Last week, we went to Otavalo and other places in Northern Ecuador to see the sights, meet people, and learn more about the local culture and history. Otavalo is home to the largest craft market in Latin America, so we...
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Cuicocha Lake, Otavalo, and a visit to the Queen of Water
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2023-2024 Employee Years of Service
Photos from Goshen College's 2023-24 employee years of service and Maple Leaf Awards for Employee Excellence celebration on Friday, May 24.
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Northern Ireland Introduction
The Northern Ireland SSTers left the U.S. on Sunday morning, May 26 and arrived safely at Corrymeela yesterday. This involved successfully coordinating connections between travelers converging from three different locations, so we congratulate them. They were last seen enjoying the...
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Mindo Trip: Planting Trees, Hiking to the Waterfalls, and Tasting Chocolate.
Our first trip was to Mindo, a small parish about two hours Northeast from Quito, in the middle of the cloud forest. There, we meet with our enduring partner, Kléver Tello. He is the head of the parish and has...
ArticlesGoshen College announces Spring 2023-24 undergraduate Dean’s List
Goshen College recently recognized 156 undergraduate students for excellence in academics on the 2023-24 spring semester Dean’s List.
Global EducationAmidst The Amish Among Us
Our day began as any good Amish morning, at the Rise‘n Roll Bakery which is – disappointingly – not owned by the Amish founders anymore. Curious folks entered the store and scoured through the endless aisles of Amish goods in...
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Life in Quito
After orientation, students met their host families and joined them in daily life. Through this key component of SST, students learn about cultural practices, social dynamics, and personal relations. A few days after orientation, we returned to Centro Histórico to...
Global EducationGuatemala: Hand in Hand
On day 6 of SST Guatemala, Mariela Esparza writes about a lecture on Mayan spirituality at SEMILLA, where everything spiritual is grounded in the earth.
Global EducationHard Work, Northern Lights and a Powwow
We spent the rest of last week working hard on the two homes we’re helping rebuild for members of the Red Lake Nation. The students are learning quickly. They have all gained a wide variety of new skills, and everyone...
Global EducationPoetry Open Mic at RichMix
What a night we had at open mic night! The vibes in the room were everything from comedy, sorrow, grief, revenge and happiness. We traveled to Tower Hamlets, London to attend open mic night at RichMix. They welcome the communities...
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Across the Street and Around the World on Chicago’s Devon Ave.
On SST in Chicago, Goshen College students explore Devon Avenue, the city's Little India, through its religious sites, food and clothing.
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A Visit from Daljit Nagra
This morning we had the pleasure of welcoming to our class Daljit Nagra, a poet whose work we’ve been reading. Nagra is a British poet whose poems relate to the experience of Indians born in the UK (especially Indian Sikhs), and...
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Mexican-American Identities and Art in Pilsen
SST Chicago students visit the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen and see how Mexican-American artists depict migration, history and identity.
Global EducationPlay Review: Much Ado About Nothing
In Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, the presence of romance or lack thereof is frequently tested in various forms from friend to friend, lover to lover, and friend to lover. For many of us, Beatrice was a stand-out character in...
Global EducationExploring Guatemala City
On day 2 of SST Guatemala, Augusta Nafziger explores Guatemala City, starting with a lecture by Israel Ortiz of Universidad de San Carlos.
Global EducationA Day in Oxford
SST London students take a day trip to Oxford to tour the university and Oxford University Press, and hear a lecture by author Helen Oyeyemi.
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Art, Photography, and the National Gallery
SST London students visit the National Gallery, home to over 2,300 paintings from the 13th to the 19th centuries, and reflect on art and photography.
Global EducationFirst Days in Red Lake
On the first of May we loaded up and headed north, bound for Red Lake, Minnesota, home of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. We went to volunteer with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS), and to learn and build relationships...
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Guatemala: A Country of Contrasts
Jakyra Green reflects on her first days in Guatemala, staying at the SEMILLA seminary, in a short SST that showed her a country of contrasts.
Global EducationSights, Sounds, and Reflections of a Day in London
An SST London student shares the sights, sounds and reflections of a day in London, from an unexpected moment at a sung eucharist at Westminster Abbey.
Global EducationThe V&A Museum and a Trip to Brixton
We started off our day with class in the basement of our hotel. We introduced ourselves and dove right into our first book. We are reading Zadie Smith’s lovely novel White Teeth. After a productive discussion we headed to the...
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Chicago blogs coming soon
This year's Chicago to Amish Country course has 21 students, and they are gearing up for their trip to Chicago, May 5 to 9. Destinations include: Chicago's Little India, Pilsen and the National Museum of Mexican Art, the Swedish American…
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2024 Summer SST Ecuador Just Started!
Our Summer SST Ecuador group arrived this May 1. We are all very excited to start this new term! Bienvenidos a Casa, chicos! One of the first actives of orientation was a group discussion about expectations, hopes, and how to...
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We’ve arrived! London, May 2024
May 2024 All 23 London students arrived safe and sound (if a bit sleepy) yesterday morning around 10am British Summer Time. I (Peter) met them at the airport, and we took a bus (“coach”) into city center. Our lodgings are...
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