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March 2012


1
Thursday
Spring Birding Challenge
within 100 miles of Merry Lea   through May 31, 2012
Men's Chorus Tour, Iowa Mennonite School, Kalona, IA
9:45 am, 'Light in the Darkness'

4
Sunday
Juanita Yoder, Fiber Art
Hershberger Art Gallery   through March 25, 2012
GC Men's Chorus Home Concert
7:30 pm, Goshen College Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

5
Monday
Convocation: Education Prof. Kevin Gary on "Liberal Education and the Folly of the Cross"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Juanita Yoder- Topics & Issues
11:00 am, Administration Building 28
Ann Fisher-Wirth Poetry Reading
6:00 pm, Newcomer 19

6
Tuesday
Meeting David Wilson Video & Discussion
12:00 pm, Administration Building 28
Annual Vocations Banquet
6:00 pm, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary

7
Wednesday
Identity Theft Seminar
12:00 pm, Music Center Room 100
Sound of the Environment
12:00 pm, Newcomer 19
New Employee Orientation
Administration 21 & 31   through March 8, 2012
Dream Film Series
6:30 pm, AD28
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104

9
Friday
Mennonite Mission Network Informational Table
9:30 am, First Floor Connector Lounge
Chapel: Misson Work Realities in the 21st Century
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Tuition Free Day
11:00 am, Union Hallway & Dining Hall
Alumni Board Meeting
1:00 pm, Gathering Rooms
Science Speaker
4:00 pm, Science 106
Leaf Line Speed Networking
4:00 pm, College Church Fellowship Hall
Last day to withdraw with a "W"
5:00 pm, Registrar's office, AD 06
Lavender Jazz Spring Concert
7:30 pm, Goshen College Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall
Hour After - The Later Tonight Show with Abe Pauls and David Harnish
10:00 pm, NC 19
David Harnish & Abe Pauls Hour After
10:00 pm, NC19

10
Saturday
Music Together Celebration
9:30 am, Rieth
Alumni Board Meeting
1:00 pm, Gathering Rooms
Music Department Music Achievement Award Auditions
2:00 pm, Rieth
Senior Music Recital - Stephanie Hollenberg
5:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Spring Fling Thing
7:00 pm, RFC
Senior Music Recital - Martin Brubaker, baritone
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Hour After: The Later Tonight Show with Abe Pauls and David Harnish
10:00 pm, NC19

11
Sunday
Faculty Recital Series: Rebecca Hovan & Christine Larson Seitz
4:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Taize Worship
8:00 pm, NC19

12
Monday
CCNE Visit
8:00 am, Wyse Second Floor
Convocation: "Standing in Chains at Alcatraz, Part I" -Communication Prof. Duane Stoltzfus gives C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Bird Identification
3:00 pm, Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of GC, Rieth Village site

13
Tuesday
CCCU Video Project
Newcomer 19
CCNE Visit
8:00 am, Wyse Second Floor
Meeting David Wilson Video & Discussion
12:00 pm, Administration Building 28
Afternoon Sabbatical Program
1:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Slide Show: "Standing in Chains at Alcatraz" -Communication Prof. Duane Stoltzfus gives C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture
7:00 pm, AD28

14
Wednesday
CCNE Visit
8:00 am, Wyse Second Floor
Faculty Adviser's Meeting
10:00 am, NC 17
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104

15
Thursday
Academic Advising
faculty offices   through April 3, 2012
Financial Aid Administrators Meeting
10:30 am, West Lawn Dining Hall Conference Room
Women's Basketball Banquet
2:00 pm, Fellowship Hall

16
Friday
Employee Leadership Training
8:30 am, Music Center 110
Chapel:"Metamorphosis:Identity Transformed" - Pres. Brenneman
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Science Speaker
4:00 pm, Science 106
Opera Scene Performance
7:30 pm, Rieth
Connector Night Life
9:00 pm, KMY Connector

