Goshen College will host a two-day conference examining the college’s transformative Study-Service Term (SST) program, to be held on campus March 5-6, 2019. This conference is free and open to the public.
Finally, on Sept. 12, 1968, the first three “official” Study-Service Trimester (SST) groups left northern Indiana for Costa Rica, Guadeloupe and Jamaica. And that was the beginning of what has become 50 years of transformative global citizenship.
I want to highlight why experiential or service learning — in international settings as well as on our campuses — is essential, and why it may be effective.
For two weeks in June, a group of 20 high school students from Mennonite, Catholic, Baptist and nondenominational backgrounds and from across the country traveled to Guatemala for Goshen College’s first Study-Service Theology Term (SSTT) and reflected on what their future in the church might look like, while studying Jesus’ life and vocation.
Goshen College is on U.S. News & World Report's list of 10 Colleges Where Studying Abroad Is Common.
Through his SST, second-year Goshen student Isaac Longenecker had the opportunity to meet, face-to face, makers working with Ten Thousand Villages fair trade partner Manos Amigas.
Goshen College and Pinchpenny Press are publishing an intercultural guidebook titled “The Goshen College Guide to Studying and Serving Abroad: Essays on Intercultural Learning,” drawing on the experiences of faculty, staff and students who have participated in SST.
Goshen College's SST program is listed among the 7 most effective international programs for students around the world.
Goshen College has led a robust effort over the past decade to attract international students and become an intercultural campus.
Goshen College’s Study-Service Term (SST) program has been ranked fourth on a list of the 50 best study abroad program in America. Since the SST program began in 1968, nearly 8,000 students have participated in 24 countries worldwide.
