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Mar 25 2026

Photo essays from Goshen College SST students on community engaged learning in Kupang, the largest city and port on Timor in eastern Indonesia.

Mar 25 2026

At the foundation, “Su cambio por el cambio,” I work with elderly people in the mornings. I enjoy playing games, leading activities, and learning about their lives every day. The majority of the elderly who go to the foundation live…

Mar 25 2026

Photo essays from SST Indonesia students on community engaged learning on Sumba, an island in eastern Indonesia, during the second half of SST.

Mar 25 2026

Photo essays from SST Indonesia students on community engaged learning in Yogyakarta during the second half of the Study-Service Term.

Mar 25 2026

This Indonesia 2026 Community Engaged Learning blog series was compiled and edited using excerpts from a photo essay assignment submitted by our students. We hope you enjoy these snapshots from the second half of SST. Salatiga is a small, compact…

Mar 25 2026

Photo essays from SST Indonesia students on community engaged learning in Semarang, a coastal city on the north shore of Java.

Mar 24 2026

Shannan Martin, a best-selling writer and speaker from Goshen, will be the keynote speaker at Goshen College’s 128th commencement ceremony with her speech, “Two Buckets.”

Mar 23 2026

The Goshen College Theater Department is presenting Poor Clare as its 2026 spring mainstage production. See photos!

Mar 23 2026

This photo depicts my host sister Areli interacting with the owner of a small market close to my host family’s house in Puyo. My host family often has me take their electric moped to this store in the evenings to…

Mar 21 2026

An SST student who is nuts about birds carries binoculars everywhere in Ecuador and shares the birding highlights of the trip.

Mar 20 2026

91.1 The Globe, Goshen College's student radio station, is named Best College Radio Station at the IBS convention and wins four more national awards.

Mar 19 2026

This past weekend we gathered for the International Student Club Coffeehouse. From delicious shared dishes to lively performances, the evening celebrated many of the cultures that make Goshen College a globally connected community!

Mar 16 2026

Shannan Martin, a best-selling writer and speaker from Goshen, will be the keynote speaker at Goshen College’s 128th commencement ceremony.

Mar 11 2026

Goshen College will host its sixth annual day of giving, Connect Goshen Day, on Tuesday, March 24, with a theme of "Ever Goshen."

Mar 10 2026

The joint MSW program of Goshen College and Bluffton University earns accreditation from the Council on Social Work Education, the national accreditor.

Mar 09 2026

At the end of week 2, we began our trips to visit students in their service assignments. This week took us north of Quito to Imbabura province to visit Ray and Izzy in Ibarra and Micah and Alina in Otavalo.…

Mar 09 2026

GC hosted its annual community engagement fair after convocation on March 4th to learn about local nonprofit organizations, volunteer and internship opportunities, and more ways to get involved in our community! 

Feb 27 2026

In preparation to leave for their service assignments last week, the students discussed what “service” means. Rather than thinking of this service period as work, they defined it as: the opportunity to be part of something larger in Ecuador giving…

Feb 27 2026

Rev. Joni Sancken, a 1998 Goshen College graduate, has been appointed Vice President at the Vancouver School of Theology.

Feb 24 2026

Jerry '67 and Ruth Ann Wittrig '71 win the National Journey Award from Everence Federal Credit Union, with a $5,000 grant they chose to designate.

Feb 23 2026

Goshen College President Rebecca Stoltzfus appoints Martin Gunawan vice president for finance, overseeing the college's financial operations.

Feb 23 2026

At our farewell party on Friday, host families, teachers, language buddies, university administrators, coordinators and friends of the Indonesia SST program gathered at UKDW for a program put together by our amazing students.  The students sang, played guess-who games, and…

Feb 23 2026

We shifted into this transition week by celebrating Lunar New Year, Lent, and the start of Ramadan. It felt fitting that so many people in Yogyakarta are marking a transition into a new season while our SSTers begin their preparations…

Feb 22 2026

SST Indonesia students end their study term at Borobudur temple at sunrise, touring the 9th-century Buddhist temple after a 4 a.m. climb to the lookout.