Savannah Roth Walter is a sociology major. Saying goodbye is never easy- especially after spending our days interacting with the wonderful kids and staff at the Peace Academic Center. However, the last day of camp caught up to us quickly. We decided as a group to watch a movie with the kids, and landed on … Keep reading »

Natalie Hazbun is a senior social work major and the author of this post. Reading, other than math, is one of the emphases of the Peace Academic Center. Reading camp started out with the usual routine of the bus picking up the kids, and as kids started showing up, GC students engaged them in playground … Keep reading »

Hayley Bickford is a senior majoring in Psychology with a Business minor. After a long week of math camp, we escaped to Utah for a weekend retreat. We woke up early Saturday morning to head out. On our way, though, we stopped in Shungopavi Village, as we were invited to a Kachina Dance. This was … Keep reading »

Landon is a junior who is majoring in Biology. Throughout our journeys in the Navajo and Hopi nations, we are required to share our thoughts, themes and emergent experiences via journal entries. Three times a week, students are given journal prompts asking to elaborate on specific topics chosen by David and Kendra based on the … Keep reading »

Mariah Kaufman is a senior who is double majoring in Music and Secondary Education. On Wednesday, we had our largest attendance at Math Camp thus far- a grand 23 students showed up and outnumbered us. With a steady increase in attendance each day, our daily activities changed slightly. Each day of Math Camp, we plan … Keep reading »

Gabe Beck is a senior who is majoring in chemistry and secondary education. This week marked the beginning of Summer Math Camp at the Peace Academic Center, and our group had the wonderful opportunity of getting to plan and run the activities. As an education major (and bit of a science nerd) I naturally was … Keep reading »

Our first few days on Hopi land have been filled with pottery sherds—not shards as I had previously thought—petroglyphs, ruins, and other pieces of the past. Monday’s trip began with a very bumpy 40-minute drive, after which Erik and Lance Pouingyouma led us through walls and walls of petroglyphs. Sometimes, the pictograph’s meaning transcended time, … Keep reading »

Josh Friesen is a Senior biochemistry major with a Spanish minor. This past Thursday, we were fortunate enough to be able to spend a day at Grand Canyon National Park, and naturally it was exciting to be able to visit such an internationally renowned place. It did not fail to disappoint, and I was struck … Keep reading »

Jared Juarez Salgado is a sophomore at Goshen College with a major in biochemistry and a minor in Spanish. During our stay in the Navajo reservation we had the opportunity to learn about Navajo customs and also practices. One day we learned how to make pottery with traditional customs such as a pinch technique and … Keep reading »

Elizabeth Reimer, the author of this post, is a double major in Bible and Religion and Peace Justice & Conflict Studies. On Sunday, we transitioned from Navajo to Hopi. We said goodbye to our gracious hosts at Black Mountain Mennonite Church and piled into the bus, van, and car for the hour and a half … Keep reading »