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August 2006


3
Thursday
Maple Scholars Banquet
6:00 pm, Church Chapel Koinonia Room

9
Wednesday

13
Sunday
President James E Brenneman Preaching
9:00 am, College Mennonite Church

16
Wednesday
Faculty Retreat: "Living & Learning: Global Citizenship in Our Own Backyard"
church-chapel fellowship rooms   through August 17, 2006

18
Friday
All Employee Luncheon
12:00 pm, church-chapel fellowship hall

25
Friday
International Student Orientation
8:00 am, Church Chapel Gathering Rooms
First Year Orientation for ALANA Students
1:00 pm, Church Chapel Room 110

26
Saturday
New Student Check-In
8:00 am, College Mennonite Church

27
Sunday
Returning Students Arrive
2:00 pm, Java Junction

28
Monday
Exhibit - "Christ-Kin: The Human Side of the Bible"
The Library Gallery   through October 13, 2006
Check-in for continuing students
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall
First-year Assessment
3:30 pm, Umble Center
Computer Literacy Test for Education Majors
4:30 pm, Schertz Computer Lab
Transfer Student Library Orientation
4:30 pm, Good Library

29
Tuesday
Floor Lounge Meetings
9:30 pm, Residence Halls

30
Wednesday

31
Thursday
Resnet Install Fair
8:00 am, Church Chapel Gathering Rooms

September


3
Sunday
Art Reception for Jaye Bumbaugh
2:00 pm, Hershberger Art Gallery

4
Monday
End of drop-add period
5:00 pm, online or in registar's office

5
Tuesday
MAO Welcome Mixer
5:30 pm, Newcomer Center 19

7
Thursday
50th Anniversary Art Faculty Exhibit
Hershberger Art Gallery, Music Center   through October 22, 2006

8
Friday
Inaugural Business Breakfast
7:30 am, CMC Fellowship Hall

9
Saturday
Inaugural Associates Breakfast
8:30 am, CMC Fellowship Hall
Howell House Reunion
12:00 pm, Howell House
Tree Planting
2:00 pm, Adelphian Fountain Area
Brenneman Bash
7:00 pm, RFC

10
Sunday
Inaugural Brunch
11:00 am, Rieth Recital Hall
Inauguration of James E. Brenneman
2:00 pm, Sauder Hall
Reception Immediately Following Inauguration
4:00 pm, Music Center Plaza

12
Tuesday
Lunch and Learn Series
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall

13
Wednesday
GCWSA Luncheon
12:00 pm, Westlawn Lounge

16
Saturday
Alumni Celebrate Service Day
Bloomington, Ill.
Soccer and Reception
8:30 pm, Harrisonburg, Va.

17
Sunday
Parables Worship Team
9:30 am, Emmanuel Mennonite Church, Shoreview, Minn.
Parables Worship Team
6:00 pm, First Mennonite Church, Iowa City, Iowa

19
Tuesday
Lunch and Learn Series
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall

20
Wednesday

23
Saturday
Feed Your Eyes, Mind & Spirit #11
8:00 am, Newcomer Center 17

24
Sunday
MCC Relief Sale Men's Chorus
7:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall

25
Monday
Church Ambassadors Glen and Marilyn Miller
Retreat speakers at Friedenswald   through September 27, 2006

26
Tuesday
Lunch and Learn Series
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall

27
Wednesday

28
Thursday

29
Friday

30
Saturday
Pushing Beyond the Plateau
8:00 am, Newcomer 17

October


2
Monday
The Clothesline Project
Schrock Plaza   through October 3, 2006

3
Tuesday
Lunch and Learn Series
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall
Take Back the Night Rally
7:00 pm, Newcomer Center 19

4
Wednesday
Lifelong Learning Institute - "Current Politics "
2:00 pm, Church Chapel Room 100
All Campus Women
6:00 pm, Newcomer Center, Room 17

5
Thursday
Alumni Board Meetings
Koinonia Room   through October 6, 2006

6
Friday
Merry Lea Bookstore on Campus
Union Hallway   through October 7, 2006
Homecoming Weekend
  through October 8, 2006
50th Anniversary Art Faculty Exhibit Reception
6:00 pm, Hershberger Art Gallery, Music Center

7
Saturday

8
Sunday
Parables Worship Team
6:00 pm, First Mennonite Church, Middlebury, Ind.

10
Tuesday
Lunch and Learn Series
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall

13
Friday
GC Board of Directors
  through October 14, 2006

14
Saturday
Fourth Annual Grief Seminar Benefit Walk
8:00 am, Recreation Fitness Center

15
Sunday
Parables Worship Team
10:30 am, Lindale Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg, Va.
Parables Worship Team
6:00 pm, Park View Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg, Va.