17
Saturday
Take Another Look Senior Weekend
Newcomer Center Room 19   through March 18, 2012
Opera Scene Performance
4:00 pm, Rieth
ISC Coffeehouse - Dinner
5:00 pm, CMC Fellowship Hall
ISC Coffeehouse - Show
7:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Seattle Mennonite Church, hosts Dr. Luke Gascho
7:00 pm, Seattle, Wa

18
Sunday
Seattle Mennonite Church, sermon by Dr. Luke Gascho
10:00 am, Seattle, Wa
Senior Music Recital - Elspeth Stalter, violin
4:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

19
Monday
Convocation: China SST, fall 2011
10:00 am, church-chapel

20
Tuesday
Meeting David Wilson Video & Discussion
12:00 pm, Administration Building 28
MAO Happy Hour
3:30 pm, KMY 1st Floor Connector Lounge
Healthy Bodies Week: Body Casting
7:00 pm, Hospital House

21
Wednesday
BONUS Convocation: Preview of Twelfth Night
10:00 am, UMBLE CENTER
Finding Your First Professional Position: Job Search Strategies
10:00 am, AD 28
Healthy Bodies Week: Sex Talk
7:00 pm, Kulp Basement
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104

22
Thursday
Healthy Bodies Week: Yoga and Engaging the Body & Mind
4:00 pm, NC19

23
Friday
Employee Leadership Training
8:30 am, Music Center 110
Chapel:"Serving Christ in my Co-curriculars"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Topics & Issues #3
1:00 pm, AD 28
Science Speaker
4:00 pm, Science 106
Goshen College Conference on Religion and Science
5:00 pm, College Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall
Movie Night: For Colored Girls
6:00 pm, KMY3 Lounge
Relationship Workshop
7:00 pm, College Cabin
Spring Mainstage: "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare
8:00 pm, Umble Center

24
Saturday
Healthy Bodies Week: Potluck
12:00 pm, NC19
Spring Mainstage: "Twelfth Night"
8:00 pm, Umble Center
LSU: Spring Time Masquerade
10:00 pm, NC19

25
Sunday
Exhibit: Quilts from the Permanent Collection
Good Library Gallery   through July 6, 2012
Spring Mainstage: "Twelfth Night"
3:00 pm, Umble Center
Reception: Quilts from the Permanent Collection
3:00 pm, Good Library Gallery
Organ Recital Series
4:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Social Awareness Event
7:00 pm, First Floor Connector
Senior Music Recital - Adrienne Yoder, soprano
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

26
Monday
Lottery Draw
9:00 am, Union Hallway
Convocation: "Whose Body Is It, Anyway?"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Nicaragua SST 3rd Orientation
3:00 pm, Kulp Basement Lounge

27
Tuesday
Performing Arts Series: Mark O'Connor
7:30 pm, Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall

28
Wednesday
SST 3rd Orientation: Summer Peru
3:00 pm, Kulp Basement Lounge
Science Speaker
4:00 pm, Science 106
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104

29
Thursday
Baseball vs IWU
2:00 pm, GC Baseball Diamond
Softball at Grace
3:00 pm, Winona Lake, IN

30
Friday
Softball at St. Francis (IL) tournament
  through March 31, 2012
Midwest Birding Expedition with Merry Lea
Meet at Merry Lea's Farmstead site   through April 1, 2012
Campus Open House
8:15 am, Rieth Recital Hall
Blood Drive
9:00 am, Fellowship Hall South
Chapel:"Whole & Broken" - PARABLES
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Latina Artist Presentation
12:00 pm, Koinonia Room
Damascus Road Anti-Racism Training
5:00 pm, Newcomer 19
Business Department Senior Celebration
6:00 pm, Gathering Rooms
Nu Omicron Induction Ceremony
7:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Spring Mainstage: "Twelfth Night"
8:00 pm, Umble Center

31
Saturday
Sophomore Recital Marathon
11:00 am, Rieth Recital Hall
GC Track & Field Meet
11:00 am, Eigsti Track
ASL Workshop
12:00 pm, Administration Building 28
14th Annual Undergraduate Symposium
12:15 pm, College Church Rooms 110-111 & 112-113
Baseball at IWU
1:00 pm, Marion, IN
Earthtones Concert
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Earth Hour "Lights Out"
10:00 pm, Connector

