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 taken at the Employee Appreciation Celebration held on Friday, May 24. 2023-2024 Employee Recognition 25 Years Michelle Horning – Professor of Accounting, Program Director David Housman – Professor of Mathematics Jan Ramer – Administrative Assistant to the Vice President…
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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...
NewsGoshen 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.
BlogsAmidst 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...
BlogsHard 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...
BlogsPoetry 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.
Our first full day in Chicago was a whirlwind! Not only did we learn how to use the public transportation there, but also about various different neighborhoods through a workshop on CHicago’s maps and growth. During the afternoon, we focused...
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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
Today we began our day by visiting the National Museum of Mexican Art in Harrison Park. Art from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and current Mexican artists living in Chicago was displayed. The history, personal stories, and finding identity in...
BlogsPlay 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...
BlogsA Day in Oxford
Last week we took a day trip out to the city of Oxford to explore the city and the university, tour the Oxford University Press, and attend a lecture by Helen Oyeyemi, an author we had read in class. We...
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Art, Photography, and the National Gallery
Our class recently went to the National Gallery in London, home to over 2,300 paintings mostly from Europe, spanning from the 13th to the 19th centuries. We’ve seen art from other eras and cultures at some of London’s other museums,...
BlogsFirst 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: Day 4
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,...
BlogsSights, Sounds, and Reflections of a Day in London
1. “This isn’t a restaurant!” Not exactly what I expected to hear during a sung eucharist at Westminster Abbey, but this sound assaulted my ears nonetheless. My cheeks burned hot with shame and second-hand embarrassment and I lowered my eyes...
BlogsThe 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!
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 at St...
Photo AlbumsCommencement 2024
On April 28, 2024, members of the Goshen College Class of 2024 received undergraduate and graduate degrees at the college’s 126th commencement in the RFC Gym. Photos by Kiara Blackshire ’25, Seth Kauffman ’25 and Tyson Miller ’25 » PHOTOS: Academic…
Photo AlbumsCommencement 2024: Nurses’ Pinning Ceremony
On April 27, 2024, nursing graduates in the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs gathered in the Church-Chapel to celebrate their accomplishments during a nurses’ pinning ceremony. Photos by Julian Gonzalez » PHOTOS: Commencement 2024 » PHOTOS: Academic Department Receptions and Baccalaureate…
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