Center Lawn

5
Monday
Convocation: "AVI Fresh, Unpeeled"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
End of drop/add period
5:00 pm,

6
Tuesday
JV Men's Soccer vs Valparaiso
5:00 pm, GC Soccer Field
Women's Soccer vs St. Xavier
7:00 pm, GC Soccer Field
JV Volleyball @ IU Kokomo
7:00 pm, Kokomo, IN

7
Wednesday
Volleyball vs Taylor
7:00 pm, RFC
Men's Soccer @ St. Xavier
8:00 pm, Chicago, IL
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104

8
Thursday
JV Men's Soccer vs Huntington
7:00 pm, GC Soccer Field

9
Friday
Chapel - Employee Faith Story by DaVonne Harris, RD for Yoder
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Volleyball vs IWU
7:00 pm, RFC
Visiting Artist Recital: Michael Todd Simpson, Baritone
7:30 pm, Goshen College Music Center, Rieth Recital Hall
GC Kickball Championship
9:00 pm, KMY Lawn

10
Saturday
JV Volleyball @ Grace Invitational
Winona Lakes, IN
Cross Country @ Grace
10:00 am, Winon Lakes, IN
Women's Soccer @ Bluffton
12:00 pm, Bluffton, OH
Men's Soccer @ Bluffton
2:00 pm, Bluffton, OH
KMY BBQ on the Lawn
5:00 pm, KMY Lawn
Performing Arts Series: Manhattan Transfer
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall

11
Sunday
Rothshank Reception
2:00 pm, Hershberger Art Gallery
Topics & Issues 1
3:30 pm, Music Center Room 153

12
Monday
Exhibit: Brought Home: Objects and Stories from Mission and Service Workers
Good Library Gallery   through November 13, 2011
Beyond the Wall Poster Sale
Union Hallway
Convocation: "Invisible Children" - EXTENDED TO 10:50 a.m.
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
JV soccer vs Trine
7:00 pm, GC Soccer Field

13
Tuesday
Beyond the Wall Poster Sale
Union Hallway
Lunch & Learn
12:00 pm, College Mennonite Church, Koinonia Room
Umble Master Class
2:00 pm, Umble Center
Student Teaching Workshop
4:00 pm, Gathering Rooms
Women's Soccer vs Manchester
7:00 pm, GC Soccer Field
Umble/Yoder Keynote Address: Anna Deavere Smith, "Glimpses of America in Change"
7:30 pm, Goshen College Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

14
Wednesday
Graduate School Admission Seminar
10:00 am, NC 17
Women's Soccer vs Aquinas
5:00 pm, GC Soccer Field
Volleyball vs Spring Arbor
7:00 pm, RFC
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104

15
Thursday
Group Meditation
10:00 am, Newcomer 19
JV Volleyball @ Indiana Tech
7:00 pm, Ft. Wayne, IN

16
Friday
Early graded experience

JV Volleyball vs Ancilla
5:00 am, RFC
Chapel - "If I had a Hammer," Kevin King, Mennonite Disaster Service
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Men's Soccer vs Cedarville
6:00 pm, GC Soccer Field
Julia Spicher Kasdorf poetry reading and reception- English Department S.A. Yoder Lecturer
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Volleyball vs Huntington
8:00 pm, RFC

17
Saturday
Jv Volleyball vs Grace
1:00 pm, RFC
Volleyball vs Grace
3:00 pm, RFC
Women's Soccer vs Calumet
5:00 pm, GC Soccer Field
Alumni and Friends Gathering with President Jim Brenneman
5:30 pm, Chicago, Illinois
Men's Soccer vs Caulmet
7:00 pm, GC Soccer Field
Euclid String Quartet Recital
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall, GC Music Center

19
Monday
Convocation: "Who Are The Mennonites?"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Y'11 RN-to-BSN Orientation
3:30 pm, WY318

