CA Events - Spring 2026
Michiana Seed Swap
10 pts for attending any one of the three sessions and writing your reflection. See the website below for desciptions of the three sessions.
When: January 17, 2026
Time: 9:30am-2:30pm
Location: Church-Chapel
Cost: Free
For more information: merrylea.goshen.edu/seedswap.
Peace and Climate Resiliency
in South Asia and the Sahel
10 pts for taking part in this convocation and writing your reflection.
When: February, 18, 2026
Time: 10 am (GC Chapel/Convo - counts for CA and convo credit!!)
Location: Church-Chapel
What is the connection between climate and peace? How does the changing climate drive conflict or make it worse? Can peacebuilding help communities become more climate resilient? Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and the Anabaptist Climate Collaborative (ACC) are hosting this Global Voices Speaking Tour
GC conference on Religion and Science
10 pts
for each lecture
Goshen College hosts an annual conference on issues at the intersection between religion and science. 
The 2026 conference features Dr. Wesley Wildman speaking on "The Future of Spirituality". He's a professor of Theology and Philosophy and data science at Boston University.
The lectures are:
- Resilient, Reimagined, or Relegated? Challenges facing traditional religion,
7:30 pm, Friday, March 6, College Mennonite Church – Koinonia Room - Shaping the Sacred? Understanding and designing spiritual experiences,
10:30 am, Saturday, March 7, College Mennonite Church – Koinonia Room
Academic Symposium
7 pts for each talk you attend and reflect on. Preference for
- Environmental biology
- Exercise physiology
- How community works
Wednesday, April 8
Schedule TBA
Poverty Simulation
30 pts
Saturday, April 11, 9am-noon
College Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall
This activity is organized by an extension educator from the Purdue University Health and Human Services extension service. A short description...
The poverty simulation is an interactive experience designed to help participants begin to understand what it might be like to live in a typical low-income family trying to survive from month to month. It is a simulation not a game. The object is to sensitize participants to the realities faced by low-income people.In the simulation, 30-72 participants assume the roles of up to 26 different families facing poverty. Some are newly unemployed, some are recently deserted by the “breadwinner,” and others are recipients of TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), either with or without additional earned income. Still others are senior citizens receiving Social Security or grandparents raising their grandchildren. The task of each “family” is to provide for basic necessities and shelter during the course of four 15-minute “weeks.”
Participants need to register ahead of time. Registration will close when they reach 72 participants. Here's the registration form.