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December 2009


1
Tuesday
MSN Open House
4:30 pm, Wyse 211
Women's Basketball at IU Northwest
5:30 pm, IU Northwest
12 Days of Christmas - Day 2
7:00 pm, RFC Lobby
AIDS Benefit Fundraiser
8:00 pm, Java Junction

2
Wednesday
Climate Change Youth Web Conference with President Obama
4:00 pm, AD28
Film "Home"
7:00 pm, AD28
"Goshen Portraits 3" - A PinchPenny Press Book Release
7:00 pm, Umble Center Yost Room
Midweek F.a.i.t.h.
9:45 pm, RFC 104
12 Days of Christmas - Day 3
10:00 pm, 1st Floor Connector Lounge

3
Thursday
12 Days of Christmas - Day 4
10:00 pm, 1st Floor Connector Lounge

4
Friday
Chapel - Advent Hymn Sing
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Science Speaker Series
4:00 pm, SC 106
Dinner with Eco Pax
5:00 pm, Meet at Java Junction
A Festival of Carols
7:30 pm, Music Center Sauder Concert Hall
12 Days of Christmas - Day 5
8:00 pm, Jake's Apartment
President's Cookie Reception for Students
9:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Mark Hershberger and the Funky Bunch Hour After
10:00 pm, NC19

5
Saturday
Music Together Session
9:00 am, Rieth Recital Hall
Women's Basketball hosts Bethel College
1:00 pm, Goshen College
Men's Basketball at Bethel College
3:00 pm, Bethel College
Special Donor Dinner
5:00 pm, Fellowship Hall
A Festival of Carols
7:30 pm, Music Center Sauder Concert Hall
12 Days of Christmas - Day 6
8:00 pm, Susie's Apartment
Mark Hershberger and the Funky Bunch Hour After
10:00 pm, NC19

6
Sunday
A Festival of Carols
4:00 pm, Music Center Sauder Concert Hall
Las Posadas
8:00 pm, Apartments, courtyard & East Hall

7
Monday
Last day of classes in fall semester

Convocation - Student Life Christmas party
10:00 am, Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall
Electronics Show
2:00 pm, Science Hall Foyer
12 Days of Christmas - Day 8
9:00 pm, 3rd Floor Connector Lounge

8
Tuesday
Reading Day

Merry Lea Book Sale
8:00 am, Union Hallway
Student Art Sale
9:00 am, Union Hallway
GSWA Christmas Reception
9:30 am, Koinonia Room
GCNSA Christmas Party
11:30 am, Gathering Rooms
Afternoon Sabbatical
1:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Women's Basketball hosts Earlham College
7:00 pm, Goshen College
Christmas at Kenwood
8:00 pm, Kenwood House
12 Days of Christmas - Day 9
9:00 pm, 1st Floor Connector Lounge

9
Wednesday
Final Exams
  through December 11, 2009
Merry Lea Book Sale
8:00 am, Union Hallway
12 Days of Christmas - Day 10
9:00 pm, 3rd Floor Connector Lounge

10
Thursday
New Horizons Orchestra Concert
7:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
12 Days of Christmas - Day 11
8:00 pm, 1st Floor Connector Lounge

11
Friday
12 Days of Christmas - Day 12
3:00 pm, 1st Floor Connector Lounge

12
Saturday
Men's Basketball at Siena Heights University
Siena Heights University, MI
CSA Student Recitals
10:00 am, Rieth Recital Hall

13
Sunday
Women's Basketball at Siena Heights College
3:00 pm, Siena Heights College
Moravian Hymn Sing
4:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

14
Monday
Faculty Grant-writing Information Meeting
1:00 pm, AD 21
Men's Basketball hosts Davenport University
7:00 pm, Goshen College

15
Tuesday
President's Christmas Reception for Employees and Retirees
2:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Men's Basketball hosts Saint Xavier, IL
7:00 pm, Goshen College
Women's Basketball at Calumet College of St. Joseph
7:00 pm, Calumet College of St. Joseph

17
Thursday
Spring Tuition Payments due

Staff Christmas and Recognition Banquet
12:00 pm, College Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall
Women's Basketball hosts Holy Cross College
7:00 pm, Goshen College
Men's Basketball at Cornerstone University
7:00 pm, Cornerstone University, MI

19
Saturday
Christmas Bus Trip - In The Heights
Chicago, Ill.
Women's Basketball hosts Bluffton College
1:00 pm, Goshen College

30
Wednesday
Men's Basketball at Bluffton University Holiday Tournament
Bluffton, OH   through December 31, 2009

January 2010


4
Monday
Campus Housing Opens
12:00 pm,

5
Tuesday
New Student Orientation
8:00 am, Church Chapel Building - Koinonia Room
All Students Check-In
2:00 pm, Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall
Men's Basketball hosts Grace College
7:00 pm, Goshen College
Women's Basketball at Grace College
7:00 pm, Grace College

