SST

Aug 29 2025

Goshen College builds SST reciprocity with Ecuador through campus visits and solar projects that support local communities.

Aug 29 2025

Goshen College’s sequential SST courses take students from India’s Himalayas to Detroit, exploring ecology, resilience and community renewal.

May 23 2025

By Aysia Adkins As we come back and re-enter our lives which we left on May 1st, I’m filled with many impactful memories that have accumulated in just 20 days. It sort of doesn’t feel right to jump back into…

May 23 2025

By Lexie Coburn On May 20 we got home from our closing retreat at Camp Nacome in Tennessee where we reflected and processed our shared experiences and individual experiences we had in Selma, Alabama. Who would have thought 13 people…

May 20 2025

By Jazmin Ibarra Today is May 19th, I am sitting in a community lodge in Camp NaCoMe in Tennessee for our SST closing retreat, reflecting on my experiences and my encounters in Selma. Where can I even start? Before this…

May 19 2025

Fernando Daza shares about his experience exploring Chief Richardville House, a Historical Myaamia (Miami) treaty house in Fort Wayne, Indiana. On a surprisingly chilly May morning, our class boarded the iconic Goshen College bus at Camp Friedenswald, our home for…

May 19 2025

By Jacob Dixon My experience working with a crew of people that exert their best effort to make sure that other people are being cared for, has been one of the most fulfilling things that I have done all year.…

May 17 2025

By Maggie Lapp On Thursday the group took a day trip to Oxford. As the self proclaimed biggest fan of the Harry Potter series, (though not the author of the books,) I was excited to visit the campus that inspired…

May 16 2025

By Lily Herrera The one word I want to use to describe today and for the past few days is fulfilling. This morning, May 15, I gave a devotion in front of the Mennonite Disaster Service year long volunteers and…

May 14 2025

By Judith Rangel Visit to the Legacy Museum On Saturday, May 10th, we visited The Legacy Museum in Montgomery. It was a meaningful and unforgettable day that will stay with me forever. While Mexicans/Latino stories were not discussed often, I…

May 13 2025

By Summer Cuatepotzo Perez Impactful. Speechless. Astounded. Disgust. Anger. Confusion. Sadness. None of these can describe how emotionally overwhelmed I personally felt, my physical response- tears. You ask… where in the world did you experience this? Or what happened that…

May 13 2025

Barbican Centre. Performers are taking a bow after almost three hours of singing. By Victor Vegas In the evening of Wednesday May 7th, the Arts in London crew had the privilege of watching a performance of G.F Handel’s oratorio Jephtha…

May 11 2025

By Parker Sullivan   Today, May 9, was another productive work day and the end of our first work week with MDS. Each of our three groups were working at the same separate sites as the rest of the week....

May 09 2025

By Jacob Stotzfus This Monday, the Arts in London group went to see the Romeo and Juliet Ballet in the Covent Garden Royal Ballet and Opera House. Full of extremely talented dancers and actors on a massive stage and impressive set,…

May 09 2025

By Naomi Klassen “On our first full day in London, while all of us were only slightly jet-lagged, Solomia and her husband Arthur led us in a walking tour of the city. This was a great chance for the group...

May 08 2025

By Evelyn Perez As I sit here today reflecting on my experience so far in Selma, I want to share that I’ve explored and learned many life-changing stories. Every place we have visited holds very rich and valuable voices. If...

May 06 2025

By Jaden Harris Today marked our first day of service during our trip. My group – which consisted of Hillary, Lily, Jazmin, 2 other MDS leaders, and myself – were tasked with helping the Tolbert family with repairs to their…

May 05 2025

We impressed ourselves and each other by gathering promptly at 5:30 a.m. to drive to the train station for the six-hour trip to Haridwar. Once there, we loaded the buses and drove to Rishikesh, a town considered the world capital…

May 05 2025

We started off the morning by walking into Viejo San Juan to Catedral Basílica Menor de San Juan Bautista for an 11:00 mass. It has been pretty warm in the mornings but this morning was especially sunny and it was…

May 04 2025

Day 3 in San Juan consisted of a tour of El Museo de las Americas.  We had the option to eat breakfast wherever we desired, as long as we met at El Museo De Las Americas by 1:00 pm. Our…

May 04 2025

By Rosemary Baer, sophomore art education major We started our second full day with a morning hike through a portion of the Dowagiac River Restoration Project. While on our expedition we learned about the River re-meandering, saw lots of native...

May 04 2025

By Carlie Lavon Webber Travel to Selma After loading the bus and traveling for a little over 2 days our Goshen College group reached Selma, Alabama. On our travels, we stopped in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky! Our group enjoyed a delicious...

May 03 2025

The students arrived Wednesday night and we made it to Casa de Espiritualidad, our retreat and orientation center by 2:00 a.m. It was a short night, but we were ready to go by 9:30 the next morning. Visiting the Historical...

May 02 2025

We left Goshen College Wednesday afternoon and settled in at Camp Friedenswald, our new home and host for the first half of May Term. Our group of eight students and two leaders have already experienced anticipation and disappointment together before...