By Augusta Nafziger ’23 Eighteen Goshen College students traveled to the southwest United States this summer to spend six weeks exploring the Navajo and Hopi cultures as part of a new Study-Service Term (SST) unit called Southwest Indigenous Perspectives SST. Led by David Lind, professor of sociology, and Kendra Yoder,…
On June 15, 2021, 18 GC students left for six weeks in Arizona where they are visiting Navajo and Hopi communities.
This spring, the Global Engagement Office surveyed alumni who had been part of an SST unit in the past 10 years. Here are three things we learned.
Due to the pandemic, we have not sent students abroad at all in 2020-2021. Meanwhile, we worked hard to help our seniors finish their SST requirements in creative ways.
Meet the 2021-2022 Study-Service Term leaders.
Goshen College has been selected by the Institute of International Education (IIE) to receive an IIE American Passport Project grant that will enable 25 Goshen students to obtain a U.S. passport and support their study abroad journeys.
This year, without an option for GC students to spend a Study-Service Term abroad in the midst of a pandemic, professors found creative ways to foster global engagement through three-week, off-campus May term classes.
A year-long Global Health Virtual Practicum is a partnership between Goshen College and Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) that helps to replace the international travel experiences young adults would have had in a year without COVID-19.
Recent events have clarified what is worth our commitment. To address these issues, we need global education more than ever.
Goshen College’s celebration of the 50th Anniversary of SST in 2018-19 came with a serious evaluation of the program and our recommitment to making SST accessible to all students.