6
Wednesday
Classes begin for spring semester
8:00 am,

7
Thursday
Women's Basketball Hosts St. Francis University
7:00 pm, Goshen College
Men's Basketball at St. Francis University
7:00 pm, Ft. Wayne, IN

8
Friday
Chapel: "Does Prayer Matter?" - Bob Yoder, campus pastor
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

9
Saturday
Women's Basketball at Huntington University
1:00 pm, Huntington University
Men's Basketball hosts Huntington University
3:00 pm, Goshen College

11
Monday
Convocation: "The Struggle for Migrant Worker Justice" - Dr. Ken Barger, anthropologist
10:00 am, Chuch-Chapel

12
Tuesday
End of drop/add period , including grade plan changes
5:00 pm, Registrar's office
Graduate School Admission Seminar
6:30 pm, NC 17
Men's Basketball hosts Taylor University
7:00 pm, Goshen College

13
Wednesday
Resume Writing Workshop
10:00 am, AD20
Women's Basketball at Taylor University
7:00 pm, Taylor University
Worship Night
9:00 pm, Rec Fitness Center 104
Midweek F.a.i.t.h.
9:45 pm, RFC 104

15
Friday
Ben Reed: Installation, and Sue Hershberger Yoder: Printmaking
Hershberger Art Gallery   through March 24, 2010
Chapel: "Getting to Yes and Amen! The New 'GC School'"- President Jim Brenneman
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
BSU Coffee House
9:00 pm, NC19

16
Saturday
Music Together Teacher Training
9:00 am, Music Center Room 110
Indiana All-State Choir Rehearsal
9:00 am, Music Center Room 153
Myers Briggs: Integrating Personality with Interpreting
9:00 am, Administration Building Room 28
CSA Student Recitals
10:00 am, Rieth Recital Hall
Women's Basketball Hosts Marian College
1:00 pm, Goshen College
Men's Basketball at Marian College
3:00 pm, Indianapolis, IN
Taylor Stansberry & Doug Hallman Senior Recital
7:00 pm, Umble Center
Faculty Recital Series
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

17
Sunday
Music Together Conference
9:00 am, Music Center Room 110
Reception for Ben Reed and Sue Hershberger Yoder
2:00 pm, Hershberger Art Gallery
Brenda Cardenas Poetry Reading
7:00 pm, NC 19
Taize Worship Service
9:00 pm, NC-19

18
Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Study Day

Music Together Conference
9:00 am, Music Center Room 110
"Art of Peace" Spoken Word Coffee House
9:00 am, CC Fellowship Hall
Convocation: Voices-n-Harmony, Baritone Tony Brown and Poet Brenda Cardenas
9:50 am, Church-Chapel
Town Hall Meeting
11:00 am, CC Fellowship Hall
"One Heart, One Mind Workshop"
1:30 pm, CC Fellowship Hall
Pirate House Rumble
9:00 pm, Aurora House
RA/RL Information Night
10:00 pm, AD28

19
Tuesday
War , Peace and Social Conscience -- Theron F. Schlabach Book Signing/Reception
3:30 pm, Koinonia Room
Men's Basketball at Spring Arbor University
7:00 pm, Spring Arbor, MI
Venus and Mars Choral Festival
7:30 pm, Goshen College Music Center

20
Wednesday
Resume Writing Workshop
10:00 am, AD20
Resume Writing Workshop
4:00 pm, AD 20
Women's Basketball Hosts Spring Arbor University
7:00 pm, Goshen College
Worship Night
9:00 pm, Rec Fitness Center 104
Midweek F.a.i.t.h.
9:45 pm, RFC 104

22
Friday
Luke Gascho speaking at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate
9:30 am, 100 Doon Rd. Kitchener, Ont.
Chapel: "Wherever you go, there you are...God is present" - Parables, GC student-led traveling worship team
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Music Achievement Award Auditions
12:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Luke Gascho Speaking at Conrad Grebel University College Faculty Forum
12:30 pm, Westmount Rd. N, Waterloo, Ontario
PLA Recognition Banquet
6:00 pm, Church Chapel, Fellowship Hall
ASL Coffeehouse
6:00 pm, Java Junction
Night at the RFC
9:00 pm, RFC Gym
Midnight Worship
10:00 pm, MC153

23
Saturday
Music Achievement Award Auditions
9:00 am, Sauder Concert Hall
Celebrate Scholar Day
9:00 am, Music Center Lobby
Celebrate Scholar Day - CITL Program
12:00 pm, Church Chapel, Koinonia Room
Women's Basketball at Indiana Wesleyan University
1:00 pm, Indiana Wesleyan University
Luke Gascho Speaking at Emmanuel Bible College
3:00 pm, 100 Fergus Ave., Kitchener, Ontario
Men's Basketball hosts Indiana Wesleyan University
3:00 pm, Goshen College

