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December 2026


2
Wednesday
Chapel: "Christmas Carol Hymn Sing"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel Sanctuary
Men's Basketball vs Marian University
7:30 pm, Ruth Gunden Gymnasium

4
Friday
Traditional Calendar: Last Day of Classes

Bowling at Crossroads League #1
Fort Wayne, IN
Festival of Carols
7:30 pm, Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

5
Saturday
Bowling at Crossroads League #2
Fort Wayne, IN
Men's Basketball vs Taylor University
3:00 pm, Ruth Gunden Gymnasium
Festival of Carols
7:30 pm, Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

6
Sunday
Festival of Carols
4:00 pm, Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

7
Monday
Traditional Calendar: Reading Day


8
Tuesday
Traditional Calendar: Final Exams 8-10


10
Thursday
Year-round calendar - Session II: Last day of class


11
Friday
Campus Housing closes for Winter Break
10:00 am,
Employee Christmas Celebration
12:00 pm, Church - Fellowship Hall

12
Saturday
Community School of the Arts Student Recitals
11:00 am, Music Center, Rieth Recital Hall
Performing Arts Series: The Steel Wheels
7:30 pm, Goshen Theater - Downtown

13
Sunday
Layered | Kristi Glick and Ida Short Gallery Exhibit
Hershberger Art Gallery - inside the GC Music Center   through January 24, 2027
CSA Student Recitals
2:30 pm, Music Center, Rieth Recital Hall
Kristi Glick and Ida Short Exhibit Reception and Artist Talk
6:00 pm, Music Center, Hershberger Art Gallery

14
Monday
CSA Suzuki and Allegro Play-In
6:30 pm, Music Center, Rieth Recital Hall

15
Tuesday
Year-round calendar - Session II grades due

Men's Basketball at Brescia University
7:00 pm, Owensboro, KY
ECoSistema Winter Concert
7:00 pm, Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

18
Friday
Men's Basketball at Kentucky Wesleyan College (Exhibition Match)
11:00 am, Owensboro, KY

20
Sunday
Bowling at the Keystone Quaker Classic
Columbus Square Bowling Palace   through December 21, 2026

22
Tuesday
Bowling at the Lehigh Valley Classic
Columbus Square Bowling Palace   through December 23, 2026

30
Wednesday
Men's Basketball at Indiana University Northwest
3:00 pm, Gary, IN

January 2027


2
Saturday
Men's Basketball at University of Saint Francis
Fort Wayne, IN

6
Wednesday
Men's Basketball vs Huntington University
7:30 pm, Ruth Gunden Gymnasium

9
Saturday
Men's Basketball at Spring Arbor University
3:00 pm, Spring Arbor, MI

11
Monday
Year-round calendar - Session III: Classes begin


12
Tuesday
New Student Orientation

Campus Housing reopens for returning students
12:00 pm,

13
Wednesday
Traditional calendar: Spring semester classes begin

Men's Basketball vs Mount Vernon Nazarene University
7:30 pm, Ruth Gunden Gymnasium

16
Saturday
Men's Basketball at Grace College
3:00 pm, Winona Lake, IN
Michiana Regional Seed Swap
9:30 pm, Church - Fellowship Hall

18
Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Study Day
Evening classes in session

19
Tuesday
Traditional calendar - Drop-add period ends
5:00 pm,
Year-round calendar - Session III: Drop-add period ends
5:00 pm,

21
Thursday
Bowling at Crossroads League #3
Columbus, OH

23
Saturday
Celebrate Scholars Day
9:00 am, Church - Fellowship Hall
CSA Student Recital
11:00 am, Music Center, Rieth Recital Hall
Men's Basketball at Indiana Wesleyan University
3:00 pm, Marion, IN

24
Sunday
Community School of the Arts Mixed Faculty Mini Concert
4:00 pm, Music Center, Rieth Recital Hall

26
Tuesday
Yoder Public Affairs Lecture: Robert Fatton Jr.; "Haiti’s Unending Crises and Struggles: The Hellish 21st Century"
7:00 pm, Umble Center

27
Wednesday
Men's Basketball vs Bethel University
7:30 pm, Ruth Gunden Gymnasium

29
Friday
Bowling at Crossroads League Championship
Jackson, MI
Performing Arts Series: Third Coast Percussion
7:30 pm, Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

30
Saturday
Men's Bowling at the Scotty Classic
Jackson, MI
Men's Basketball at Marian University
3:00 pm, Indianapolis, IN

31
Sunday
She Carries | Sabrina Nelson - Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist Gallery Exhibit
Hershberger Art Gallery - inside the GC Music Center   through March 17, 2027

February


3
Wednesday
CSA Capstone Concert
7:00 pm, Music Center, Rieth Recital Hall
Men's Basketball at Taylor University
7:30 pm, Upland, IN

6
Saturday
Men's Basketball vs University of Saint Francis
3:00 pm, Ruth Gunden Gymnasium

8
Monday
Year-round calendar - Session III: Last day to withdraw with a "W"


10
Wednesday
Men's Basketball at Huntington University
7:00 pm, Huntington, IN

11
Thursday
Performing Arts Series: VOCES8
7:30 pm, Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

13
Saturday
Men's Basketball vs Spring Arbor University
3:00 pm, Ruth Gunden Gymnasium

14
Sunday
Elkhart County Symphony: Verdi Requiem with Camerata Singers and Goshen College Choirs
4:00 pm, Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

17
Wednesday
Blood Drive
11:30 am, Westlawn - Mark Community Room
Men's Basketball at Mount Vernon Nazarene University
7:00 pm, Mount Vernon, OH

19
Friday
Explore Goshen Day
9:00 am, Welcome Center

20
Saturday
Men's Basketball vs Grace College
3:00 pm, Ruth Gunden Gymnasium
Concerto-Aria Concert
7:30 pm, Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

23
Tuesday
C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest
7:00 pm, Umble Center

26
Friday
Year-round calendar - Session III: Last day of classes


28
Sunday
Performing Arts Series: Step Afrika!
7:30 pm, Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall