Posts Tagged ‘Goshen College’
How the Amish Descendant Scholarship Fund was Founded
Today I would like to honor the founders of the Amish Descendant Scholarship Fund, Emma Miller and Naomi Kramer Yoder. With only the eighth-grade education of her Amish childhood, Emma had earned her GED, then began taking college courses at a community college before enrolling at San Diego State University. She writes: “The idea for ADSF…
Read MoreFrom a Farm Boy to the Outer Limits of a University Education, Part II
Continued from previous post: After a few years, I came across an advertisement in a magazine for a high school correspondence course, offered by American School in Chicago. I secretly enrolled – secretly, because I knew that my parents would not approve. I took some courses, including algebra, biology, psychology, and English. I completed the…
Read MoreFrom a Farm Boy to the Outer Limits of a University Education, Part I
Today we have a story from Henry Troyer who left the Amish in 1958 in pursuit of more education. For his full bio visit About Amish. His story will be posted in two parts. At an early age, I longed for knowledge. I read everything I could get my hands on, which in our Amish…
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