20
Tuesday
Lunch & Learn
12:00 pm, College Mennonite Church, Koinonia Room
Student Teaching Workshop
1:00 pm, Gathering Rooms

21
Wednesday
Celebrate Service Day - Colloquium Only
8:30 am, OTHER CLASSES MEET AS USUAL
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104

22
Thursday
Group Meditation
10:00 am, Newcomer 19
Men's and Women's Tennis vs Cornerstone
4:00 pm, GC Tennis Courts

23
Friday
Chapel - "Songs & Stories from Iona," students Emily Hedrick & Stephanie Hollenberg
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Pachanga on the Plaza
6:30 pm, Schrock Plaza
JV Soccer vs Bethel
7:00 pm, GC Soccer Field
Volleyball at Bethel
7:00 pm, Mishiwaka
The Awakening
8:30 pm, Music Center 153
Faith Film Friday
9:00 pm, Connector 3rd Floor

24
Saturday
Women's Soccer at Indiana Tech
7:00 am, Ft. Wayne, IN
Bringing the Stage to Life
9:00 am, Newcomer Center, Room 17
Men's and Women's Tennis at Bethel
11:00 am, Mishiwaka
Cross Country @ Forester Invitational
12:00 pm, Vernon Hills, IL
Volleyball at St. Francis
3:00 pm, Ft. Wayne, IN
Men's Soccer vs Spring Arbor
7:00 pm, GC Soccer Field

25
Sunday
GC Art Faculty Exhibit
Hershberger Art Gallery   through November 27, 2011
Men;s Tennis at St. Joseph
1:00 pm, Rensselaer
Christmas in September
6:00 pm, Howell House
Taize Worship Service
8:00 pm, Newcomer 19

26
Monday
Men's and Women's Tennis vs Defiance
GC Tennis Courts
Convocation: "To Drink or Not to Drink?"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Social Media Beyond the 7th Day
2:00 pm, Administration Building Room 20

27
Tuesday
Lunch & Learn
12:00 pm, College Mennonite Church, Koinonia Room
MAO Happy Hour
3:30 pm, Union Hallway
Women's Soccer at Huntington
4:00 pm, Huntington, IN
Kick-Off Auditions
5:00 pm, NC 19
Inquiry Program Celebration Dinner
5:15 pm, Koinonia Room
JV Volleyball @ IUNW
7:00 pm, Gary, IN

28
Wednesday
Men's Soccer @ St. Francis
4:00 pm, Ft. Wayne, IN
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104

29
Thursday
Group Meditation
10:00 am, Newcomer 19
Teaching Faculty workshop
4:00 pm, NC 17

30
Friday
9th Annual Grief Seminar
8:00 am, College Mennonite Church
Chapel - A Summer of Ministry Inquiry, led by 2011 MIP students
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Men's Tennis vs IWU
3:30 pm, GC Tennis Courts
Women's Tennis @ IWU
4:00 pm, Marion, IN
Bring Your Own Flannel
6:00 pm, KMY Lawn
Volleyball vs Davenport
7:00 pm, RFC
Faith Film Friday
9:00 pm, Connector 3rd Floor

October


1
Saturday
JV Men's Soccer at Calvin
1:00 pm, Grand Rapids, MI
Volleyball at Marian
7:00 pm, Indianapolis, IN
Women Soccer vs Taylor
7:00 pm, GC Soccer Field
Men's Soccer vs Grace
7:00 pm, GC Soccer Field
Fall Kick-Off
10:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall

3
Monday
Convocation: "Servant Leadership in the Public Sector"--extended to 10:45
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Goshen City Mayoral Candidate Forum
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall

4
Tuesday
Lunch & Learn
12:00 pm, College Mennonite Church, Koinonia Room
Men's Soccer at Huntington
4:00 pm, Huntington, IN
Resume Writing Workshop
4:00 pm, AD 20
Saloma Miller Furlong: My Journey from the Amish
7:00 pm, Newcomer Center

