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ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVES HEALING THE WORLD PEACE BY PEACE

FINALLY: A COLLEGE THAT WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO CURE DISEASES FIX THE ENVIRONMENT CREATE BUSINESSES WIN A GRAMMY AND MAKE PEACE IN A POLARIZED WORLD

ARE YOU UP TO THE CHALLENGE?

Right now, the only things that seem certain are uncertainty and change. The economy remains in crisis. The environment isn’t far behind. Affordable health care and housing remain a dream for many people. And conflicts continue in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Syria.

It will be up to your generation to solve some very big problems and ones not yet envisioned. The good news? You seem to be up to the challenge.

Here’s how Goshen College can help you prepare.

GOSHEN IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, PRIVATE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES. WE ARE MOTIVATED BY JESUS’ EXAMPLE OF AND COMMITTED TO USING OUR GOD-GIVEN GIFTS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

SERVANT LEADERSHIP

At Goshen, we base everything we do on the college’s five core values.

We are: CHRIST CENTERED PASSIONATE LEARNERS SERVANT LEADERS COMPASSIONATE PEACEMAKERS GLOBAL CITIZENS

CAN A SMALL COLLEGE IN THE MIDDLE OF AMERICA TEACH YOU HOW TO

MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

WELL, WE CAN CERTAINLY TRY. At Goshen, we actively apply our Christ-centered core values, including compassionate peacemaking, servant leadership and global citizenship, to every aspect of life. Our values shape how we learn and how we relate to the economy, the environment and our faith. Plus, of course, how we relate with other cultures and countries.

At Goshen, you will join a community that views hope as a stepping-stone to peace and believes we can have a positive impact on our world. You may not solve all the world’s problems while you’re here (not in the first year, anyway), but you will be engaged in life-changing conversations to prepare you to make the difference you desire, whether you are studying music, accounting or chemistry.

What’s the secret? Learning from experience, in and out of the classroom. Through our Study-Service Term (SST), our summer research program, our Sustainability Semester and diverse internships, students develop the intellectual and interpersonal skills that will contribute to innovation in the workplace — qualities employers most value.

A PASSION FOR CREATIVITY

Hans Weaver CLASS OF 2013 BUSINESS MAJOR NEW HOLLAND, PA. WHY GOSHEN: It was a family thing!

My mother went to Goshen and so did my grandparents, so that probably had a lot to do with it. Also, I was looking for a college that had a strong business program and a strong music program. Goshen fit the bill.

AFTER GRADUATION: My business partner and I launched a business with an entrepreneurship grant from Goshen. Hopefully I’ll be involved with that.

It’s called MennoTea, and it’s a play on the word “meadow tea,” which is a family recipe for a simple summertime tea.

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I’M HOPEFUL: For a world where people can feel free to express themselves. A world where there’s more honor, and fewer lines drawn between people. Basically, a less cliquish world. For myself, I hope I can look back on my life and feel like I’ve had a positive impact on people.

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Current SST locations include: CAMBODIA CHINA MOROCCO NICARAGUA PERU SENEGAL

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TANZANIA LATINO COMMUNITY OF NORTHERN INDIANA (LATINO STUDIES SST PROGRAM)

IF YOU WANT TO BRING HOPE AND PEACE TO THE WORLD,

IT HELPS TO HAVE LIVED THERE. THAT’S ONE REASON we chose countries like Peru, Cambodia and Tanzania as destinations for our top-ranked Study-Service Term (SST).

host families, not in residence halls, and have the chance to absorb day-to-day life as a member of the community.

Founded in 1968, SST is one of the longestrunning study-abroad programs in the country.

(We were one of the first colleges in the country to include an international education requirement in our core curriculum and among the first to send undergraduates to China.)

Study-Service Term also focuses on service and the importance of making a real, measurable contribution to host countries. The second half of the semester could find you helping at a health clinic, teaching English to local school children or involved with ecotourism.

Unlike most other programs, SST takes place over an entire semester and emphasizes total cultural immersion. In all locations, students stay with

Nothing furthers the process of learning and peace building more than cross-cultural understanding.

And no college gets you there faster than Goshen.

In addition to on-campus classes, Goshen’s innovative May Term provides opportunities for our professors to teach such subjects as canoeing on the Boundary Waters of Minnesota, marine biology in the Florida Keys, history and archaeology on Hopi and Navajo reservations, arts in London, business in Spain, the Bible in Greece and Italy and Anabaptist history in Paraguay.

