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December 2008


1
Monday
Convocation: "I Believe" speeches from Oral Comm and Writing for Media classes
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

2
Tuesday
Men's Basketball at Cornerstone University
Grand Rapids, MI
Lifelong Learning Institute - "Music and Art of Christmas"
1:30 pm, Music Center Room 153
SST FINAL ORIENTATION - SPRING PERU
3:00 pm,
Women's Basketball hosts Illinois Tech
7:00 pm, Goshen College

3
Wednesday
Commuter Club Meeting
10:00 am, Commuter Lounge
Future of Science
4:00 pm, SC 106
Catholic Mass on Campus
8:00 pm, Newcomer 19

4
Thursday
Lifelong Learning Institute - "Music and Art of Christmas"
1:30 pm, Music Center Room 153

5
Friday
Chapel: Advent Service of Hymns and Scriptures
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
A Festival of Carols
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
President's Cookie Reception for Students
9:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Jake Miller Hour After
10:00 pm, NC19

6
Saturday
Women's Basketball at Bethel College
1:00 pm, Mishawaka, IN
Men's Basketball hosts Bethel College
3:00 pm, Goshen, IN
Donor Christmas Dinner
5:15 pm, College Church Fellowship Hall
A Festival of Carols
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Jake Miller Hour After
10:00 pm, NC19

7
Sunday
A Festival of Carols
4:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall

8
Monday
Last day of classes in fall semester

Convocation: Annual Student Life Christmas Party
10:00 am, Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall

9
Tuesday
Reading Day

GCNSA Christmas Party
11:30 am,
Afternoon Sabbatical
1:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall - An Early Renaissance Christmas Medley
Lifelong Learning Institute - "Music and Art of Christmas"
1:30 pm, Music Center Room 153
Women's Basketball hosts Calumet College
7:00 pm, Goshen College

10
Wednesday
Final Exams
  through December 12, 2008

11
Thursday
Lifelong Learning Institute - "Music and Art of Christmas"
1:30 pm, Music Center Room 153
President's Christmas Reception for Faculty/Staff
2:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

13
Saturday
CSA Recitals
10:00 am, Rieth Recital Hall
Residential Housing Closes
10:00 am,
Women's Basketball hosts Judson College
1:00 pm, Goshen College

14
Sunday
Moravian Hymn Sing
4:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

15
Monday
First Friday Film Festival
5:00 pm, Downtown Goshen

16
Tuesday
GCSWA Faculty/Staff Reception
9:30 am, Church Chapel Gathering Rooms
Women's Basketball at Ohio Dominican College
7:00 pm, Columbus, OH

17
Wednesday
Men's Basketball at Warner Southern
7:00 pm, Lake Wales, FL
Women's Basketball at Bluffton College
7:00 pm, Bluffton, OH

18
Thursday
Spring Tuition Payments Due

Staff Christmas and Recognition Banquet
12:00 pm, College Church Fellowship Hall
Men's Basketball at Weber International
4:00 pm, Babson Park, FL

20
Saturday
Women's Basketball hosts IUSB
12:00 pm, Goshen College

January 2009


3
Saturday
Women's Basketball hosts Grace College
1:00 pm, Goshen College
Men's Basketball at Grace Colege
3:00 pm, Winona Lake, IN

5
Monday
Residential Housing Opens
12:00 pm,
Spanish Placement Test
2:00 pm, Union Building, Room 004
French Placement Testing
2:00 pm, Administration Building, Room 21
German Placement Test
2:00 pm, Good Library Room 102
Math Competency Test
3:30 pm, Union Building, Room 004

6
Tuesday
PERU SPRING SST DEPARTS
6:30 am, Union
New Student Day/Check-In
12:00 pm, Church-chapel fellowship hall
Men's Basketball hosts Saint Francis University
7:00 pm, Goshen, IN

7
Wednesday
Classes begin for spring semester

Women's Basketball at St. Francis University
7:00 pm, Ft. Wayne, IN

9
Friday
Chapel: "The Promise of the Holy Spirit"--meditation by Campus Pastor Bob Yoder
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Dinner & a Movie
5:30 pm, Good Library Gallery

10
Saturday
Women's Basketball hosts Huntington University
1:00 pm, Goshen College
Men's Basketball at Huntington University
3:00 pm, Huntington, IN

11
Sunday
Parables Worship Team
4:00 pm, Greencroft Senior Center Vesper Service

12
Monday
Convocation: BASICS: A shift in judicial response
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

13
Tuesday
End of drop/add period , including grade plan changes
5:00 pm, Registrar's office
Graduate School Admission Seminar
6:30 pm, Newcomer 17
Men's Basketball at Taylor University
7:00 pm, Upland, IN