5
Wednesday
Resume Writing Workshop
10:00 am, AD 20
Topics & Issues 2
1:00 pm, Hershberger Art Gallery
Women's Soccer at Bethel
7:00 pm, Mishawaka, IN
Volleyball at IUSB
7:00 pm, South Bend, IN
JV Men's Soccer at Valparaiso
7:00 pm, Valparaiso, IN
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104

6
Thursday
Alumni Board Meetings
1:00 pm, College Mennonite Church, Koinonia Room
Colloquium Large Group Session #2
2:00 pm, Umble Center
Resume Writing Workshop
4:00 pm, AD 20

7
Friday
Red Cross Blood Drive
Union Gym
Homecoming Weekend 2011
GC Campus   through October 9, 2011
Blood Drive
7:00 am, Union Gym
Alumni Board Meetings
8:00 am, College Mennonite Church, Koinonia Room
Special Homecoming Convocation (extended to 10:45) & Reception
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Group Meditation
1:00 pm, Newcomer 19
Cross Country at Bethel Invite
5:00 pm, Mishawaka, IN
Just Footprints: Stepping Carefully in Our Creator's World
Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College, Farmstead Site   through October 9, 2011
Volleyball at IWU
7:00 pm, Marion, IN
LJ Hour After
8:00 pm, Downtown for First Friday
One Acts
8:00 pm, Umble Center
The Awakening
8:30 pm, Music Center 153

8
Saturday
Homecoming Weekend Events on Saturday
GC Campus
Homecoming Class Reunions
9:45 am, GC campus
Documentary Film, "Stages"
12:30 pm, Umble Center
Homecoming Hymn Sing
2:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall, GC Music Center
One Acts
4:00 pm, Umble Center
GC Art Faculty Exhibit & Reception
5:00 pm, Hershberger Art Gallery, Music Center
Homecoming Music Gala
7:30 pm, Goshen College Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall
The Squoco Energy Company Presents an Evening with the Squendling Brothers
9:00 pm, Umble Center
Yacht Party
10:30 pm, NC19

9
Sunday
One Acts
2:00 pm, Umble Center
Student Leadership Dinner
6:00 pm, Newcomer, Rooms 17 and 19

10
Monday
Special Convocation: Remembering Prof. Jim Miller
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Farewell Reception for Dan Stutzman
2:00 pm, Koinonia Room, College Church

11
Tuesday
Lunch & Learn
12:00 pm, College Mennonite Church, Koinonia Room
Hispanic Heritage Dinner
5:00 pm, Dining Hall
Performing Arts Series: Mary Chapin Carpenter
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall

12
Wednesday
Employee Open Forum
4:00 pm, Koinonia Room, College Church
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104

13
Thursday
Colloquium: Major/Minor Fair
2:00 pm, College Church Fellowship Hall
Nature Photography Workshop
Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College, Farmstead Site   through October 15, 2011

14
Friday
GC Board of Directors
College Mennonite Church, Koinonia Room   through October 15, 2011
Chapel - Service of Prayer & Anointing
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Faculty Promotion Reception
10:30 am, Good Library
Group Meditation
1:00 pm, TBA
The Awakening
8:30 pm, Music Center 153

16
Sunday
Parables Fall Break Tour
9:40 am, Harrisonburg Mennonite Church
Parables Fall Break Tour
7:00 pm, Park View Mennonite Church

17
Monday
Mid-term break
  through October 19, 2011

18
Tuesday
Parables Fall Break Tour
9:26 am, Eastern Mennonite High School
Lunch & Learn
12:00 pm, College Mennonite Church, Koinonia Room
Afternoon Sabbatical
1:00 pm, Goshen College Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

19
Wednesday
ITS Department Fall Retreat
10:00 am, College Church 110/111
Parables Fall Break Tour
10:30 am, Central Christian High School
Cross Country at Great Lakes
11:00 am, Grand Rapids, MI
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104