16
Monday
Mid-term break
  through October 18, 2006
Parables Worship Team
8:50 am, Eastern Mennonite High School Chapel, Harrisonburg, Va.
Parables Worship Team
7:00 pm, Forest Hills Mennonite Church, Leola, Pa.

17
Tuesday
Parables Worship Team
8:15 am, Lancaster Mennonite High School Chapel, Lancaster, Pa.
Lunch and Learn Series
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall
Parables Worship Team
7:00 pm, Smithville Mennonite Church, Smithville, Ohio

18
Wednesday
Parables Worship Team
Central Christian High School Chapel, Kidron, Ohio
GCWSA
12:00 pm, Recreation Fitness Center, Rooms 104/105

20
Friday

21
Saturday

22
Sunday
Three Quilt Artists
The Library Gallery   through December 8, 2006
Opening Reception - Three Quilt Artists
2:00 pm, The Library Gallery

23
Monday
Scholarship Donor Reception
11:00 am, Fellowship Hall, College Mennonite Church
Scholarship Donor Appreciation Luncheon
11:45 am, Fellowship Hall, College Mennonite Church

24
Tuesday
Book Release Party for Goshen Portraits 2
6:00 pm, Church Chapel Koinonia Room
Yorifumi Yaguchi Poetry Reading
7:30 pm, Newcomer Center 19

25
Wednesday
The Art of Roger Shimomura, 2006 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist
Hershberger Art Gallery, Music Center   through November 29, 2006

27
Friday
Blood Drive
10:30 am, Union gym

29
Sunday
President James E Brenneman Preaching
Kidron Mennonite Church
Parables Worship Team
9:30 am, Olive Mennonite Church, Elkhart, Ind.

30
Monday
President James E Brenneman speaking
at Chapel at Central Christian School

31
Tuesday

November


1
Wednesday

3
Friday

5
Sunday
President James E Brenneman Preaching
College Hill Mennonite Church, Tampa, Fla.

6
Monday
Academic advising begins
  through November 21, 2006

7
Tuesday
Cornelius Eady Poetry Reading--Rescheduled
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

8
Wednesday
Advisor information meeting
10:00 am, AD 28
MAO Pre-College Presentations
6:00 pm, Newcomer Center 17

9
Thursday
GCWSA Luncheon
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Koinonia Room
ASL Coffeehouse
6:00 pm, Crossings Cafe'

10
Friday
Family Weekend
  through November 12, 2006

11
Saturday
Parents Breakfast & Seminar
9:15 am, Music Center - Rieth Recital Hall
Parents Council Meeting
11:00 am, Music Center Room 110

12
Sunday
Parables Worship Team
10:45 am, Morning Song, Rieth Recital Hall

14
Tuesday

15
Wednesday
Eric Yake Kenagy Lecture - Roger Shimomura
7:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall, Music Center

16
Thursday

18
Saturday
Green Building Tour at Merry Lea
9:00 am, Rieth Village site at Merry Lea

20
Monday
Community Dialogue Meeting
6:30 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall

23
Thursday
Thanksgiving break
  through November 24, 2006

27
Monday

29
Wednesday

December


2
Saturday
John D. Roth Preaching at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church
Wayland, Iowa   through December 3, 2006
Associates Dinner
5:15 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall
Mistletoe Madness
10:00 pm, NC19

3
Sunday
John Lambert: Ceramics & Eric Landes: Photography
Hershberger Art Gallery, Music Center   through January 31, 2007

4
Monday
John D. Roth Chapel
9:45 am, Iowa Mennonite School, Kalona, Iowa

5
Tuesday
GC Nursing Students Association Christmas Luncheon
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall

6
Wednesday
FINAL EXAMS
  through December 8, 2006

12
Tuesday
Alumni and Friends Gathering
5:00 pm, Hesston, Kan.

14
Thursday
Staff Christmas Banquet
12:00 pm, CMC Fellowship Hall

19
Tuesday
GCSWA Faculty/Staff Hospitality Break
9:30 am, Church Chapel Koinonia Room

January 2007


5
Friday
Alumni and Friends Gathering
8:00 pm, Tucson, Ariz.

8
Monday

9
Tuesday
New Student Orientation
8:45 am, NC19
New Student Day/Check-In
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall -- until 6:30 p.m.
Men's Soccer Banquet
7:00 pm, Church-Chapel, Koinonia Room