14
Wednesday
Foundations of Excellence Dimension Committees
10:00 am, Multiple Locations - contact Ross Peterson-Veatch for information about locations.
Women's Basketball hosts Taylor University
7:00 pm, Goshen College

15
Thursday
Shop Talk
5:00 pm, Music Center Lobby

16
Friday
Chapel: Hymns of the Spirit -- Rebecca Slough
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Science Speaker Series
4:00 pm, SC 106
Senior Recital: Jesse Landis-Eigsti, composition
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

17
Saturday
IMEA All-State Choir Rehearsal
9:00 am, Music Center Room 153
CSA Recitals
10:00 am, Rieth Recital Hall
Women's Basketball at Marian College
1:00 pm, Indianapolis, IN
Men's Basketball hosts Marian College
3:00 pm, Goshen, IN
Faculty Recital Series: Rebecca Hovan, flute & Christine Larson Seitz, piano
7:30 pm, Reith Recital Hall

18
Sunday
Parables Worship Team
9:30 am, College Mennonite Church
Topics & Issues
1:30 pm, Hershberger Art Gallery
Performing Arts Series: Bobby McFerrin
4:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Taize Worship Service
9:00 pm, NC-19

19
Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Study Day

Martin Luther King Day Breakfast
7:30 am, COllege Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall
Convocation #1: "The Dream" Spoken Word Coffee House
9:00 am, CC 300-301 (Koinonia room)
MLK Day Campus Open House
9:00 am, College Church Room 110
Convocation #2: "The Dream" Reader's Theater Presentation with Triple G Mimes and Voices-n-harmony choir, extended to 11:00
9:50 am, Church-Chapel
Convocation #3: "Living the Dream: Avenues of Action" discussion, to 12:00 noon
11:00 am, CC Fellowship Hall

20
Tuesday
President Obama Inauguration Watch
11:00 am, Umble Center
Men's Basketball hosts Spring Arbor University
7:00 pm, Goshen, IN

21
Wednesday
Resume Writing Workshop
10:00 am, NC17
GCSWA Luncheon
12:00 pm, Newcomer Center 19
Women's Basketball at Spring Arbor University
7:00 pm, Spring Arbor, MI
Worship Night
9:00 pm, Rec Fitness Center 104

23
Friday
Exhibit: Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist, Hung Liu
Hershberger Art Gallery   through March 3, 2009
Chapel: Faculty faith story: President Jim Brenneman
10:00 am, Church-chapel
Science Speaker Series
4:00 pm, SC 106
PLA Recognition Banquet
6:00 pm, Church Chapel Building
Night at the RFC
10:00 pm, RFC

24
Saturday
Celebrate Scholar Day
8:30 am, Music Center, Rieth Recital Hall
Educational Organ Workshop
12:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Women's Basketball hosts Indiana Wesleyan University
1:00 pm, Goshen College
Celebrate Scholar Day - CITL Program
1:00 pm, Newcomer Center Rooms, 13, 14, 19, 43
Men's Basketball at Indiana Wesleyan University
3:00 pm, Marion, IN
ISC Welcome Party
6:00 pm, Kulp Basement / MAO lounge
Latin Grammy's
9:30 pm, NC19

25
Sunday
Exhibit: "The Dream"
Good Library Gallery   through February 18, 2009
Men's Chorus
9:30 am, Zion Mennonite Church, Archbold, Ohio
Exhibit reception: "The Dream"
2:00 pm, Good Library Gallery
Men's Chorus
3:00 pm, Central Mennonite Church, Archbold, Ohio
Organ Recital Series: Thomas Bara, organ
4:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

26
Monday
Convocation: Peru SST unit, summer 2008
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

27
Tuesday
Cancelled:"Sing the Journey/Story" Night
9:00 pm, Newcomer 19

28
Wednesday
Foundations of Excellence Dimension Committees
10:00 am, Multiple Locations - contact Ross Peterson-Veatch for information about locations.
Worship Night
9:00 pm, Rec Fitness Center 104

29
Thursday
Pastor's Dinner & Dialogue
5:00 pm, College Church Fellowship Hall

30
Friday
Men's and Women's Track and Field at Findlay Classic Indoor Invite, Findlay, OH
Findlay, OH   through January 31, 2009
Chapel: Presente: No Mas, No More: Pax Club reflects on the School of Americas
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Friday Lunch Gen Ed Conversation: What should students know?
12:00 pm, Westlawn Dining Hall - North Meeting Room
Science Speaker Series
4:00 pm, SC 106
Alumni and Friends Gathering
6:00 pm, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Emily Swora Sr Theater Recital
8:00 pm, Umble Center