20
Thursday
Retired Faculty Luncheon
12:00 pm, College Church Fellowship Hall
Purple and White Night
9:00 pm, Recreation Fitness Center

21
Friday
Campus Open House
8:15 am, Rieth Recital Hall
Chapel - "My Story of Faith & Immigration," Jaqueline Salamanca
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Group Meditation
1:00 pm, Newcomer 19
Adelphian AppleFest
6:00 pm, Adelphian House
Volleyball vs Bethel
7:00 pm, RFC
JV Men's Soccer at Bethel
7:00 pm, Mishawaka
Faculty Recital Series Concert
7:30 pm, Goshen College Music Center, Rieth Recital Hall
The Awakening
8:30 pm, Music Center 153
Dance & Talent Show
9:00 pm, NC17 and NC19

22
Saturday
Hydrology Workshop
9:00 am, Meet at Merry Lea
Multicultural Campus Open House Closing Lunch
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall
Volleyball vs St. Francis
3:00 pm, RFC
Men's Soccer at Taylor
4:00 pm, Upland, IN
Women's Soccer vs Spring Arbor
7:00 pm, GC Soccer Field
GC Symphony Orchestra Fall Concert
7:30 pm, Goshen College Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

23
Sunday
Clothesline Project
Schrock Plaza   through October 28, 2011

24
Monday
Convocation: "Sexual Violence: Empower Yourself to be Part of the Solution" - Kendra Yoder
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Volleyball vs Anderson
7:00 pm, RFC

25
Tuesday
Lunch & Learn
12:00 pm, College Mennonite Church, Koinonia Room
Global Women's Issues: Ending Violence Against Women
3:30 pm, NC 17
Women's Basketball at Lake Michigan College (scrimmage)
7:00 pm, RFC
JV Men's Basketball at Concordia Seminary
7:00 pm, Ft. Wayne, IN
JV Men's Soccer vs Alumni
7:00 pm, GC Soccer Field
Women's Soccer at IWU
7:00 pm, Marion, IN
Performing Arts Series: Carolina Chocolate Drops
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
MAO Happy Hour
9:00 pm, KMY 1st Floor Connector Lounge

26
Wednesday
BONUS Convocation: Tanzania SST, spring 2011
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Really Really Free Market (RRFM)
6:00 pm, Union Hallway
Volleyball vs MVNU
7:00 pm, RFC
Take Back the Night
8:00 pm, Newcomer 19
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104

27
Thursday
Anti-Racism Training
12:00 pm, Koinonia

28
Friday
Group Meditation
1:00 am, Newcomer 19
Volleyball at Cornerstone Tournament
Grand Rapids, MI   through October 29, 2011
Showalter Foundation Board Meeting
8:00 am, Church Gathering Rooms
Chapel - A Summer of Service Inquiry, led by 2011 SIP students
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Service & Seminary Expo
11:00 am, Connector lounge, first floor
Enchanted Forest
Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College, Farmstead Site   through October 29, 2011
JV Men's soccer at Bethel
7:00 pm, Mishawaka, IN
The Awakening
8:30 pm, Music Center 153
Faith Film Friday
9:00 pm, Connector 3rd Floor
Poetry Slam
10:00 pm, NC19

29
Saturday
Howell-O-Ween
Howell House
GEMTA AIM Festival
8:00 am, Music Center
Women's Basketball vs Lourdes
1:00 pm, RFC
Fall Choral Concert
7:30 pm, Goshen College Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall
Day of the Dead
9:30 pm, KMY Connector

30
Sunday
Organ Recital Series: Mary Catherine Levri
4:00 pm, Music Center Rieth Recital Hall
Conversation Cafe
8:00 pm, Newcomer 19

31
Monday
Convocation: Preview of "A View from the Bridge" by Arthur Miller
10:00 am, UMBLE CENTER
Last day to withdraw with a "W"
5:00 pm, Registrar's office, AD 06