10
Wednesday

12
Friday
Dinner & a Movie
5:30 pm, Good Library

14
Sunday
Alumni and Friends Gathering
4:30 pm, East Lansing, Mich.

15
Monday
Preston Jackson: Fresh from Julieanne's Garden
The Library Gallery   through March 2, 2007

16
Tuesday

17
Wednesday
GCWSA Luncheon
12:00 pm, Westlawn Lounge

21
Sunday
President James E Brenneman Preaching
9:00 am, Yellow Creek Mennonite Church, Goshen, Ind.

22
Monday
Spring Club Funding Application Due
5:00 pm, Student Life office or Senate through campus mail

23
Tuesday
MAO Spring Mixer
5:00 pm, Newcomer Center 19

24
Wednesday
Goshen College "Weather or Not" Celebration
12:30 pm, Adelphian Fountain

25
Thursday
GC Board of Directors Meeting
Church Chapel Gathering Rooms   through January 27, 2007

26
Friday
Alumni and Friends Gathering
6:00 pm, Washington, DC
Joann Rosario Live in Concert
7:30 pm, Goshen College Music Center, Sauder Hall

31
Wednesday

February


3
Saturday
Goshen Area Young Alumni Gathering
5:00 pm, Recreation Fitness Center

4
Sunday
Jennifer Rohrer, painting and photo collage & Mark Nafziger, ceramics
Hershberger Art Gallery, Music Center   through March 14, 2007
President James E Brenneman Preaching
8:30 am, Capital Christian Fellowship, Lanham, Md.

7
Wednesday

9
Friday
Nursing Mock Convention
7:45 am, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall

13
Tuesday
The Vagina Monologues
7:30 pm, Umble Center
2nd Annual Live AID's Benefit Concert
10:00 pm, Java Junction

14
Wednesday

16
Friday
Faculty & Staff Diversity Talk
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Koinonia Room

20
Tuesday
GCWSA Luncheon
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Koinonia Room
Black History Month Celebration
5:30 pm, Westlawn Dining Hall

21
Wednesday

22
Thursday
Peace of the Arts Final Celebration
7:00 pm, Reith Recital Hall

26
Monday
John D. Roth Chapels at Hesston College
Hesston, Kan.   through February 28, 2007
Mid-term break
  through March 2, 2007

March


7
Wednesday
Tuition Free Day
11:00 am, Union Hallway & Dining Hall

9
Friday
Blood Drive
10:30 am, Union gym

10
Saturday
International Student Club Coffee House
5:00 pm, Fellowship Hall/Sauder Concert Hall

11
Sunday
Hutterite Life
The Library Gallery   through July 13, 2007
Opening Reception - Hutterite Life
2:00 pm, The Library Gallery

12
Monday
CITL Curriculum Director Presentation
10:30 am, Newcomer Center, Room 17

16
Friday
CITL Curriculum Director Presentation
10:30 am, Newcomer, Room 17
Religion and Science Conference
Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall   through March 18, 2007

17
Saturday
Space...The Final Frontier
8:00 am, Newcomer Center Room 17
Parents Day of Prayer
9:00 am, Music Center - Rieth Recital Hall & MC110
MAO Academic Achievers Meeting
9:00 am, Church Chapel Koinonia Room
Parents Council Meeting
11:45 am, Music Center Room 110
GSWA Chocolate House
8:00 pm, Newcomer Center 19

18
Sunday
Senior Show 1
Hershberger Art Gallery, Music Center   through March 29, 2007

21
Wednesday
Adviser information meeting
10:00 am, AD 28

22
Thursday
ASL Coffeehouse
6:00 pm, Crossings Cafe'

25
Sunday
President James E Brenneman Preaching
9:00 am, Salford Mennonite Church, Harleysville, Pa.
Alumni and Friends Gathering
3:00 pm, Green Lane, Pa.
Pinchpenny Press
7:30 pm, Newcomer 19

26
Monday
Academic advising begins
  through April 10, 2007

28
Wednesday

30
Friday
Bulletin Mailing
Union Gym East   through April 5, 2007

31
Saturday
Feed Your Eyes, Mind & Spirit #12
1:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall

April


1
Sunday
Senior Show 2
Hershberger Art Gallery, Music Center   through April 12, 2007

2
Monday

3
Tuesday

4
Wednesday

5
Thursday

6
Friday

9
Monday

10
Tuesday
Cornelius Eady Poetry Reading
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

14
Saturday
MAO Award Celebration
10:30 am, College Cabin

15
Sunday
Senior Show 3
Hershberger Art Gallery, Music Center   through April 25, 2007

17
Tuesday
GCWSA Luncheon
12:00 pm, Westlawn Lounge
Senior Rumble in Umble & Senior Dessert Celebration
7:30 pm, Umble Center & Church Chapel Fellowship Hall