April


1
Sunday
Senior Exhibit
Hershberger Art Gallery   through April 22, 2012
Senior Show Reception
2:00 pm, Hershberger Art Gallery
Easter at East Hall
2:00 pm, East Hall
Quilts from the Permanent Collection March 25 - July 6, 2012
3:00 pm, Good Library Gallery
Spring Mainstage: "Twelfth Night"
3:00 pm, Umble Center
Senior Music Recital - Aaron Kaufmann, baritone
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Taize Worship
9:00 pm, NC19

2
Monday
HOLY WEEK Chapel: "Finding Hope" - Melissa Zehr
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Science Speaker
4:00 pm, Science 106
Spring Peru SST Return
9:45 pm, Newcomer (North Doors/Main Entrance)

3
Tuesday
Boys and Men Healing
Administration 28
Spring Break Frog Hunt
1:00 pm, Merry Lea's Rieth Village
Baseball vs Grace
2:00 pm, GC Baseball Field
Softball vs Marian
3:00 pm, GC Softball Field
Parables year-end program
7:30 pm, Umble Center

4
Wednesday
Meeting of Regional Annual Fund Directors
9:00 am, Music Center Conference Room
CITL Symposium
10:00 am, Koinonia Room
Sound of the Environment
12:00 pm, Newcomer 19
SST Orientation: Summer Senegal
3:00 pm, Kulp Basement Lounge
Dream Film Series
6:30 pm, AD28
Faculty Recital Series: Dato Machavariani
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104

5
Thursday
Baseball at Grace
2:00 pm, Winona Lake, IN
Softball vs Huntington
3:00 pm, GC Softball Field

6
Friday
Good Friday Holiday


7
Saturday
Softball vs IUSB
10:00 am, GC Softball Field
Softball vs St. Mary's
1:00 pm, GC Softball Field
Baseball vs Marian
2:00 pm, GC Baseball Field

8
Sunday
Easter Sunday


9
Monday
Convocation: "A Summer in Palestine"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Baseball at Bethel
1:00 pm, Mishawaka, IN
SST 3rd Orientation: Fall Peru
3:00 pm, Kulp Basement Lounge
Diversity Stakeholder Meeting
4:00 pm, Gathering Rooms
Science Speaker
4:00 pm, Science 106

10
Tuesday
Wellness Screening
Newcomer 19   through April 13, 2012
Baseball at Marian
2:00 pm, Indianapolis, IN
Softball vs Spring Arbor
3:00 pm, GC Softball Field
Student Chamber Music Recital
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Room Sign Ups
9:00 pm, AD28

11
Wednesday
All-Employee Meeting
10:00 am, Umble Center
SST 3rd Orientation: Fall Morocco
3:00 pm, Kulp Basement Lounge
All Employee Q & A Meeting
4:00 pm, Administration Building 20
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104
Room Sign Up
10:00 pm, AD 28

12
Thursday
English Learners Conference
8:00 am, Church Chapel
Baseball vs MVNU
2:00 pm, GC Baseball Field

13
Friday
Last day of spring semester classes

track & Field at Little State
Marion, IN   through April 14, 2012
MC USA Board Meetings
College Church   through April 14, 2012
Chapel: Hymn Sing: Shout Out Your Favorites! - Brian Wiebe
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Softball at Taylor
3:00 pm, Upland, IN
Science Speaker
4:00 pm, Science 106
Leadership Legacy Dinner
5:30 pm, Newcomer 19
Heritage Circle President's Reception
6:15 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
GC Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert
7:30 pm, Goshen College Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall
Freaky Friday
9:00 pm, KMY Connector

14
Saturday
Hoosier Auditions
8:00 am, MC 153
CSA Recitals
11:00 am, Rieth
Softball at MVNU
1:00 pm, Mt. Vernon, OH
Baseball at MVNU
1:00 pm, Mt. Vernon, OH
SGH BBQ
5:00 pm, Howell/Kenwood Lawns
Performing Arts Series: Cherish The Ladies
7:30 pm, Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall
KenWoodstock
7:30 pm, Kenwood
Open Gym Night
10:00 pm, RFC

