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November 2008


1
Saturday
Women's Soccer at MCC Tournament
TBA
Women's Basketball hosts Purdue Calumet
1:00 pm, Goshen College
Men's Basketball hosts IUSB
3:00 pm, Goshen, IN
Men's Soccer Hosts Grace College for 'MCC Tourney
7:00 pm, Goshen, IN
Faculty Showcase Recital: Matthew Hill, solo piano
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Howell House's "All Saints Day" Open House
8:00 pm, Howell House
Fall Mainstage: The Saint Plays by Erik Ehn, directed by Michelle Milne
8:00 pm, Umble Center

2
Sunday
Fall Mainstage: The Saint Plays by Erik Ehn, directed by Michelle Milne
3:00 pm, Umble Center

3
Monday
Convocation: An Egyptian Muslim woman tells her story --guest speaker Heba Seoudi
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Multicultural Monday
12:00 pm, KMY 1st Floor Connector
Lifelong Learning Institute - "Shipshewana Roots: 1800-1900"
2:00 pm, Music Center Room 100
Last day to withdraw with a "W"
5:00 pm, Registrar's office
Men's Basketball hosts IU East
7:00 pm, Goshen, IN

4
Tuesday
Super Tuesday - practice interviews & resume reviews
2:00 pm, College Church Fellowship Hall
Interdisciplinary Forum on War & Climate Change w/ Steve Ratzlaff
3:30 pm, Newcomer Center Room 17

5
Wednesday
Yearbook Photo Schedule
The Connector
Faculty Adviser Meeting
10:00 am, NC 17
GCSWA Luncheon
12:00 pm, Newcomer Center 19
Lifelong Learning Institute - "Shipshewana Roots: 1800-1900"
2:00 pm, Music Center Room 100
Volleyball at Spring Arbor University
7:00 pm, Spring Arbor, MI
Yoder Public Affairs Lecture: "Iran and the U.S.: Prospects for a Better Future" - Dr. Trita Parsi
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

6
Thursday
Academic Advising Days
  through November 21, 2008

7
Friday
Family Weekend
Goshen College Campus   through November 9, 2008
Service & Seminary Expo
Union hallway
Chapel: "Service...Exploring, Embracing, Resisting" - 2008 SIPers
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Science Speaker Series
4:00 pm, SC 106
Men's Basketball hosts IU Maple City Hoop Fest
Goshen, IN   through November 8, 2008
Women's Basketball at Olivet Nazarene University
6:30 pm, Bourbonnais, IL
Fall Mainstage: The Saint Plays by Erik Ehn, directed by Michelle Milne
8:00 pm, Umble Center
PAX Coffeehouse
9:30 pm, NC-19

8
Saturday
Women's Soccer at MCC Tournament
TBA
SST Parents' Meeting
8:00 am, Music Center Room 110
Presidential Breakfast
9:15 am, Music Center Lobby
Parents' Seminar and Worship
10:00 am, Rieth Recital Hall
Parent's Council Meeting
11:00 am, Music Center 153
Men's and Women's Cross Country at MCC Championships
11:30 am, Spring Arbor, MI
CSA Recitals
1:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Women's Basketball at Olivet Nazarene University
3:30 pm, Bourbonnais, IL
Lavender Jazz: "Ritmo Mundial!"
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Fall Mainstage: The Saint Plays by Erik Ehn, directed by Michelle Milne
8:00 pm, Umble Center

9
Sunday
Fall Mainstage: The Saint Plays by Erik Ehn, directed by Michelle Milne
3:00 pm, Umble Center
"Community School of the Arts Showcase Concert"
4:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Sing the Journey/Story Night
8:00 pm, Newcomer 19

10
Monday
Convocation: Senegal (West Africa) SST, summer 2008
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
PJCS Lecture: Guest Worker Programs Past and Present
8:00 pm, CHurch Chapel Koinonia Room

11
Tuesday
Volleyball First Round of MCC Tournament
TBA
Afternoon Sabbatical - Sing the Closing of the Year
1:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
An Evening of Thanks
5:00 pm, Newcomer 19
Drop Beats not Bombs
7:00 pm, Umble Center
Men's Basketball at Davenport University
7:30 pm, Grand Rapids, MI