24
Sunday
Luke Gascho Speaking at Shantz Mennonite Church
9:30 am, Baden, Ontario
Alumni and Friends Reception with Luke Gascho
3:00 pm, Waterloo North Mennonite Church, Ontario
Luke Gascho Speaking at Waterloo North Mennonite Church
4:00 pm, 100 Benjamin Rd., Waterloo, Ontario
Performing Art Series: Peter Schickele
4:00 pm, Music Center Sauder Concert Hall

25
Monday
Convocation: "Why We Care about Public Education" - GHS principals Jim Kirkton and Phil Lederach
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

26
Tuesday
Kick-Off Auditions
5:00 pm, Sauder
"Nightwatch" author Robert Rhodes -- MHS and GC Comm. Dept. lecture
7:00 pm, Newcomer Center, Room 19

27
Wednesday
Worship Night
9:00 pm, Rec Fitness Center 104
Midweek F.a.i.t.h.
9:45 pm, RFC 104

28
Thursday
Pastor's Dinner & Dialogue
5:15 pm, College Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall

29
Friday
Chapel: "Wade in the Water: Singing the Spirituals" -a music-centered chapel service
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
CSA Student Recital
7:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Winter One Acts
8:00 pm, Umble Center

30
Saturday
Women's Basketball at Bethel College
1:00 pm, Bethel College
Men's Basketball hosts Bethel College
3:00 pm, Goshen College
Winter One Acts
8:00 pm, Umble Center
Kick-Off
10:00 pm, Sauder

31
Sunday
Winter One Acts
3:00 pm, Umble Center

February


1
Monday
Convocation: "Pornography: So What's the Big Deal?"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

2
Tuesday
Men's Basketball at Grace College
7:00 pm, Winona Lake, IN
SGH Information Night
10:00 pm, AD28

3
Wednesday
BONUS Convocation: "Different Shades, One People: African-American Experiences @ GC"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Women's Basketball Hosts Grace College
7:00 pm, Goshen College
Worship Night
9:00 pm, Rec Fitness Center 104
Midweek F.a.i.t.h.
9:45 pm, RFC 104

5
Friday
Baseball at Metrodome
Minneapolis, MN   through February 7, 2010
Nursing Mock Convention
8:00 am, College Mennonite Church, Fellowship Hall and Gathering Rooms
Chapel: A Summer of Camping Inquiry - 2009 student CIP participants
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Summer Camp Recruitment Day
10:30 am, Union hallway
Performing Art Series: Ralph Stanley & Clinch Mountain Boys
7:30 pm, Music Center Sauder Concert Hall
James Green Hour After
10:00 pm, NC19
Midnight Worship
10:00 pm, MAO Lounge - Kulp Basement

6
Saturday
SGH Parade of Homes
1:00 pm, SGH tour
Women's Basketball at St. Francis University
1:00 pm, St. Francis University
Men's Basketball hosts St. Francis University
3:00 pm, Goshen College
Concerto Aria Concert
7:30 pm, Music Center Sauder Concert Hall
James Green Hour After
10:00 pm, NC19

7
Sunday
Super Bowl Wing Cook Off Bash!
3rd Floor Conector Lounge
Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist
2:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

8
Monday
Convocation: Documentary Photographer Terry Evans
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Lifelong Learning Institute: Classical Music Studies
2:00 pm, Goshen College Music Center Room 153

9
Tuesday
Afternoon Sabbatical
1:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Super Tuesday - practice interviews & resume reviews
2:00 pm, Fellowship Hall
C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest
7:00 pm, Umble Center
Men's Basketball at Huntington University
7:00 pm, Huntington, IN

10
Wednesday
Mosaic Meeting
10:00 am, NC 17
SST ORIENTATION 2 - All Summer & Fall Units
6:30 pm, AD28
Women's Basketball Hosts Huntington University
7:00 pm, Goshen College
Worship Night
9:00 pm, Rec Fitness Center 104
Midweek F.a.i.t.h.
9:45 pm, RFC 104

11
Thursday
Lifelong Learning Institute: Classical Music Studies
2:00 pm, Goshen College Music Center Room 153

12
Friday
Chapel: Employee Faith Story - Deb Gessinger, assistant professor of ASL
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Alasdair MacIntyre, philosopher, speaks on "Happiness and Goodness"
4:00 pm, NC 17
Dinner and a Movie
5:30 pm, Good Library Gallery
Couples Mini Retreat
7:00 pm, College Cabin
GC Board of Directors
7:30 pm, College Church Gathering Rooms
BSU & CAC Valentines Dance
9:00 pm, NC19
Midnight Worship
10:00 pm, MC153