31
Saturday
Women's Basketball hosts Bethel College
1:00 pm, Goshen College
Men's Basketball at Bethel College
3:00 pm, Mishawaka, IN
Ben Noll Sr Theater Recital
8:00 pm, Umble Center
Spring Kick-Off
10:00 pm, Sauder Hall

February


1
Sunday
Parables Worship Team
9:30 am, North Suburban Mennonite Church, Libertyville, Ill.
A Theater Festival Showcase
3:00 pm, Umble Center

2
Monday
Convocation: "What Does Freedom Have to do with Peace? - Laura Brenneman, Bluffton University extended to 10:45
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
C. Henry Smith Lecture: "What Does Freedom Have To Do With Peace?" New Testament and Contemporary Perspectives
7:30 pm, Administration Building, Room 28

3
Tuesday
Men's Basketball hosts Grace College
7:00 pm, Goshen, IN
C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest
7:00 pm, Umble Center

4
Wednesday
Foundations of Excellence Dimension Committee Fair
4:00 pm, Newcomen Center, rooms 13, 14, 17, and 19
Science Speaker Series
4:00 pm, SC 106
Women's Basketball at Grace College
7:00 pm, Winona Lake, IN
Catholic Mass on Campus
8:00 pm, Newcomer 19
Worship Night
9:00 pm, Rec Fitness Center 104

6
Friday
Summer Camp Recruitment Day
Union hallway
Nursing Mock Convention
8:00 am, College Church Fellowship Hall
Chapel: A Summer of Camping Inquiry
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Faculty Showcase Recital: Solomia Soroka & Matthew Hill
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Aurora House Hour After
10:00 pm, NC19

7
Saturday
Men's and Women's Track and Field at Taylor Indoor Invite, Upland, IN
Upland, IN
Women's Basketball hosts St. Francis University
1:00 pm, Goshen College
Men's Basketball at Saint Francis University
3:00 pm, Fort Wayne, IN
Senior Recital: Joshua Tyson, piano/organ
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Aurora House Hour After
10:00 pm, NC19
CNL-Midnight Breakfast
10:30 pm, KMY Connector

8
Sunday
Parables Worship Team
10:15 am, First Mennonite Church of Bluffton, Bluffton, Ohio
Baseball at Robert Morris University, Metrodome
Robert Morris University, Minnesota   through February 9, 2009

9
Monday
Convocation: Intimacy in Relationships - Professors Keith Graber Miller and Ruth Stoltzfus
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

10
Tuesday
Afternoon Sabbatical - The Amish: Tradition and Change in the 21st Century
1:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Super Tuesday - practice interviews & resume reviews
2:00 pm, College Church Fellowship Hall
Peace of the Arts Program
3:30 pm, Newcomer Center Room 19
Nutrition Night
6:00 pm, Kulp Basement
Men's Basketball hosts Huntington University
7:00 pm, Goshen, IN

11
Wednesday
Brenda Salter McNeil, leader in the field of racial and ethnic reconciliation, on campus, February 11 & 13

Mindpower Presentation
8:30 am, College Church Koinonia Room
Bonus Chapel - "A More Excellent Way: A faith story about racial reconciliation and healing-- Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Mindpower Presentation
10:45 am, College Church Koinonia Room
Mindpower Presentation
1:30 pm, College Church Koinonia Room
Mindpower Presentation
4:00 pm, Administration Building 28
Reproductive/Sexual Health Converstion Cafe
6:00 pm, NC17
SST ORIENTATION 2 - All Summer & Fall Units
6:30 pm, AD28
Women's Basketball at Huntington University
7:00 pm, Huntington, IN
Parables Concert
7:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Worship Night
9:00 pm, Rec Fitness Center 104
Alternative Menstrual Products
10:00 pm, NC17

12
Thursday
Peace of the Arts Program
3:30 pm, Newcomer Center Room 19

13
Friday
Chapel - "The Heart of Racial Justice: How soul change leads to social change" - Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Science Speaker
4:00 pm, SC 106
Healthy Bodies - Holistic Health
5:30 pm, NC19
Concerto-Aria Competition Concert
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Valentine's Day Massacre
8:00 pm, East Hall
Rock Band Night
10:00 pm, Java Junction

14
Saturday
Men's and Women's Track and Field at IN Wesleyan Indoor Invite, Marion, IN
Marion, IN
Science Olympiad
7:30 am, Church Chapel Building, Science Building, Music Center, Rec-Fitness Building
Women's Basketball at Taylor University
1:00 pm, Upland, IN
Baseball at Johnson Bible College
1:00 pm, Johnson Bible College, Tennessee
Men's Basketball hosts Taylor University
3:00 pm, Goshen, IN
Performing Arts Series: Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall

