Global Engagement

May 19 2022

Today we started class by briefly talking about the events of last night—the spoken word poetry event and our visit to a Sikh temple. We were soon interrupted by a visit from Daljit Nagra, a British Punjabi poet. Nagra started...

May 19 2022

Monday and Tuesday were our final days of data collection for our research projects. We worried that it would be rainy on Monday but we were lucky to have a clear day. Because of the full moon, the ocean was...

May 18 2022

Our morning started in the early hours this morning. Needing to be in the cafeteria by 6:00 am to pack lunches and eat breakfast. After breakfast, we head off to La Posada to do more work on the fences. Today...

May 18 2022

We began this week by having a devotion on Acts 20:24 which reads, “However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me”....

May 18 2022

This morning I woke up at 7:00, although we were not leaving for church until 9:30. My body has already adjusted to the 5:30 early wake up times on the workdays and today felt like sleeping in. For breakfast, we...

May 18 2022

After being in the Rio Grande Valley for almost two weeks, my classmates and I have been exposed to the border crisis and the challenges that the people face in border cities concerning immigration and poverty. Much of the content...

May 18 2022

To start the day, we met up for our usual class session which takes place in the basement of our hotel, St. Athans. Today’s class revolved around a poem called “Prayer for Gurdwara” by poet Daljit Nagra. We spent most...

May 17 2022

Written by senior Music/Education major Mariah Kaufman On Friday morning (May 13th), we visited Margarita Tejada Foundation which is a school primarily for students with Down Syndrome. After a brief tour of the school, Goshen College students were split up...

May 16 2022

              We finished our first week of work at La Posada. With our group of 11 people, we were able to finish two sides of the fencing project that surrounds the perimeter of La...

May 16 2022

Today we traveled with Keys Marine Laboratory personnel (Captain Bill and Captain Emily) to three nearby reef locations: Coffin Patch reef, the Elbow reef, and Volcano reef. There were many creatures to observe in each reef. We saw many hard...

May 16 2022

We did some traveling today and had plenty of exciting activities to keep us occupied, with even more planned for tomorrow! We started the day with a trip to the Sea Turtle Hospital and got the chance to meet over...

May 16 2022

  Today our group explored a Puerto Rican community on the North side of Chicago, in Humboldt Park. Here we heard first-hand account and personal testimonies regarding how this community came to be and how they hold on to their...

May 15 2022

The first week of class are already behind us!  Wow, we’ve already covered a lot of ground and feels good to start to settle in and find a new routine between classes and host families. Here is a glimpse of...

May 14 2022

On our second day exploring the city, we visited Devon Avenue which is located in Northwestern Chicago. Upon arriving we felt as if we had entered a new world. Despite no evident geographical divide, it was clear that we entered...

May 14 2022

Yesterday morning’s task included learning everything we need to know about trekking in the Himalaya.  A list was provided about what we all needed to have accessible in our hiking packs, and to take note of what each person still...

May 14 2022

Hoy fue un día lleno de oportunidades y experiencias únicas para nuestro grupo que estudia en el valle del río Grande. Trabajamos en la Posada durante aproximadamente la mitad del día, dividiéndonos en dos grupos, la mitad de nosotros continuamos...

May 14 2022

Mi mañana comenzó antes de que saliera el sol. A las 5:00 a. m., dos de nosotros, los estudiantes, estábamos presentes en la cocina para ayudar a Connie, una voluntaria de MDS (Mennonite Disaster Service/el servicio menonita de desastres), a...

May 14 2022

  When Ethnicity Gets Soggy (From left to right) Hey I’m Irish Cortez! I’m a second year theater major – I’m April Pollock, and I’m a third-year music major -And I’m Lydia Stauffer, a second year history major!   Today was our...

May 13 2022

Today was a cool, very windy day. We started our day with lecture at 8:00am where we learned about trophic cascades. Trophic cascades can occur in the marine system when top predators are lost, often due to overfishing. The loss...

May 13 2022

Today was full of unique opportunities and experiences for our group studying in the Rio Grande Valley. We worked at La Posada for about half of the day today, splitting up into two groups one half of us continued to...

May 13 2022

One of the poets we’re reading for this course, Daljit Nagra, refers to the British Museum as “a fragment of varnished Britannica,” one piece of a larger ideal of Britishness. Today we explored the British Museum, marveling at its hoard...

May 13 2022

We are so thankful for cooler temperatures up here at 7,000 feet, where the Hanifl Center lies.  The Hanifl Center is the environmental learning center associated with Woodstock International Boarding School here in Mussoorie, Utterakhand, India. On Wednesday, May 11,...

May 12 2022

My morning started off bright and early. By 5:00 a.m., two of us students were in the kitchen to help Connie, an MDS volunteer, prepare breakfast. During our time here, every student gets an opportunity to spend a day (or...

May 12 2022

Hoy fue nuestro primer día trabajando en la Posada en San Benito, Texas. Como dice en su sitio web, la Posada “es un refugio de emergencia para hombres, mujeres y familias que huyen a los Estados Unidos debido a la...