Annual Global Connections Newsletter
The Global Engagement Office completed our annual update for SST alums and donors. Read about the progress we are making toward SST for all and see where our students went during the 2021-2022 school year.
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Domestic SST Unit Explores Native American Culture
On June 15, 2021, 18 GC students left for six weeks in Arizona where they are visiting Navajo and Hopi communities. While this group won’t need to fumble with a new language or unfamiliar currency, their SST experience is in some ways more challenging than going abroad: it requires…
SST in a pandemic year: Challenges and opportunities
by Jan Bender Shetler DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, we have not sent students abroad at all in 2020-2021. Students were disappointed but not surprised. Some kept hoping for the best and went through three cancellations. Meanwhile, we worked hard to help our seniors finish their SST requirements in…
Meet the 2021-22 SST leaders
David Lind and Kendra Yoder are currently in Arizona, leading GC’s Native American SST unit. The two are veteran SST leaders who have also led Senegal units in 2012 and 2014. They are looking forward to returning to Senegal with students in May 2022. As sociologists, David…
Learnings from the SST Alumni Survey
Related:SST in a pandemic year: Challenges and opportunities THIS SPRING, the Global Engagement Office surveyed alums who had been part of an SST unit in the past 10 years. Thanks to those of you who responded! We were particularly interested in what barriers you…
Goshen College receives grant from IIE American Passport Project
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. In this inaugural year of the initiative, IIE announced 40 selected…
Global Engagement Office moves forward with SST fall 2021
“With the covid-19 vaccines rolling out in the US, we are feeling confident about our ability to re-open our international program next fall 2021,” Jan Bender Shetler, director of global engagement, reports. Study-Service Terms (SST) are planned for Ecuador and China in the fall, Ecuador and Indonesia in the…
Making SST an option for everyone
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.
Why we still believe in SST
Recent events have clarified what is worth our commitment. To address these issues, we need global education more than ever.
Global Connections newsletter launches
SST is more important than ever according to Director of International Education Jan Bender Shetler. Find out why in Global Connections, a new annual newsletter for SST alumni and donors.