Goshen College and the community will celebrate Shirley H. Showalter's service as president during a special convocation at 10 a.m. Sept. 20 in Sauder Concert Hall of the Music Center. This event will cap Showalter's nearly eight years in office.
The first day of classes at Goshen College for 2004-05 academic year on Aug. 25 opened with President Shirley H. Showalter's welcoming address to campus. Titled "The Meaning of Life," she called students to develop a meaningful personal philosophy.
In times of change, there is both challenge and opportunity, said Virgil Miller, chair of the Goshen College Board of Directors. Taking on an immediate challenge, the Board's Executive Committee and Goshen College President's Council, with the support of Mennonite Education Agency, have been working together to plan for the college's presidential transition following the resignation of President Shirley H. Showalter.
Chair of Goshen College's Board of Directors Virgil Miller announced today to college faculty, staff and students that President Shirley H. Showalter is resigning her position in order to join the Fetzer Institute of Kalamazoo, Mich.
"It could very well be that someone in this audience today is going to stand at this podium someday, either as president here or in some other organization," Goshen College President Shirley H. Showalter said during her Jan. 9 spring semester opening address to campus, "What It's Like to Be the Boss."
The first day of Goshen College 2003-04 classes, Aug. 27, opened with President Shirley H. Showalter's opening address, "Living Our Faith," to the campus in which she called students to deepen their relationship with God by living out the core values of Goshen College: a Christ-centered community of passionate learners, global citizens, compassionate peacemakers and servant leaders.
