By Richard R. Aguirre and Judy Weaver Peru Study-Service Term Co-Directors, 2013-2014 Today, Aug. 1, 2014, is a significant day for the Peru Study-Service Term program and for us. Our formal responsibilities end today as directors of the program from...
Peru SST: The toughest job we’ll ever love
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Peru SST: The toughest job we’ll ever love
Reflections on Peru SST by the Excellent Eighteen
The 18 students who made up the Peru Study-Service Term unit for Summer 2014 came from Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Their majors included biochemistry, biology, education, environmental science, informatics, mathematics, music, nursing, physical education, physics and sociology. The students...
A joyous homecoming: Students return from Peru
By Richard R. Aguirre and Judy Weaver Peru Study-Service Term Co-Directors Members of Goshen College’s Peru Study-Service Term unit for Summer 2014 arrived back in the United States on Monday afternoon. One student, Leah, left the group in Lima on...
Playing in Peru one last time
During their concluding retreat, Goshen College students in the Peru Study-Service-Term summer program reflected on the past three months. They discussed the highlights and challenges of service, presented their final academic projects and pondered what it might be like to...
Final projects explore Peru’s culture
While students were performing service in Peru’s provinces, they worked on their final projects. The assignment required interviewing Peruvians and conducting field observation on topics of their choosing. ...
Professor Emeritus of English John Fisher, 88, passes away
John J. Fisher, professor emeritus of English, who taught at Goshen College for 39 years, died at his home at Waterford Crossing early Monday morning, July 28. He was 88 years old.
Peru retreat: Looking back and ahead
By Richard R. Aguirre and Judy Weaver After nearly three months of study and service in Peru, Goshen College students reflected on their experiences and on the joys and potential challenges of returning to the United States. Our concluding gathering...
Final tests before reflection and fun
After spending an afternoon and evening visiting with their Lima host families, shopping and relaxing with friends, Goshen College students spent the night at the Cirque Hostel in the Miraflores district of Lima, a short walk from Casa Goshen. The...
Final weekend — and Goodbye to/from Nicaragua!
The final two days together have been a whirlwind of activity, from stories of service to project presentations to decompressing and getting ready to depart. Saturday morning we all gathered one last time at Casa Goshen for presentations of the...
Community School of the Arts currently accepting registrations
The Goshen College Community School of the Arts (CSA) is now accepting registrations for private music lessons, classes and ensembles for the fall 2014 semester. The registration deadline for all private lessons is Aug. 22, 2014. Lessons begin the week…
Individual tickets on sale Aug. 4 for the 2014-15 Goshen College Performing Arts Series
Concertgoers have the opportunity to secure individual tickets for all concerts in the Goshen College Performing Arts Series. Individual tickets go on sale Monday, Aug. 4 at 8 a.m., online at www.goshen.edu/tickets and at the Goshen College Welcome Center.
Homeward bound: Students leave Peru
Goshen College students returned from their concluding retreat at the beach south of Lima late Sunday afternoon (more about that in upcoming posts) and arrived back at Casa Goshen for two hours of final preparations. They discarded unwanted items, repacked...
Back from Service!
What an exciting day we had, as the students returned from six weeks at their service locations. They began arriving about noon, and by 6:00 p.m. all 22 were back at Casa Goshen in Jinotepe. There were hugs, smiles, anecdotes,...
Goshen College named to list of affordable colleges
Goshen College was ranked 22nd for best value among private colleges in the Midwest, according to a recent list by Great Value Colleges.
Together again in Lima
Our 18 Goshen College students returned safety to Lima on July 24 from Ayacucho, Chiclayo, La Merced, Oxapampa, San Miguel, San Ramon and Tarma. They never looked so good and we (Peru SST Co-Directors Richard R. Aguirre and Judy Weaver)...
United Way supports Write on Sports camp at Goshen College
United Way of Elkhart County provided a $2,500 Innovation Grant in support of the two-week Write on Sports camp for middle-school students this summer.
Alejandro, Andrew, Edith and Leah: Service in Ayacucho
Alejandro, Andrew, Edith and Leah provided significant service in Ayacucho, a city of about 151,000 residents in the south-central Andes of Peru. Ayacucho is famous for its 33 Catholic churches, which are said to represent one for each year of...
Jaime and Miranda: Serving in Chiclayo
By Judy Weaver Miranda and Jaime are living in Chiclayo, a sunny city of 630,000 residents on Peru’s northern coast. Chiclayo is the fourth largest city in Peru, founded several centuries ago by the Spanish. The area is rich in pre-colonial...
Brian and Matt: Serving in Tarma
Brian and Matt are volunteering in Tarma, a charming city of about 60,000 residents located in a fertile valley about 3,053 meters, or 10,016 feet, above sea level in the Andes mountain range. Tarma was founded in 1538 in the...
Joel and Lucas: Serving in La Merced
Joel and Lucas say they have the ideal service assignment: they live in the middle of a beautiful jungle with streams, waterfalls and great hiking trails; the have hard and worthwhile work; eat good food and plenty of it; and...
Brody and Sierra: Serving in Oxapampa
Brody and Sierra are living and working in Oxapampa, a lovely city of 10,000 residents located in a verdant valley of the Andes, about 5,905 feet above sea level. Settled in 1891 by a group of colonists from Austria’s Tirolean...
Derek and Michael: Serving in San Miguel
Derek and Michael are living and serving with people for whom Spanish is a second language in a tiny settlement deep in the central jungle of Peru. San Miguel de Marankiari is an indigenous community perched on a hillside far...
Emma, Stefan, Derek and Tim: Serving in San Ramon
Emma, Stefan, Tim and Derek are working in San Ramón in the province of Chanchamayo – the entry point to the selva central, Peru’s central rain forest. Despite busy schedules of work and studies, they still have found time to...
Sharpen your navigational skills with Merry Lea’s orienteering program
An orienteering program at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College offers participants a new way to experience the natural world: with map and compass in hand. The program will take place on Thursday, July 24.
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