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October 2009


1
Thursday
Men's Tennis at Defiance University
3:30 pm, Defiance, OH
Science Speaker Series
4:00 pm, SC 106

2
Friday
Homecoming Weekend
  through October 4, 2009
Orus Eash Memorial Architecture Exhibit
Good Library Gallery   through October 17, 2009
Goshen College Nursing Alumni Conference - Transcultural Nursing
8:30 am, Rieth Recital Hall
Chapel - Alumni Faith Story
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Special Donor Luncheon
12:00 pm, Fellowship Hall
Volleyball at Davenport College
3:00 pm, Davenport College
Reception and book signing for "Practices"
3:30 pm, GC Bookstore
Cross Country Teams at Adrian College (Great Lakes Region Short & Long Course Championships
4:00 pm, Adrain, MI
Class of 1959 - 50th Anniversary Banquet
4:00 pm, Greencroft Senior Center
Kulp/Coffman BBQ
5:00 pm, Coffman Lawn
Exhibit: New Art Faculty Reception
5:30 pm, Hershberger Art Gallery
Women's Soccer at Bethel College
7:00 pm, Bethel College
One Acts
8:00 pm, Umble Center
Lavendar Jazz Hour After
9:30 pm, Downtown First Friday
Midnight Worship
10:00 pm, NC19

3
Saturday
Cross Country Teams Hosting Homecoming (Alumni 5 K Run)
Goshen College
Fall Classic 3K Walk/5K Run
7:45 am, Gingerich Recreation-Fitness Center
Homecoming Weekend: Kid's Activities
7:45 am,
Alumni Breakfast
8:00 am, Church Fellowship Hall
Homecoming Weekend: Class Reunions
9:30 am,
Volleyball hosts Marygrove College
10:00 am, Goshen College
Alumni Baseball Scrimmage
10:00 am, baseball field
Field Trip to Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center
1:00 pm,
Making Peace with the Environment Workshops I
1:00 pm,
Book Signing for "A Hundred Camels"
1:30 pm, GC Bookstore
Men's Soccer hosts University of St. Francis
2:00 pm, Goshen College
Orus Eash Memorial Architecture Exhibit Reception
2:00 pm, Good Library Gallery
Making Peace with the Environment Workshops II
2:30 pm,
One Acts
4:00 pm, Umble Center
Ultimate Frisbee - Alumni vs. GC
4:00 pm,
Alumni Picnic
5:00 pm, tent by the Kratz-Miller-Yoder Connector
Homecoming Music Gala
7:30 pm, Music Center Sauder Concert Hall

4
Sunday
Homecoming Hymn Sing
11:00 am, Church-Chapel
One Acts
2:00 pm, Umble Center
Dance Party Under the Tent
9:00 pm, KMY Lawn

5
Monday
Club Day
Union Hallway
Convocation: "Making Peace with Learning II"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Multicultural Mondays
12:00 pm, KMY Connector

6
Tuesday
Lunch and Learn sponsored by Management Development Program
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall
Kick-Off Auditions
5:00 pm, Sauder

7
Wednesday
Resume Writing Workshop
10:00 am, Schertz lab, UN004
Resume Writing Workshop
3:00 pm, Schertz lab, UN004
Women's Soccer at Spring Arbor University
4:00 pm, Spring Arbor University
Resume Writing Workshop
4:00 pm, Schertz lab, UN004
Men's Soccer hosts Spring Arbor University
7:00 pm, Goshen College
Volleyball hosts St. Francis 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

8
Thursday
Women's Tennis at MCC Tourney at Indiana Wesleyan University
Marion, IN   through October 10, 2009
Men's Tennis at MCC Tournament @ IN Wesleyan University
Marion, IN   through October 10, 2009
Nature Photography Workshop
Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College, Farmstead Site   through October 10, 2009

9
Friday
Goshen College Board of Directors Meeting
Church Chapel, Gathering Rooms & Koinonia Room
Chapel - Anointing service
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Cross Country Teams at Benedictine, IL
3:30 pm, Lisle, IL
Academic Achievers
Music Center   through October 10, 2009
Kick-Off
9:00 pm, Sauder
Midnight Worship
10:00 pm, NC19

