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Apr 03 2023

Monday April 3, 2023 Yesterday the students safely returned from their respective towns to Musoma! It was a joyous reunion for the students, as many had not seen one another for 5 weeks. The following day, on Monday, we hosted...

Mar 29 2023

Friday March 24, 2023 Naomi – Lake Victoria Disability Center On Friday we visited Naomi and Trevor at their respective service locations in Musoma. Naomi is assisting at the Lake Victoria Disability Center, a non-profit that seeks to provided vocational...

Mar 28 2023

Photos from around campus during March, 2023.

Mar 28 2023

On March 25, 2023, Goshen College students and faculty associated with The Globe attended the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters Awards Banquet in Carmel, IN. The Globe won many awards, including Best Air Personality, Radio School of the Year, and…

Mar 28 2023

On March 21, 2023, Goshen College students, faculty, and community members gathered at the Goshen Theater to watch the premiere of "Goshen: A Sundown Town's Transformation". The film was produced by Goshen College film production major Silas Immanuel as a…

Mar 27 2023

Looking out from a small pueblo in Imbabura Province. I’ve been given the opportunity of using my real eye, my camera, for my service placement. There’s a quote I love (that I can’t remember who or how it is said...

Mar 27 2023

Thursday March 23, 2023 We started our day meeting Destiny at Paroma Primary school on the outskirts of Musoma. This is a private “English Medium” school – meaning it teaches students all subjects using English instead of Kiswahili – for...

Mar 25 2023

As our second week of visits to service locations concluded, students and leaders came to the realization that this chapter of SST is quickly drawing to a close.  The end of SST always brings a mixture of emotions; sadness, joy,...

Mar 22 2023

Saturday March 18 – Monday March 20 Saturday mid-day we arrived in Kemgesi, a short 1 hour drive from Mugumu. We met Billy and Emily who were hanging out in the their favorite canteen on main street Kemgesi. It was...

Mar 21 2023

This past week we set out on our cherished SST tradition of visits to students at their service locations.  Our first stop was to visit our students in the cloud forest and Amazonian rainforest locations on the west and east...

Mar 20 2023

Goshen College has launched two new business programs for Fall of 2023: an online Bachelor of Science degree with a Business Management major and an MBA 4+1 program. 

Mar 20 2023

Thursday March 16 & Friday March 17 We left Shirati on Thursday morning and made a quick run to the border so that our family could extend our visas for another 90 days…. the 30 minutes in Kenya was a...

Mar 20 2023

Brenton Hieu Pham, a sophomore writing major from Goshen, is one of several first-generation Indiana college students named “Realizing the Dream” recipients by Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI).

Mar 17 2023

Students are being recognized for their work with co-curricular programs in the Communication Department: the college’s radio station, 91.1 The Globe, GlobeTV, and video production company, FiveCore Media.

Mar 15 2023

Tuesday – Wednesday March 14-15, 2023 After a short drive Tuesday morning from Nyayero to Shirati, we met the three students studying in Shirati, Annalise, Annika, and Tyson. The rains have begun which meant the drive was a bit slippery and our...

Mar 15 2023

I have to admit, I was nervous. As I stood by the medical center in the crisp morning air and watched students continue to file out of a charter bus, my pulse increased. I was tasked to act as a...

Mar 14 2023

On March 14, 2023, Goshen College students performed stories from women and non-binary students, faculty and staff about mental health, body image, sexuality, trauma and relationships in the tenth annual Goshen Monologues.

Mar 13 2023

Monday March 13, 2023 Today we drove from Musoma to Nyayero to visit Irving Matute who is teaching at Nyayero Secondary School. We arrived in time to see the remaining 20 minutes of his English teaching lesson. Wow, he is...

Mar 12 2023

Sunday March 12 Our silence on the blog has been noticeable perhaps! We have let the students settle into their service placements and now we are about to launch our service tour to visit each of them. We will leave...

Mar 12 2023

Blog: Week 1 of Service Isa H. On our way to our service town in the Ecuadorian Cloud Forest, Lisa and I weren’t quite sure what to expect. With nervous stomachs and bladders, we sat on the bus for about...

Feb 28 2023

Goshen College junior Jakyra Green, an English and education major from Elkhart, won the 2023 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Feb. 21 with her speech titled “The Privilege of Peace.”

Feb 28 2023

Monday Feb. 20 – Train from Dar to Arusha This will be a lifelong memory…. taking the train from Dar to Arusha took about 20 hours. The best part is that it included a night in bed being rocked to...

Feb 28 2023

Our final week of the study portion of SST was an eventful one.   It began with the widely celebrated Ecuadorian national holiday of Carnaval. This pre-lenten four-day party involves getting soaking wet and covered in foam in many parts of...

Feb 23 2023

Photos from around campus during February, 2023.