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OF THE MORE THAN

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COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY, U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT LISTS GOSHEN AMONG SCHOOLS WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS ( PERCENT) STUDYING ABROAD.

#1 RANKING

GOSHEN HAS A IN THE PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES WHO RECEIVED PH.D.S IN THE LIFE SCIENCES OUT OF 118

INSTITUTIONS IN THE COUNCIL FOR CHRISTIAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (CCCU).

THE GOSHEN CORE Sometimes called “General Education” at other schools, the Goshen Core is the set of courses and requirements that applies to all students no matter what major they choose. Students learn how to think critically, communicate clearly and solve complex problems in a global context — skills they will need to craft tomorrow’s solutions.

Learn more at goshen.edu/core

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WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU COMBINE

COMPASSION, CONVICTION & SERIOUS SMARTS? YOU GET THINGS DONE. Just ask the fine folks of northern Indiana: Recently, the Nursing Department at Goshen College teamed up with local healthcare professionals to host a health fair, which provided free basic services to underserved residents. And every year accounting students offer free tax filing for local, low-income residents.

Whether you’re majoring in physics or religion, at Goshen you’ll have the chance to dig in and develop interdisciplinary solutions to global problems. And with small classes (most have fewer than 25 people), you are guaranteed to genuinely engage with the subject matter and your professor, who will know you by name.

If you’re an environmental science or biology major, much of your time will be spent at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College, a 1,189-acre natural sanctuary filled with ponds, lakes and swamps. Merry Lea is also home to the Sustainability Semester and boasts Indiana’s first platinum-rated LEED building.

Learn more about sustainability at GC: goshen.edu/gogreen

Interested in American Sign Language? You will get the chance to interpret during chapel or convocation. If science is your calling, you can study marine biology at Goshen’s Florida Keys facility. English your passion? Publish your poetry or essays through Broadside or Pinchpenny Press.

You could also have the chance to conduct research alongside a Goshen professor, through the Maple Scholars summer research program. Maple Scholars is a great way to build up your résumé – and get a jump on grad school.

A PASSION FOR JUSTICE

Aranza Torres CLASS OF 2015 SOCIAL WORK MAJOR WACO, TEXAS WHY GOSHEN: Goshen is a peaceoriented school and it’s really social justice-oriented, and that was really important for me in coming to Goshen College.

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AFTER GRADUATION: I’m glad Goshen College has such passionate values and I think that will stay with me throughout my life. I also sense that I’m creating relationships here that I hope to keep, not only friendships, but contacts that might help my career in the future.

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I’M HOPEFUL: The DREAM Act is a big passion of mine. I really like to educate people about it. That’s important to me. A lot of students here at Goshen College understand it, and faculty members have been so supportive.

THE WORLD NEEDS MORE SERVANT LEADERS.

DOCTORS, NURSES, RESEARCHERS, INTERPRETERS, ENTREPRENEURS, TEACHERS, JOURNALISTS, MUSICIANS, ARTISTS AND PASTORS.

AS A GOSHEN GRADUATE, you will join the ranks of 20,000+ alumni who are living, working and serving on every inhabited continent on earth. They are tackling some of the world’s most pressing problems. And enjoying some truly remarkable careers and vocations!

WHERE TO FIND GOSHEN GRADS: STOPPING HIV/AIDS.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH.

AWARD-WINNING FILMS.

Dale Kempf ’78 is a chemist who helped develop Kaletra, one of the most potent antiviral HIV/AIDS drugs on the market.

Jo Becker ’85 is the Children’s Rights Advocacy Director for Human Rights Watch.

BIOMECHANICS FOR NIKE, INC.

ECO-ARCHITECTURE.

James C. Strouse ’99 is the Sundance Film Festival award-winning writerdirector of films such as Grace is Gone and The Winning Season.

Jennifer Springer Bishop ’03 works for Nike in Portland, Oregon.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.

Kelly Lerner ’85 was awarded the 2005 World Habitat Award at the U.N. World Habitat Day Celebration and named one of the top 10 “eco-architects” in the U.S.

Steve Kreider Yoder ’81 is the San Francisco Bureau Chief.

EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY.

THE CURE FOR CANCER. Doug Schwartzentruber ’78 is a physician named to Time magazine’s 2010 list of the most influential people in the world for his cancer research.

Ruby Payne ’72 is a former educator and administrator who is internationally recognized for her consulting on education and class issues.

TOP-TEN HITS.

HONORED BY ROYALTY. Ellah Wakatama Allfrey ’88 is a literary editor in England and was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire

by Prince Charles.

HIGH-TECH TRAILBLAZING. Raj Biyani ’92 is head of India operations for Microsoft IT – Microsoft’s largest IT operation outside of corporate headquarters in Redmond, Wash.

J.D. Martin ’70 has written 15 top-ten country music singles (including five #1 hits).

WHO KNEW A COLLEGE OF 1,000 STUDENTS COULD HAVE SUCH A CONCENTRATION OF SCHOLARS?

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Goshen ranks in the top

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among U.S. colleges and universities for the percentage of graduates who go on to earn a doctoral degree.

GOSHEN ALUMNI WERE RECENTLY ADMITTED TO GRADUATE SCHOOL AT: American University College of Law Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Emory University Fuller Theological Seminary Harvard University Indiana University School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University Princeton Theological Seminary Rhode Island School of Design University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Notre Dame Valparaiso University Law School

A PASSION FOR COMMUNICATING

Benjamin Kelly CLASS OF 2013 BROADCASTING MAJOR LAGRANGE, IND. WHY GOSHEN: It had everything I needed – good academics, baseball, and broadcasting. I think it’s important for people to know that you don’t have to be Mennonite to be happy here. I was raised Catholic, but I’ve come to understand and respect the Mennonite faith.

AFTER GRADUATION: I’m getting my degree from the college that was named both the Television School of the Year and Radio School of the Year. I also helped our radio station, 91.1 The Globe, win the award for Best College Station in the Nation. Right after graduation I start my first job broadcasting professional baseball.

I’M HOPEFUL: That eventually people in the world can learn to tolerate each other and learn to live as neighbors. I’m hopeful for myself. Journalists aren’t just figureheads who talk about the news.

We are also, as people, trying to make the world a better place.

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BECAUSE WE ARE CHRIST-CENTERED, WE STRIVE TO MAKE PEACE IN ALL ITS FORMS: THROUGH SERVANT LEADERSHIP, AS GLOBAL CITIZENS, IN OUR PASSION FOR LEARNING. We attract smart, ambitious, compassionate students — like you.

And they accomplish great things.

OUR AMAZING OUTCOMES:

#1

: Ranking of the percentage of graduates who received Ph.D.s in the life sciences out of 118 undergraduate institutions in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities

#2: Ranking for Goshen

accounting graduates for the CPA exam passing rate in Indiana (just behind Notre Dame), and top 10 nationally for a program of our size

100%

: Goshen students who applied to medical school in 2012 that were accepted (and 92% in the past five years)

AND MORE AFFORDABLE THAN YOU MIGHT THINK:

100%

: Social work graduates who passed their licensing exam

99th Percentile: Rank on the ETS Literature and English Achievement Test for Goshen graduates compared to all universities nationwide

90%

: Graduate school acceptance rate for chemistry graduates

90%

: Social work graduates who have been granted advanced standing in their graduate programs

Goshen College costs 10 percent less than the national average for a private, four-year institution.

Goshen offers more than 120 different scholarships, including the generous Presidential Leadership Award.

99 percent of full-time GC students receive some sort of financial aid, with the average package totaling $21,218.

About 68 percent of our students receive academic scholarships.

Goshen was named a “Best Buy” college where “the education dollar goes further,”

by Barron’s Best Buys in College Education.

70%

: Percentage of Goshen physics majors who enter graduate school

70%

: 6-year graduation rate (the national average is 55%) The student-run radio station was named the Best College Radio Station in the Nation in 2011 and 2013. And GC was named both Television School of the Year and Radio School of the Year in Indiana in 2012 and 2013.

Goshen was ranked a “leastdebt college” by U.S. News & World Report.

Kiplinger’s ranked Goshen 75th for “best value college” among liberal arts colleges, which places it 2nd among Indiana liberal arts colleges.