10
Saturday
Goshen College Board of Directors Meeting
Church Chapel, Gathering Rooms & Koinonia Room
KMY Fall Harvest Party
Kratz/MIller courtyard & lawn
Volleyball hosts Bethel College (Non Conference match)
11:00 am, Goshen College
Men's Soccer at Marian College
5:00 pm, Marian College
Women's Soccer hosts Grace College
7:00 pm, Goshen College
Faculty Recital Series: Rebecca Hovan, flute & Christine L. Seitz, piano
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

11
Sunday
Taize Worship Service
9:00 pm, NC-19

12
Monday
Convocation: David Shenk on "A Student's Perspective on Alcohol" - Campus Health & Wellness committee
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

13
Tuesday
Lunch and Learn sponsored by Management Development Program
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall
Afternoon Sabbatical
1:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Topics & Issues: New Art Faculty
2:00 pm, Hershberger Art Gallery
Women's Soccer hosts Cornerstone University
6:00 pm, Goshen College
Missions Banquet
6:00 pm, College Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall
Volleyball at Bethel College
7:00 pm, Bethel College

14
Wednesday
Men's Soccer at Taylor University
4:00 pm, Taylor University
"Americana" and Q&A with director Topaz Adizes
7:25 pm, Administration Building Room 28
Worship Night
9:00 pm, Rec Fitness Center 104
Midweek F.a.i.t.h.
9:45 pm, RFC 104

15
Thursday
Textbook adoptions due for spring semester


16
Friday
7th Annual Grief Seminar
8:00 am, College Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall
Chapel - Ministry Inquiry Program students
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Women's Basketball hosts Hesston College
6:00 pm, Goshen College
Performing Art Series: Bela Fleck/Zakir Hussain/Edgar Meyer
7:30 pm, Music Center Sauder Concert Hall
Men's Basketball hosts Hesston College
8:00 pm, Goshen College
Midnight Worship
10:00 pm, NC19

17
Saturday
Women's Soccer at Marian College
4:00 pm, Marian College

19
Monday
Mid-term break
  through October 21, 2009

20
Tuesday
Lunch and Learn sponsored by Management Development Program
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall
Volleyball at Marian College
7:00 pm, Marian College

21
Wednesday
Women's Soccer hosts Taylor University
6:00 pm, Goshen College
Parables Worship Concert
7:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Men's Soccer hosts IN Wesleyan University
8:00 pm, Goshen College

22
Thursday
Calling our Representatives
10:00 am, AD 21
Calling our Representatives
2:00 pm, AD 21

23
Friday
Volleyball at Calumet Crimson Invitational
Calumet College   through October 24, 2009
Campus Open House
8:00 am, Music Center Lobby
Chapel - "Overstepping the Boundary" - Luke Gascho, director of Merry Lea
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Calling our Representatives
1:00 pm, AD 21
"Art in Action: The Cost of Coal"
4:00 pm, Music Center Rom 110
Cello Masterclass with Wendy Warner
4:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
The Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago and Sones de Mexico Ensemble Chicago
6:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Kratz 3 & Yoder 4 Floor Activity
8:00 pm, College Cabin
Midnight Worship
10:00 pm, NC19

24
Saturday
ASL Workshop
9:00 am, Administration Building Room 28
350.org Climate Change Action Extravaganza
9:00 am,
Cross Country Teams at NAIA Great Lakes Invitational
12:00 pm, Riverside Park, Grand Rapids, MI
Women's Soccer hosts Huntington University
7:00 pm, Goshen College
Alumni and Friends Gathering
7:00 pm, Portland, Ore
PAX Coffeehouse
8:00 pm, NC-19

25
Sunday
"A Cabinet of Curiosities"
Good Library Gallery   through February 10, 2010

26
Monday
Autumn Hike at Merry Lea
9:00 am, Merry Lea, Wolflake, IN, Learning Center Site
Women's Safety Training
10:00 am, RFC 104/105
Convocation - Preview of fall mainstage play: "Big Love"
10:00 am, Umble Center

