Inaugural President’s Graduating Leaders Awardees

President Rebecca Stoltzfus honored eight graduating seniors with the new President’s Graduating Leader Award, along with their high school and college mentors, during a special banquet ceremony on April 21.

This new award will be given annually to outstanding graduating seniors who demonstrate academic excellence

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1 and leadership inside and outside of the classroom. In addition, each student awardee chose an outstanding high school faculty or staff member and an outstanding Goshen College faculty member who supported their development to also be recognized with their own awards.

This year’s honorees include:

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4 Grace Hitt, a music and history double major from Cincinnati, Ohio (right)

5 Greta Lapp Klassen, an art and English double major from Goshen (center)

6 Olivia Krall, a history major from Carmel, Indiana (center)

7 Robert Sanders, a sports management major from Merrillville, Indiana (center)

8 Angie Ticen, a music and education double major from Chalmers, Indiana (center)

Iris Ballbach, his business, law and economics teacher (not pictured)

David Kaiser, the retired band director at Wyoming High School (not pictured)

Betsy Poling, her art teacher at Goshen High School (left)

Joshua Miller, social studies teacher at Carmel High School (left)

Anthony Patton, head basketball coach at Merrillville High School (right)

Chris and Bethany Burch, youth leaders at her church (left)

Jonathan Geiser ’82, associate professor of business (left), and Andrew Hartzler ’98, professor of accounting (not pictured)

Julia Schiavone Camacho, associate professor of history (right)

Duane Stoltzfus ’81, professor of communication (right)

Philipp Gollner, associate professor of U.S. history (right)

Heidi Dyck Hilty ’89, sponsored programs and grant coordinator (left)

Matthew Hill, professor of music (right)