20
Friday

22
Sunday
President James E Brenneman Preaching
10:30 am, North Suburban Mennonite Church, Mundelein, Ill.

23
Monday

24
Tuesday
FINAL EXAMS
  through April 26, 2007

27
Friday
Senior Commencement Exhibit
Hershberger Art Gallery, Music Center   through April 29, 2007

28
Saturday
Commencement Rehearsal
10:00 am, Recreation Fitness Center
Senior Program
7:30 pm, Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall
Commencement Weekend President's Reception
8:45 pm, Music Center Lobby

29
Sunday
Baccalaureate Service
11:00 am, Church-Chapel
Commencement
3:00 pm, Gingerich Recreation-Fitness Center

May


1
Tuesday
Retired Faculty Luncheon
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall

2
Wednesday
Mosaic Meeting
9:30 am, NC17

3
Thursday
Asian American Heritage Celebration Dinner
5:30 pm, Westlawn Dining Hall
Rhoda Janzen Poetry Reading
7:00 pm, Newcomer Center 19

4
Friday
Poetry Workshop Student Reading
7:30 pm, Newcomer Center 19

6
Sunday
Student Show
Hershberger Art Gallery, Music Center   through May 22, 2007

9
Wednesday

10
Thursday

14
Monday

16
Wednesday

18
Friday
GC Board of Directors Meeting
Church Chapel Gathering Rooms   through May 19, 2007

20
Sunday
President James E Brenneman Preaching
Kalona Mennonite Church, Kalona, Iowa.

23
Wednesday

29
Tuesday
Summer Session I begins
  through June 19, 2007

30
Wednesday
Etta Risser Farewell Reception
2:00 pm, Church Chapel Koinonia Room

June


6
Wednesday
Summer Art Exhibit
Hershberger Art Gallery, Music Center   through September 6, 2007

10
Sunday
Alumni and Friends Gathering
3:00 pm, Lake Buckhorn, Millersburg, Ohio
Maple Scholars Picnic
5:00 pm, College Cabin

21
Thursday
Summer Session II begins
  through July 13, 2007
GCWSA Picnic
12:00 pm, Westlawn Lounge

July


2
Monday
Residential Students
10:00 am, Dorms Close

3
Tuesday
Alumni and Friends Reception
9:00 pm, San Jose Mennonite Convention, Calif.

4
Wednesday

5
Thursday
Master of Nursing Orientation
3:00 pm, Wyse Hall Room 211, Schertz Computer Lab

26
Thursday
Carla Weldy Farewell Reception
10:00 am, Koinonia Room

August


8
Wednesday
Nuestras Artes Visual Arts Display
Good Library Gallery   through October 12, 2007
Minnie Andriotis Farewell Reception
2:00 pm, Koinonia Room

10
Friday

15
Wednesday
Faculty Retreat
  through August 16, 2007

17
Friday
All-Employee Luncheon
12:00 pm, Church-Chapel fellowship hall

21
Tuesday
Library Reception for New Faculty
4:00 pm, Good Library Periodicals Reading Room
Teacher Education Orientation
4:00 pm, Church Chapel, Koinonia Room & Fellowship Hall

23
Thursday
Melissa Kinsey Farewell Reception
2:00 pm, Newcomer Courtyard outside of Archives

24
Friday
International Student Orientation
8:00 am, College Church Gathering Rooms 141-144
ALANA Orientation and Bridge Program
8:00 am, Church Chapel Classroom 110

25
Saturday
New Student Days
  through August 27, 2007
New Student Day Check-in
8:30 am, Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall
Non-Traditional Age Student Information Meeting
11:00 am, Koinonia Room - Church Chapel
Traditional Age Commuter Student Information Meeting
11:30 am, Koinonia Room - Church Chapel
Welcome Convocation
2:00 pm, Sauder Hall
Presidential Picnic
5:00 pm, College Green in front of Administration Building

26
Sunday
Parents Council Brunch
10:00 am, Music Center Plaza
Worship Service
11:00 am, Sauder Hall
Returning Students
2:00 pm, Residence Halls

27
Monday
Spanish Placement Test
8:00 am, AD28
German Placement Test
8:00 am, AD 35
French Placement Test
8:00 am, AD 36
Final Check-In: noon - 6:30 p.m.
12:00 pm, Church-Chapel fellowship hall
Math Competency Test
2:15 pm, Last names A-F in UN 004, G-L in GL 102
Math Competency Test
2:30 pm, Last names M-R in UN 004, S-Z in GL 102
Biblical Literature Test
3:30 pm, GL 102

29
Wednesday
Campus worship night
9:15 pm, College Cabin

30
Thursday
FALL SST DEPARTS
5:00 am, Union, south entrance
Resnet Install Fair
Church Chapel Gathering Rooms   through August 31, 2007