27
Tuesday
Retired Faculty Luncheon
12:00 pm, College Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall
Science Speaker Series
4:00 pm, Science 106
Women's Soccer at IN Wesleyan University
7:00 pm, IN Wesleyan University
Recital: Jeffrey Weaver, solo piano
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Purple & White Night
9:00 pm, RFC

28
Wednesday
BONUS Convocation: "White Privilege Unmasked" - guest speaker Tim Wise
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Sigma Theta Tau Meeting
6:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
SST Orientation - All Spring Units
6:30 pm, Ad 28
Volleyball 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

30
Friday
The Dresden Journals: Nicholas Hill
Hershberger Art Gallery   through January 11, 2010
Chapel - "Service in Relationship" - Reflections from Service Inquiry Program students
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Service & Seminary Expo
10:30 am, Union hallway
Red Cross Blood Drive
10:30 am, Union Gym
Women's Basketball at Ancilla College
6:00 pm, Ancilla College
Alumni and Friends Gathering
7:01 pm, Asheville, NC
Fall Mainstage: Big Love by Charles Mee, directed by Michelle Milne
8:00 pm, Umble Center
Howell-o-ween Open House
9:00 pm, Howell House
Poetry Slam
10:00 pm, NC19

31
Saturday
Men's Soccer at MCC Tourney location TBA

Women's Soccer at MCC Tournament
TBA
Halloween Trick or Treat!
6:00 pm, Kratz/Miller Halls
Austin Wulliman/Mary Rose Jordan Concert
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Fall Mainstage: Big Love by Charles Mee, directed by Michelle Milne
8:00 pm, Umble Center
Day of the Dead Celebration
9:30 pm, Connector 1st Floor Lounge & Java Junction

November


1
Sunday
The Dresden Journals: Nicholas Hill Reception
2:00 pm, Hershberger Art Gallery
Fall Mainstage: Big Love by Charles Mee, directed by Michelle Milne
3:00 pm, Umble Center

2
Monday
Convocation: "Developing Healthy Love Relationships" - Melody La Luz
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Last day to withdraw with a "W"
5:00 pm, Registrar's office

3
Tuesday
Men's Basketball at Indiana University South Bend
IUSB University
Super Tuesday - practice interviews & resume reviews
2:00 pm, Fellowship Hall
Take Back the Night
8:00 pm, NC19

4
Wednesday
Faculty Adviser Meeting
10:00 am, NC 17
Volleyball at Taylor University
7:00 pm, Taylor University
National Anthem Proposal: Town Hall Meeting
7:30 pm, NC19
Prayer Vigil
8:00 pm, Schrock Plaza
Worship Night
9:00 pm, Rec Fitness Center 104
Midweek F.a.i.t.h.
9:45 pm, RFC 104

5
Thursday
Academic Advising Days
faculty offices   through November 20, 2009
Ticket Blitz Party
9:45 pm, Union Gym East and Union Hallway

6
Friday
Family Weekend
Goshen College Campus   through November 8, 2009
Chapel - Worship led by Voices-n-Harmony gospel choir
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Men's Basketball hosts Maple City Hoop Fest
Goshen College   through November 7, 2009
Fall Mainstage: Big Love by Charles Mee, directed by Michelle Milne
8:00 pm, Umble Center
Midnight Worship
10:00 pm, NC19

7
Saturday
Parent's Council Meeting
10:00 am, Music Center Room 153
Cross Country Teams at MCC Championships at St. Francis University on IPFW Campus
11:30 am, Fort Wayne, IN
Women's Basketball at IUSB
12:00 pm, IUSB
Fall Mainstage: Big Love by Charles Mee, directed by Michelle Milne
3:00 pm, Umble Center
Heritage Circle Reception
6:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
GC Choirs and Orchestra present Handel
7:30 pm, Music Center Sauder Concert Hall

8
Sunday
Fall Mainstage: Big Love by Charles Mee, directed by Michelle Milne
3:00 pm, Umble Center
Tony Brown Concert
7:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

9
Monday
Seniors begin online registration changes
8:00 am,
Convocation - "Lighting Our Space with Ancient Sunlight"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Multicultural Mondays
12:00 pm, KMY Connector

