A personal Ukraine reflection: My hopes and fears
Alena Morgunova Miller is a Ukrainian-American Mennonite: born in Lexington, Kentucky, and raised by a Mennonite father and Ukrainian mother.
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Students complete GC’s first domestic SST unit in American Southwest
By Augusta Nafziger ’23 Eighteen Goshen College students traveled to the southwest United States this summer to spend six weeks exploring the Navajo and Hopi cultures as part of a new Study-Service Term (SST) unit called Southwest Indigenous Perspectives SST. Led by David Lind, professor of sociology, and Kendra Yoder,…
Domestic SST unit explores Native American culture
On June 15, 2021, 18 GC students left for six weeks in Arizona where they are visiting Navajo and Hopi communities.
Learnings from the SST Alumni Survey
This spring, the Global Engagement Office surveyed alumni who had been part of an SST unit in the past 10 years. Here are three things we learned.
SST in a pandemic year: Challenges and opportunities
Due to the pandemic, we have not sent students abroad at all in 2020-2021. Meanwhile, we worked hard to help our seniors finish their SST requirements in creative ways.
Meet the 2021-22 SST leaders
Meet the 2021-2022 Study-Service Term leaders.
Goshen College receives grant from IIE American Passport Project
Goshen College has been selected by the Institute of International Education (IIE) to receive an IIE American Passport Project grant that will enable 25 Goshen students to obtain a U.S. passport and support their study abroad journeys.
May term classes provide unique off campus learning during pandemic
This year, without an option for GC students to spend a Study-Service Term abroad in the midst of a pandemic, professors found creative ways to foster global engagement through three-week, off-campus May term classes.
Exploring public health around the world without leaving home
A year-long Global Health Virtual Practicum is a partnership between Goshen College and Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) that helps to replace the international travel experiences young adults would have had in a year without COVID-19.
Why we still believe in SST
Recent events have clarified what is worth our commitment. To address these issues, we need global education more than ever.