15
Sunday
Senior Music Recital - Kaleb Batten, baritone
5:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Senior Music Recital - Lisa Horst
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
GSWA Chocolate House
9:00 pm, NC19

16
Monday
Reading Day

GCNSA End of year Party
12:00 pm, Gathering Rooms
Senior Class Dessert
9:00 pm, CMC Fellowship Hall

17
Tuesday
Final Exams
  through April 19, 2012
Ivy Tech Partnership
Koinonia Room
Afternoon Sabbatical International Luncheon
12:00 pm, CMC Fellowship Hall
Baseball at Huntington
2:00 pm, Huntington, IN

18
Wednesday
Indiana Statewide Virtual Career Fair
http://indiana.careereco.net/
Peter Garry Senior Recital
8:00 pm, Umble Theater
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104

19
Thursday
Baseball vs Huntington
2:00 pm, GC Baseball Field
Softball vs Bethel
3:00 pm, GC Softball Field

20
Friday
Afternoon Tea
4:00 pm, Yost Room
Softball at PNC
4:00 pm, Westerville, IN
International Fare Well
6:00 pm, Kulp Basement

21
Saturday
Biology Graduate Reception
Science Building Foyer
Track & Field Race Walk
11:00 am, Chicago, IL
Baseball vs Bethel
1:00 pm, GC Baseball Field
Nursing Pinning
1:30 pm, Sanctuary CC
MCLL Graduation Reception
2:00 pm, College Cabin
Art Senior Graduation Reception
2:00 pm, Hershberger Art Gallery
Comm/Theater Grad Reception
2:00 pm, Umble Center - Yost Room
English/Tesol Reception
2:00 pm, Newcomer 14
Social Work & Sociology Senior Reception
2:30 pm, Wyse Hall 123
Education Graduation Reception
3:00 pm, Church Chapel Gathering Rooms
Science Graduation Reception
3:30 pm, Science Center 107
Senior Program
7:30 pm, Music Center Sauder Concert Hall

22
Sunday
Baccalaureate Service
11:00 am, Church-Chapel
Commencement
3:00 pm, Gunden gymnasium in RFC
Environmental Education Graduate Reception
5:00 pm, Gathering Rooms
MSN Graduate Reception
5:00 pm, Fellowship Hall

24
Tuesday
Baseball at Bethel
2:00 pm, Mishawaka, IN
Softball at Calvin
3:30 pm, Grand Rapids, MI

25
Wednesday
Summer Nicaragua & Peru SST Departures
6:30 am, Newcomer (North Doors/Main Entrance)
First day of May term classes
9:00 am,
Senegal SST Departure
10:30 am, Newcomer (North Doors/Main Entrance)
Baseball at Valparaiso
4:00 pm, Valparaiso, IN
Jeff Gundy Poetry Reading
7:00 pm, Newcomer 19
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104

26
Thursday
Bob Birkey's Retirement Reception
9:15 am, Wyse Hall 122
Retired Faculty Luncheon
10:00 am, College Church Fellowship Hall
Baseball vs Spring Arbor
2:00 pm, GC Baseball Field
Drop-add period ends
5:00 pm,
CITL Outreach to Pastors
6:30 pm, Koinonia Room

27
Friday
T&F at MCC Championships
Upland, IN   through April 28, 2012
Chapel: Senior Faith Journeys
9:40 am, Church-Chapel
Poetry Workshop Student Reading
7:00 pm, Newcomer 19
Performing Arts Series: Imago Theater - Zoo Zoo
7:30 pm, Umble Center

28
Saturday
Golf at Trine
Angola, IN
Baseball at Spring Arbor
1:00 pm, Spring Arbor, MI
Friends of Merry Lea Dinner and Wildflower Hike
4:00 pm, Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College, Farmstead Site
Performing Arts Series: Imago Theater - Zoo Zoo
7:30 pm, Umble Center