ARE YOU READY TO MAKE THE NEXT MOVE? To schedule your campus visit or learn more, call our Admissions Office at 574.535.7535 or toll-free at 800.348.7422 or email us at admissions@goshen.edu.

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GOSHEN TO GO

HISTORY

LOCATION

STUDENTS

INTERNATIONAL STUDY

Goshen was founded in 1894 with a mission to educate young people while serving the church and the world. Today it’s a nationally recognized, private Christian college and the number one destination for forward-thinking peacemakers.

The crossroads of America, in Northern Indiana. Goshen is about an hour from South Bend and Fort Wayne, and within easy reach (three hours or less) of Chicago, Detroit, Grand Rapids and Indianapolis.

AFFILIATION

135 acres with 19 major buildings, including a worldclass Music Center. The extended campus includes a 1,189-acre natural sanctuary (the Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center) and a marine biology lab in the Florida Keys.

Approximately 900 peaceminded people from more than 33 states and 38 countries.

Twenty-six percent are students of color (which includes international students, who are 10 percent of the student body).

100 percent have a genuine passion for building community.

Goshen is home to one of the top-ranked study abroad programs in the country, and one of the few that emphasizes service and complete cultural immersion. Approximately 80 percent of students study abroad before graduating. More than half of Goshen faculty members have lived or worked abroad.

Goshen College is affiliated with the historically peaceful Mennonite Church USA. Currently more than 40 different Christian denominations and several world religions are represented on campus. Our doors are open to all.

EVERY ACADEMIC PROGRAM CAN BE A MEANS TO MAKE PEACE

CAMPUS

ACADEMICS

Accounting ** *

Mathematics ** *

Agroecology *

Molecular Biology/Biochemistry **

American Sign Language ** *

Multimedia Communication *

Anabaptist-Mennonite Studies *

Music ** *

Art ** *

Music in Worship *

Bible and Religion ** *

Nursing **

Biology **

Peace & Justice Studies *

Broadcasting ** *

Peace, Justice & Conflict Studies **

Business ** *

Philosophy *

Chemistry ** Communication ** * Conflict Transformation Studies *

Physical Education ** * Physics **

35 majors and 42 minors, as well as rigorous pre-professional, certificate and select graduate programs. Student-to-faculty ratio is 11:1 and 85 percent of classes have fewer than 25 students. Our students also earn high graduate school acceptance rates.

AFFORDABILITY

PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS

TEACHER CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS

Pre-Architecture

American Sign Language

Pre-Art Therapy

Bilingual/Bicultural Education

Pre-Dentistry

Business

Pre-Engineering

Chemistry

Pre-Law

English/Language Arts

Pre-Medicine

English Language Learners (ELL)

Pre-Pharmacy

Exceptional Needs: mild intervention

Pre-Physical Therapy Pre-Seminary

About 99 percent of full-time Goshen College students receive some form of financial aid, with the average package of scholarships, grants and loans totaling $21,218.

Journalism Life Sciences

Pre-Veterinary

Life Sciences and Chemistry

Elementary Education **

Piano Pedagogy *

Elementary Education/Special Education **

Psychology ** * Public Relations ** *

Music Education (general, vocal or instrumental)

English ** *

Recreation and Sport *

Physical Education

English Writing **

Social Policy *

Physical Education and Health

Entrepreneurship *

Social Work **

Physical Sciences

Environmental Science ** *

Sociology ** *

Physics

Exercise Science ** *

Spanish ** *

Social Studies

Global Economics *

Sport Management *

Spanish

Graphic Design *

Sustainability *

Theater Arts

Health *

TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) ** *

Visual Arts

History ** * History and Social Research ** Informatics ** * Interdisciplinary Studies ** International Studies * Journalism ** * ** indicates major

Mathematics

Theater ** *

Grand Rapids

Women’s Studies * Writing *

South Bend

Youth Ministry ** *

Chicago * indicates minor

Admission Office 1700 South Main Street Goshen, Indiana 46526-9922 800.348.7422 574.535.7535

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ADMISSIONS@GOSHEN.EDU GOSHEN COLLEGE IS ACCREDITED AS A STANDARD FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE BY THE NORTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND IS CLASSIFIED AS A BACCALAUREATE - ARTS & SCIENCES COLLEGE BY THE CARNEGIE FOUNDATION. GOSHEN COLLEGE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL FOR CHRISTIAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.