13
Saturday
Science Olympiad
7:30 am, Church Chapel Building, Science Building, Music Center, Rec-Fitness Building
Music Achievement Award Auditions
12:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Women's Basketball Hosts Taylor University
1:00 pm, Goshen College
Men's Basketball at Taylor University
7:00 pm, Upland, IN
Winter Choral Concert
7:30 pm, Music Center Sauder Concert Hall
GC Board of Directors
7:30 pm, College Church Gathering Rooms

14
Sunday
"Organ Recital Sunday Series -- Craig Cramer, organist"
4:00 pm,
Taize Worship Service
9:00 pm, NC-19
Kratz/Miller Valentine's cookie event
9:00 pm, Susie's apartment

15
Monday
Convocation: The Goshen College Core
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Lifelong Learning Institute: Classical Music Studies
2:00 pm, Goshen College Music Center Room 153

16
Tuesday
Black History Month Dinner
5:00 pm, Westlawn Dining Hall
Men's Basketball hosts Marian College
7:00 pm, Goshen College

17
Wednesday
John Bell, sought-after preacher and leader of worship, on campus Feb. 17-19

SPECIAL Chapel: Songs of Iona - John Bell, guest speaker from Iona Community in Scotland
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Women's Basketball at Marian College
7:00 pm, Marian College
Worship Night
9:00 pm, Rec Fitness Center 104
Midweek F.a.i.t.h.
9:45 pm, RFC 104

18
Thursday
"Singing the Psalms with Integrity" - with John Bell
10:00 am, Rieth Recital Hall
Lifelong Learning Institute: Classical Music Studies
2:00 pm, Goshen College Music Center Room 153

19
Friday
Softball at National Training Center, Clermont, FL
Clermont, FL   through February 28, 2010
Chapel: "10 Things They Never Told Me about Jesus" - John Bell, guest speaker from Iona Community
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Science Speaker Series
4:00 pm, SC 106
Performing Art Series: Juilliard String Quartet
7:30 pm, Music Center Sauder Concert Hall
Midnight Worship
10:00 pm, MC153

20
Saturday
CSA Student Recitals
12:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Women's Basketball at Spring Arbor University
1:00 pm, Spring Arbor University
Men's Basketball hosts Spring Arbor University
3:00 pm, Goshen College
Alumni and Friends Gathering
4:00 pm, Phoenix, Arizona

21
Sunday
President Jim Brenneman Preaching
9:30 am, Trinity Mennonite Church, Glendale, AZ
Men's Chorus Spring Choir Tour
11:00 am, Hyattsville Mennonite Church, Hyattsville, Md
College Goal Sunday
2:00 pm, Newcomer Center
Community Hymnsing "Hymns and Prayers for Lent led by Alan and Eleanor Kreider."
4:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Men's Chorus Spring Choir Tour
4:30 pm, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.
Alumni and Friends Gathering
6:00 pm, Washington, D.C.

22
Monday
Mid-term break
  through February 26, 2010
Men's Chorus Spring Choir Tour
9:55 am, Sandy Spring Friends School, Sandy Spring, MD
Baseball at Clearwater Christian College, FL
5:00 pm, Florida
Men's Chorus Spring Choir Tour
7:00 pm, Salford Mennonite Church, Harleysville, PA

23
Tuesday
Men's Chorus Spring Choir Tour
9:29 am, Christopher Dock Mennonite High School, Lansdale, PA
Men's Chorus Spring Choir Tour
2:06 pm, Philadelphia Mennonite High School, Philadelphia, PA
Baseball at Webber International College, FL
7:00 pm, Florida
Men's Chorus Spring Choir Tour
7:00 pm, West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA

24
Wednesday
Men's Basketball at MCC Tournament First Round
TBA
Men's Chorus Spring Choir Tour
7:00 pm, Park View Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg, VA

25
Thursday
Men's Chorus Spring Choir Tour
8:50 am, Eastern Mennonite High School, Harrisonburg, VA
Men's Chorus Spring Choir Tour
7:00 pm, Scottdale Mennonite Church, Scottdale, PA

26
Friday
Baseball at Sarasota Christian College, FL vs Trinity International
4:00 pm, Florida

27
Saturday
Men's Basketball at MCC Tournament Semifinals
TBA
Maple City Indoor Marathon
7:00 am, Recreation Fitness Center
Baseball at Sarasota Christian College, FL vs Trinity International
11:00 am, Florida

28
Sunday
CSA Student Recitals
4:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Men's Chorus Spring Choir Tour
7:30 pm, College Mennonite Church