Our day began as any good Amish morning, at the Rise‘n Roll Bakery which is – disappointingly – not owned by the Amish foundersanymore. Curious folks entered the store and scoured through the endless aisles of Amish goods in the market. Through the graciousness of GC, we were able to…
Jakyra Green graduated this year as an English and Secondary Education major. I will skip summarizing boring logistics and I’ll dive straight into the heart of my short but rewarding experience in Guatemala. Despite being here less than a week, I’ve already encountered multiple rewarding moments. Our stay at SEMILLA,…
The Global Engagement Office completed our annual update for SST alums and donors. Read about the progress we are making toward SST for all and see where our students went during the 2021-2022 school year.
On June 15, 2021, 18 GC students left for six weeks in Arizona where they are visiting Navajo and Hopi communities. While this group won’t need to fumble with a new language or unfamiliar currency, their SST experience is in some ways more challenging than going abroad: it requires…
by Jan Bender Shetler DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, we have not sent students abroad at all in 2020-2021. Students were disappointed but not surprised. Some kept hoping for the best and went through three cancellations. Meanwhile, we worked hard to help our seniors finish their SST requirements in…
David Lind and Kendra Yoder are currently in Arizona, leading GC’s Native American SST unit. The two are veteran SST leaders who have also led Senegal units in 2012 and 2014. They are looking forward to returning to Senegal with students in May 2022. As sociologists, David…
Related:SST in a pandemic year: Challenges and opportunities THIS SPRING, the Global Engagement Office surveyed alums who had been part of an SST unit in the past 10 years. Thanks to those of you who responded! We were particularly interested in what barriers you…
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. In this inaugural year of the initiative, IIE announced 40 selected…
“With the covid-19 vaccines rolling out in the US, we are feeling confident about our ability to re-open our international program next fall 2021,” Jan Bender Shetler, director of global engagement, reports. Study-Service Terms (SST) are planned for Ecuador and China in the fall, Ecuador and Indonesia in the…
Goshen College’s celebration of the 50th Anniversary of SST in 2018-19 came with a serious evaluation of the program and our recommitment to making SST accessible to all students.
