Why nurturing our creative edge can be scary, but vital
Years ago, a fellow alum noted that there is a kind of creative edge that characterizes the culture and students of Goshen College. I agree.
Distinctively Goshen
Four reasons I am angry about the college admissions scandal
Most of all, I am angry because this scandal is born out of a lie: that elite research universities offer the best undergraduate education and that selectivity is a valid measure of quality.
Drumroll please…our new mission statement!
Why does Goshen College exist? In what ways would the world be diminished if we did not do what we do? If ever there was a time to be crystal clear about our mission, this is it.
‘All of Us’ in a bus serving the world through music
As only a road trip can do, the hearts of the musicians were opened to hospitality, beauty, peace, exhaustion, stamina; were opened to care and to be cared for, to serve the world through music.
Mennonite higher education: A wheel, a heart or a prairie?
I’ve been pondering metaphors for what Mennonite Higher Education Association (MHEA) is within the Anabaptist-Mennonite movement of 2019.
My stamina checklist
If you spend much time with adolescents or young adults, you may be pondering the phenomenon of anxiety, as I am. It is epidemic, and it is real.
The personality of a leader
Whatever personality we begin with, leaders learn to work with their personalities and beyond their personalities rather than be constrained by them.
‘Trip a little light fantastic’
One of the best things about working at Goshen College is the way our students trip a little light fantastic. There is nothing more fun than seeing the many ways that young people are their own illuminaries.
Co-creating our environments
My visit to Ol’ Morani Ranch in southeast Arizona last month made me think about how we shape our environments, and how our environments shape us.
My 7 commitments as we work towards greater equity and inclusion
When we talk about diversity, we are talking about ourselves. And so, I concluded by stating some of the practices that I commit to, as we work toward greater equity and inclusion at Goshen College.