10
Tuesday
Volleyball at MCC First Round of Tournament
TBA
Afternoon Sabbatical
1:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
An Evening of Thanks
5:00 pm, College Mennonite Fellowship Hall
GCNSA speaker on Kinesthesiology
6:30 pm, AD28

11
Wednesday
Juniors begin online registration changes
8:00 am,
Women's Basketball hosts Indiana Tech
7:00 pm, Goshen College
Movie: Coal Country
7:00 pm, AD28
Worship Night
9:00 pm, Rec Fitness Center 104
Midweek F.a.i.t.h.
9:45 pm, RFC 104

12
Thursday
Volleyball at MCC Second Round of Tournament
TBA

13
Friday
Men's Basketball at Walsh University
Walsh University   through November 14, 2009
Sophomores begin online registration changes
8:00 am,
Campus Open House
8:00 am, Music Center Lobby
Chapel - History professor John D. Roth preaches
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Science Speaker Series
4:00 pm, SC 106
Women's Basketball hosts Goshen Classic
Goshen College   through November 14, 2009
Lavender Jazz Fall Concert
7:30 pm, Music Center Sauder Concert Hall
Pop Choir Coffeehouse
10:00 pm, NC19

14
Saturday
Volleyball at MCC Tournament
TBA
Resistance: Taking a stand against war, 1960s to today
10:00 am, Newcomer Center, Room 19
CSA Student Recitals
10:00 am, Rieth Recital Hall
A World Dance!!!
10:00 pm, Union Gym

15
Sunday
CSA Showcase Concert
4:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Coming Together: An Evening of Contemporary Musical Theater
8:00 pm, Umble Center

16
Monday
Education Senior Semniar
College Mennonite Church Gathering Rooms   through December 4, 2009
Convocation - Germany SST, summer 2009
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

17
Tuesday
First-year students begin online registration changes
8:00 am,
Women's Basketball hosts Trinity Christian University
7:00 pm, Goshen College
Umble Master Class Keynote Address
7:30 pm, Umble Center

18
Wednesday
GSWA Rummage Sale
10:00 am, Union Hallway
Worship Night
9:00 pm, Rec Fitness Center 104
Midweek F.a.i.t.h.
9:45 pm, RFC 104

20
Friday
Science Speaker Series
SC 106
Men's Basketball at Hanover University Sodexo Classic
Hanover University   through November 21, 2009
Women's Basketball at Judson College Tournament
Judson College   through November 21, 2009
Chapel - "Stories from the Table" Service of Communion
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Faculty Recital Series: Solomia Soroka, violin & Arthur Greene, piano
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Alana Kenagy Hour After
10:00 pm, Union Gym East

21
Saturday
Cross Country Teams at NAIA Championships at Vancouver, WA
Vancouver, WA
GEMTA AIM Festival
8:00 am, Music Center
CSA Student Recitals
10:00 am, Rieth Recital Hall
Performing Art Series: Los Lobos
7:30 pm, Music Center Sauder Concert Hall
BSU Red Carpet Party
10:00 pm, NC19

22
Sunday
Zizzer Zazzer Zuzz - a Seussian Senior Show by Sarah Noah
3:00 pm, Umble Center
Taize Worship Service
9:00 pm, NC-19

23
Monday
Convocation - Peru SST unit, Spring 2009
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
SOA Vigil
9:36 pm, Schrock Plaza; or NC19 if rain

24
Tuesday
Men's Basketball at Indiana Wesleyan University
7:00 pm, Indiana Wesleyan University
Women's Basketball hosts IN Wesleyan University
7:00 pm, Goshen College
Dr. Horror Picture Show
8:00 pm, Umble Center

25
Wednesday
Telling the Goshen College Story
10:00 am, Ad 28

26
Thursday
Thanksgiving break
  through November 27, 2009

28
Saturday
Men's Basketball at Indiana Tech University
3:00 pm, Indiana Tech University

30
Monday
Convocation - Best Oral Comm Speeches of the Semester
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
12 Days of Christmas - Day 1
10:00 pm, 1st Floor Connector Lounge

December


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