18 Facts About Goshen College

Goshen College is a private Mennonite liberal arts college in Goshen, Indiana.

Goshen College is home to The Mennonite Quarterly Review and the Mennonite Historical Library, a research library compiling one of the world's most comprehensive collection of Anabaptist and Mennonite primary source material.

From 1914 to 1919, partly out of response to its constituents, Goshen College attempted a "School of Agriculture, " which sought to prepare Mennonite young people to return to their rural communities; the hope was that such a program would spark a technological revolution among some of the farmers, but it was never a success and was cut after World War I, five years after it began.

Goshen College's character was one marked by simplicity, modesty, and refinement, as well as unusual wisdom and insight.

Goshen College was a man whose influence upon the "Old" Mennonites was significant for much of the 20th century.

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In 2014, Goshen College partnered with Eastern Mennonite University and Bluffton University to launch the Collaborative MBA program.

Goshen College's Study-Service Term is a program which approximately 80 percent of students participate in to complete their intercultural study requirement.

Goshen College has no official fraternities or sororities many different types of clubs and organizations exist to help facilitate campus life.

Goshen College has its own school newspaper, The Record and its own radio station, WGCS, branded as 91.

Goshen College students have a variety of shows to attend in the Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall or Rieth Recital Hall or the Umble Center, Goshen's theater.

Goshen College operates a campus ministries team, headed by the campus pastor.

Goshen College has four dormitories, apartment living, and several small group houses.

In 2005, Goshen College announced its plan to return to four-year residency.

In September 2019, Goshen College completed the renovation and remodeling of their Union Center.

In 2008, Rieth Village at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College became the first platinum-rated LEED building in Indiana.

Goshen College maintains that SGH living is a privilege, and students must apply as a group to live in a residence.

Goshen College students have lived in local housing not associated with the college.

Goshen College seal signifies the book that all alumni have signed since graduation, and the lamp signifies the enlightenment that comes with education.