The summer 1999 SST group has now returned, so no new material will appear, but this site will stay available.

Goshen College

SST office

Join Bev Lapp and Dale Klassen and 23 college students as they meet the Dominican Republic this summer (1999) on Goshen College's SST program.

The Study Service Term (SST) is the highlight of college for many students at Goshen College.

Goshen believes that becoming familiar with a culture significantly different from that of the United States is a crucial part of a liberal arts education, and requires a semester of International Education for graduation.

Most students satisfy the International Education requirement by spending a semester on SST in a foreign country. Goshen faculty leaders living on location organize language study, cultural input, and service opportunities for a group of about 20 students.

Leaders of the SST program in 1999 in the Dominican Republic are Beverly Lapp, assistant professor of music, and her husband Dale Klassen.

Beverly is a Goshen College graduate and first experienced SST as a student in Costa Rica. Dale is a Bethel College (Kansas) graduate and has traveled with Bethel's programs across Central America. This is their first time living in the Dominican Republic, and their first time leading SST.

Bev and Dale have been in Santo Domingo since December 8, 1998. They led their first unit of 20 students from January to March. Their current group arrived on May 6 and will stay until early August.

Come back to this site again! We hope to share our reflections in a kind of group web journal about one term of SST in the Dominican Republic.