12
Wednesday
Commuter Club Meeting
10:00 am, Commuter Lounge
Bonus Convocation: "Drop Beats, Not Bombs: Resisting militarism through creative action"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

13
Thursday
Volleyball Second Round of MCC Tournament
TBA
Visiting Artist Recital: Radoslav Kvapil, solo piano
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

14
Friday
Campus Open House
8:00 am, Music Center, Church Chapel
Chapel: "Claiming God's Hope on Campus" - sermon by student Lane Miller
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Women's Basketball at Bethel Classic
8:00 pm, Mishawaka, IN
Club DC at GC
10:00 pm, NC19

15
Saturday
Women's Soccer at MCC Tournament Final
TBA
Volleyball Final Round of MCC Tournament
TBA
Maple Leaf Fun Fest
12:00 pm, Recreation Fitness Center
Women's Basketball at Bethel Classic
2:00 pm, Mishawaka, IN
Men's Basketball hosts Trinity Christian College
3:00 pm, Goshen, IN
Goshen College Choirs with Toledo Symphony
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall

16
Sunday
Taize Worship Service
9:00 pm, NC-19

17
Monday
Convocation: "Christians Meeting Muslims" - James Krabill
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Lifelong Learning Institute - "The Making of Global Christianity"
2:00 pm, Newcomer Center Room 19
ACORN Award Presentation
3:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall

18
Tuesday
Missions Banquet
6:00 pm, college Church Fellowship Hall
Men's Basketball at Kentucky Wesleyan University
7:00 pm, Owensboro, KY

19
Wednesday
Lifelong Learning Institute - "The Making of Global Christianity"
2:00 pm, Newcomer Center Room 19
Women's Basketball at Indiana Tech
7:00 pm, Fort Wayne, IN
Catholic Mass on Campus
8:00 pm, Newcomer 19

21
Friday
Art exhibit - Kristi Glick: Jewelry Enameling & Anne Binder: Calligraphy and Artists Books
Hershberger Art Gallery   through January 18, 2009
Women's Basketball at WHAC/MCC Challenge at Aquinas College
Grand Rapids, MI   through November 22, 2008
Chapel: "Heart-listening, thorns of contention & humor - what I've learned in an ecumenical community, Sister Lynne Smith
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Lifelong Learning Institute - "The Making of Global Christianity"
2:00 pm, Newcomer Center Room 19
Science Speaker Series
4:00 pm, Science106
Men's Basketball at Denison Sodexho Classic
Granville, OH   through November 22, 2008
Performing Arts Series: Brentano String Quartet
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Connector Night LIfe
10:00 pm, Connector 3rd flooor lounge

22
Saturday
Men's and Women's Cross Country at NAIA National Championships at Un. of Wisconsin-Parkside
Kenosha, WI
GEMTA Aim Festival
8:00 am, Music Center
ASL Workshop
9:00 am, AD 28
Women's Soccer Tea Reception
2:00 pm, Church Chapel Koinonia Room
World Dance
10:00 pm, Union Gym East

23
Sunday
Art exhibit reception - Kristi Glick: Jewelry Enameling & Anne Binder: Calligraphy and Artists Books
Hershberger Art Gallery
Parables Worship Team
9:30 am, Prairie Street Mennonite Church, Elkhart, Ind.
CANCELED: Voices-N-Harmony Gospel Choir Concert
5:30 pm, Umble Center

24
Monday
Convocation: Peru SST, spring 2008
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Lifelong Learning Institute - "The Making of Global Christianity"
2:00 pm, Newcomer Center Room 19

25
Tuesday
Men's Basketball hosts Indiana Wesleyan University
7:00 pm, Goshen, IN
Women's Basketball at Indiana Wesleyan University
7:00 pm, Marion, IN

27
Thursday
Thanksgiving break
  through November 28, 2008

28
Friday
Men's Basketball at Gannon Tournament
Erie, PA   through November 29, 2008

December


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