Global Education

Jun 21 2022

In this post, Summer Cooper recounts her time among the Hoodoo rock formations in the foothills of the Chiricahua Mountains: “While in Arizona we camped at the Chiricahua National Monument. We were able to see different animals, learn the history...

Jun 20 2022

Kevin Liddell writes about his experience meeting Apache leader Wendsler Nosie: “During our first week in Arizona we traveled north from Tucson to Oak Flat, a campground in the Tonto National Forest near Superior, Arizona.  While there we experienced a...

Jun 20 2022

In our last week of study several students including Nina and myself came down with covid, so unfortunately we had to navigate some significant adjustments in our final week with Quito host families, which included moving spanish classes to zoom,...

Jun 19 2022

On Friday night we celebrated our host families with a small program and party. Adama opened the meeting and translated when necessary. David gave a small thank you from Goshen College. The heart of the program was statements of gratitude...

Jun 15 2022

Manny Villanueva wrote these reflections about our visit with a retired miner and a tour of his town: “Our group got the opportunity to talk to Henry Muñoz, a retired miner with more than a decade of experience and expertise....

Jun 13 2022

Teresa Ross Richer shares what she learned from an indigenous community leader and long-distance runner about the sport she loves: “Settled in at our first campsite, a group of us scrambled up the desert rocks to watch the sunset and...

Jun 12 2022

Jordan Garlinger writes about the renewable energy system at the church where we stayed and what he learned from one of the people who installed it: “We as a class spent five nights sleeping on air mattresses underneath fans in...

Jun 10 2022

Naomi Ross Richer reflects on the long hike we did on a mountain south of Tucson: “If there is one thing this trip has taught me so far, it would be to explore: to explore nature and to explore the...

Jun 09 2022

We had a wonderful week last week hosting some faculty from Goshen College and making our way North to the city of Otavalo in the province of Imbabura.

Jun 07 2022

Como lo he estado haciendo hasta ahora, hoy me desperté a las 5:30 a.m. para alistarme y desayunar antes de un día largo de trabajo. Hoy es el último de los días completos de trabajo en la Posada Providencia, una...

Jun 07 2022

Después de estar aquí por casi dos semanas, seguimos construyendo la cerca alrededor de la Posada. Todas las mañanas los voluntarios de MDS (Mennonite Disaster Service o el Servicio Mennonita de Desastres), Larry y Roger, comienzan el día con una...

Jun 07 2022

Nuestro día comenzó muy temprano esta mañana. Requerimos estar en la cafetería a las 6:00 a.m. en punto para empacar almuerzos y desayunar. Después del desayuno, nos dirigimos a la Posada para trabajar más en la cerca. Hoy nuestra tarea...

Jun 07 2022

Comenzamos esta semana con una devoción hallada en Hechos 20:24 que dice: “Sin embargo, considero que mi vida no vale nada para mí; mi único objetivo es terminar la carrera y completar la tarea que el Señor Jesús me ha...

Jun 07 2022

Esta mañana me desperté a las 7:00, aunque no teníamos que estar en la iglesia hasta las 9:30. A pesar de que mi cuerpo ya se acostumbró al horario de despertarse temprano a las 5:30 en los días laborales, hoy...

Jun 07 2022

Después de estar en el valle del río Grande durante casi dos semanas, mis compañeros de clase y yo hemos estado expuestos a la crisis fronteriza y los desafíos que enfrentan las personas en las ciudades fronterizas con respecto a...

Jun 07 2022

              Terminamos nuestra primera semana de trabajo en la Posada. Con un grupo de 11 personas pudimos terminar dos lados del proyecto de cerca que rodea el perímetro de la Posada. A algunas personas...

Jun 06 2022

Arleth Martinez shares her thoughts on our Immigration Day of Learning organized by Katherine Smith of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC).  For privacy reasons, the names of the people she met have been changed: This was a very emotional and heartfelt...

Jun 06 2022

Gracie Stevens reflects on her visit to the “House of Little Wings”: The first thing our group did upon arriving in Arizona was visit the refugee hospitality center, Casa Alitas. It is a program run in Tucson, Arizona that helps...

Jun 05 2022

Tucson is a sprawling and vibrant city of a half million people in southeastern Arizona.  June is a hot month in this part of the world, with temperatures reaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the afternoons.  But “it’s a dry heat,”...

Jun 05 2022

In this post, Ryan and Olivia reflect on their experience with food in Senegal. Food and Culture Food and cooking are a central part of culture and over these last four weeks, our group has enjoyed cooking and eating local...

Jun 04 2022

In this post, Emma Zehr and Caleb Gingerich reflect on their experience with language in Senegal. French and Colonialism My host family does not speak any English. I took a semester of elementary French prior to arriving in Senegal, a...

Jun 01 2022

Here is what we hope students will learn while spending three weeks in the Desert Southwest.

Jun 01 2022

Today is the first day of a new and innovative course, a partnership between the Business Department and Athletics.  Jerrell Ross Richer, professor of economics, and Rustin Nyce, head coach of the men’s and women’s cross country and track teams,...

May 31 2022

After two busy day trips, we spent Saturday in the village of Ngollar. Adama, our local coordinator, and his extended family invited us to visit their village to get a sense of rural life in Senegal. We knew that there...