29
Sunday
Juried Student Show Reception
2:00 pm, Hershberger Art Gallery

30
Monday
Golf at MCC Championships
Ft. Wayne, IN   through May 1, 2012
Convocation: Senior Statements
9:40 am, Church-Chapel
Baseball at Holy Cross
4:00 pm, South Bend, IN

May


2
Wednesday
No class for 3-credit classes

Benefits Fair
9:30 am, CMC Fellowship Hall
Sound of the Environment
12:00 pm, Newcomer 19
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104

4
Friday
Music Together Celebration
9:30 am, Rieth Recital Hall
Chapel: Serving Christ Through Serving Others
9:40 am, Church-Chapel

5
Saturday
Summer Orientation & Registration (SOAR)
9:00 am, Music Center Lobby
Inflatables/Snow Cones
11:00 am, KMY Lawn
Alumni and Friends Gathering
7:00 pm, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Faculty/Staff Talent Show
7:30 pm, NC19
Party/Dance with CAC
9:30 pm, Connector/Lawn

6
Sunday
Albuquerque Mennonite Church
9:30 am, Speaker: Dr. Luke Gascho
CSA Spring Showcase Concert
4:00 pm, Goshen College Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall
Taize Worship
8:00 pm, NC19

7
Monday
Mennonite Mission Network Informational Table
Connector lounge, first floor
Convocation: "Environmental Sustainabilty Update: The Sun Shower Project & More"
9:40 am, Church-Chapel
Diversity in Action: Dialogue and Ice Cream
3:00 pm, Newcomer 17
Last day to withdraw with a "W"
5:00 pm, Registrar's office, AD 06

8
Tuesday
Afternoon Sabbatical Spring Bus Trip
Chicago, Illinois
Bob Birkey's Retirement Reception
Wyse Hall Room 122
Annual Sand Volleyball & BBQ
1:00 pm, Sand Volleyball Courts
Fun in the Sun CommUnity Event
2:00 pm, KMY Lawn
One Love Dance
9:00 pm, KMY Connector First Floor Lounge

9
Wednesday
No class for 3-credit classes

CITL Research Fellows Presentation
11:30 am, Koinonia Room
Sandy Hill Vocal Studio Recital
7:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Midweek Faith
9:45 pm, RFC 104

10
Thursday
Networking Lunch
12:00 pm, West Lawn Dining Conference Room
Alburn Binkley Senior Theater Recital
8:00 pm, Umble Theater

11
Friday
Chapel: Summer Sending and Blessing
9:40 am, Church-Chapel
NatureFest
Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College, Farmstead Site   through May 12, 2012
Concert for Peace
7:30 pm, Java Lawn

12
Saturday
CSA Recitals
11:00 am, Rieth
Cabaret
8:00 pm, Umble Center

14
Monday
Mennonite Mission Network Informational Table
Connector lounge, first floor
Convocation: "Technology for Service? The iCore Technology Initiative at Goshen College"
9:40 am, Church-Chapel
Post-Convocation Celebration
10:00 am, Schrock Plaza
Youth Honors Orchestra Spring Concert
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall

15
Tuesday
Janette Yoder Retirement Reception
2:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Hoosier History 5000
7:00 pm, Umble Center

16
Wednesday
Last day of May term

CITL Research Fellows Presentation
11:30 am, Koinonia Room

18
Friday
ILHEC Best Practices Summit
8:00 am, Church Fellowship Hall

19
Saturday
Music Together Celebration
9:30 am, Rieth

21
Monday
Core Development Days
Newcomer 17   through May 24, 2012
Summer Session I begins
9:00 am,
Suzuki Play-In and Ensembles Concert
5:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

22
Tuesday
Drop/add ends for Summer Session I
5:00 pm,

23
Wednesday
CITL Research Fellows Presentation
11:30 am, Koinonia Room

28
Monday
Memorial Day Holiday


29
Tuesday
Course Development Seminar
9:00 am, Newcomer 17