15
Sunday
Parables Worship Team
10:30 am, Howard-Miami Mennonite Church, Kokomo, Ind.
Baseball at Union College, Kentucky
12:00 pm, Union College, Kentucky
College Goal Sunday
2:00 pm, Newcomer Center Rooms 12 & 13
Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist Lecture: Hung Liu, painter
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Taize Worship Service
9:00 pm, NC-19

16
Monday
Convocation: China SST,fall 2008
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Science Speaker Series
4:00 pm, SC 106

17
Tuesday
Peace of the Arts Program
3:30 pm, NC19
African American Heritage Month Dinner
5:00 pm, Westlawn Dining Hall
Cookies & Cocoa Night
5:30 pm, Kulp North, South and West
Men's Basketball at Marian College
7:00 pm, Indianapolis, IN
BSU Coffee House
9:00 pm, Java Junction

18
Wednesday
Bonus Convo: The Choice to Wait: Valuing an abstinent lifestyle - guest speaker Melody LaLuz
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Foundations of Excellence Dimension Committees
10:00 am, Multiple Locations - contact Ross Peterson-Veatch for information about locations.
Women's Basketball hosts Marian College
7:00 pm, Goshen College
Worship Night
9:00 pm, Rec Fitness Center 104

19
Thursday
GCSWA Luncheon
12:00 pm, Newcomer Center 19
Peace of the Arts Program
6:00 pm, Newcomer Center Room 19

20
Friday
Baseball on Spring Break Trip to Florida February 20 through February 28, 2009
Florida   through February 28, 2009
Chapel: "Fish, Faith and Grace" - Parables worship team
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

21
Saturday
Men's and Women's Track and Field at Boilmaker Indoor Invite, Lafayette, IN
Lafayette, IN
Maple City Indoor Marathon
7:00 am, Recreation Fitness Center
Women's Basketball hosts Spring Arbor University
1:00 pm, Goshen College
Men's Basketball at Spring Arbor University
3:00 pm, Spring Arbor, MI
Alumni and Friends Gathering
6:30 pm, Mennonite Church of Normal, Normal, Ill
Chamber Choir Spring Break Tour
7:30 pm, Mennonite Church of Normal, Normal, Ill

22
Sunday
Chamber Choir Spring Break Tour
9:00 am, Metamora Mennonite Church, Metamora, Ill
Chamber Choir Spring Break Tour
7:00 pm, First Mennonite Church of Iowa City
Alumni and Friends Gathering
8:00 pm, First Mennonite Church of Iowa City

23
Monday
Softball on Spring Break Trip to Savannah, GA February 23 through February 27, 2009
Savannah, GA   through February 27, 2009
Chamber Choir Spring Break Tour
Iowa Mennonite High School
Softball on Spring Break trip to Savannah, GA
Savannah, GA   through February 27, 2009
Mid-term break
  through February 27, 2009
Baseball at Webber International College, FL
4:00 pm, Webber International College, FL
Chamber Choir Spring Break Tour
7:00 pm, Sugar Creek Mennonite Church, Wayland, Iowa

24
Tuesday
Women's Basketball at MCC Tourney
TBA
Baseball at Clearwater Christian College, FL
7:00 pm, Clearwater Christian College, FL
Chamber Choir Spring Break Tour
7:30 pm, Des Moines Mennonite Church

25
Wednesday
Men's Basketball at MCC Tourney TBA
TBA
Chamber Choir Spring Break Tour
7:00 pm, Salem-Zion Mennonite Church, Freeman, South Dakota

26
Thursday
Chamber Choir Spring Break Tour
10:00 am, Freeman Academy, Freeman, South Dakota
Chamber Choir Spring Break Tour
7:30 pm, Messiah Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minn.
Alumni and Friends Gathering
8:30 pm, Messiah Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minn.

27
Friday
Women's Basketball at MCC Tourney
TBA
Baseball at Clearwater Christian College, FL
6:00 pm, Clearwater Christian College, FL
Chamber Choir Spring Break Tour
7:00 pm, Madison Mennonite Church, Madison, Wisc.
Alumni and Friends Gathering
8:00 pm, Madison Mennonite Church, Madison, Wisc.

28
Saturday
Men's Basketball at MCC Tourney Semifinals
TBA
Baseball vs EMU at Sarasota Christian High School, FL
4:00 pm, Sarasota Christian High School, FL