The Bulletin – Spring/Summer 2019
The spring/summer 2019 issue of the Bulletin lays out Goshen College's commitments to diversity, equity, inclusion and global citizenship.
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The global language of basketball: Errick McCollum ’10
Errick McCollum’s ’10 professional basketball career has taken him around the world to live and play.
The future of SST: Global education for all
In this 50th anniversary year of Study-Service Term, read about the initial plans for where global education at GC is headed.
Our commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion
President Rebecca J. Stoltzfus shares about the college’s commitments to these important values.
Before there was SST…
By September 1968 — when the first Study-Service Term groups departed Goshen — the student body had been testing the waters of international exposure for over two decades.
Our new, distinctively Goshen mission
President Stoltzfus discusses GC's new mission statement and vision statement, and how they will guide us forward.
Towards a transformative future: How SST began
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.
The Bulletin – Fall/Winter 2018
In this issue, celebrate the 2018 alumni awardees and the 50th anniversary of Study-Service Term.
The love story of one gamelan’s journey
The gamelan — a massive, multi-piece set of percussive instruments — was donated by Duane Gingerich ’69 in 2011. He passed away in 2016, but his dream was finally realized this summer when the Nyai Oyer Gamelan, translated to Sister Oyer Gamelan, arrived in the United States and was dedicated in honor of Professor Emerita of Music Mary Oyer.
Out of the classroom, into the world
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.