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Jul 11 2014

Alyssa and Daniel are both in Pearl Lagoon on the Caribbean (east) coast of Nicaragua, where the whole group traveled to in mid-May for four days. Alyssa divides her time between two different schools: a public primary school in town...

Jul 11 2014

Brian and Jared both work on coffee farms in San Ramon, a rural municipality in the mountains northeast of the city of Matagalpa. Brian reports, “This has been my third week on the farm, and so far things have been...

Jul 11 2014

Martin and Alisa are in El Lagartillo, a remote community in the northern mountains of León. On weekday afternoons they teach English classes to a group of children ages 8-11. The classes are voluntary, so the number of students varies...

Jul 10 2014

As Justin Gillette fielded questions this week from a group of middle-schoolers during a Goshen College camp session for aspiring sports journalists, a theme developed in the queries, one that suggested maybe running isn’t really work.

Jul 09 2014

Anna is living and working in La Garnacha, a campesino community just south of the city of Estelí. Her host family, whom she describes as “wonderful,” runs an organic farm in this mountainous area. She writes, “Most days of the...

Jul 09 2014

Drea and Jake are stationed in the city of Matagalpa at two different service organizations. Drea spends her days at Infancia sin Fronteras (Children without Borders), a Spanish NGO whose focus is “to create the conditions for development and peaceful...

Jul 09 2014

Last week and this week we have been traveling to visit the students at their service locations. We’re not quite done with the traveling and visiting, but we’ve got much to show and tell! We’ll start with Brad and Anika,...

Jul 08 2014

An online digital library containing nearly 250 unpublished, informally published and popular works by theologian John Howard Yoder is now available for scholars and students around the world.

Jul 08 2014

On our second day in the Cusco area, students woke up in the quiet of mountain hamlets. In the morning we hiked the trails of a beautiful Inca site called Tipon, where water from an underground spring was channeled with...

Jul 07 2014

Don Yost '72, Rod Kauffman '83 and fellow boater Bob Zook played a major roll in the rescue of five troubled kayakers on northern Lake Michigan.

Jul 06 2014

On our first day in Cusco, we explored some of the many Inca sites in the area. Cusco was the capital of the Inca Empire when Peru was invaded by a small band of Spaniards in 1526. The Incas ruled...

Jul 03 2014

Goshen College nursing students, with the help of a GC nursing alum, experienced the realities of nursing abroad and found new “sisters” during a May term class in Nepal.

Jul 03 2014

We broke up our time in Lima with a week-long trip to the Cusco area, including a journey through Peru’s Sacred Valley to visit historical sites from the time of the Incas and finishing with a day at the incomparable...

Jul 03 2014

No, it’s not the World Cup, but it was quite an evening only three weeks ago now (it seems much longer ago than that), when GC students and Carazo host families joined a local soccer team in Diriamba for a...

Jul 01 2014

The month of July began with violent storms blowing through northern Indiana.  After the storm’s passing we were grateful that the greenhouse was undamaged, and we got out our shovels and used compost to prop up the sweet corn and...

Jul 01 2014

In this new 2014 issue of the Psyclone, Goshen College’s Psychology Department traveled to the Butler Conference for the first time. This is a conference where undergraduate students present their research in a number of different disciplines. This year five...

Jun 30 2014

Gilberto Pérez, Jr., associate professor of social work at Goshen College, has been appointed as senior director of intercultural development and educational partnerships at Goshen College’s Center for Intercultural and International Education (CIIE).

Jun 26 2014

President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate 1966 Goshen College graduate Dr. Roger N. Beachy to the National Science Board for the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Jun 26 2014

During the students’ six weeks in Lima, Spanish classes meet every afternoon at the Buen Pastor church. Our creative teachers, Moises, Ana and Gretty found multiple ways to engage students and have them practice their Spanish, including reading short texts,...

Jun 26 2014

Peru SST students were introduced to Peruvian folk dances in this favorite workshop with Pedro Farias, a professional dancer and dance instructor. Pedro showed the students videos of some of the many traditional dances from Peru’s three regions: costa, sierra...

Jun 25 2014

Save the Date for “Living Works: Suicide Prevention”, our 12th Annual Grief Seminar, September 19, 2014.

Jun 24 2014

Weekday mornings in Lima meant gathering at la Catedral del Buen Pastor (the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd for lectures on Peru’s history and culture. Students heard from 16 guest lecturers on a wide variety of topics (they are earning...

Jun 23 2014

Eleven students from the Goshen College Department of Nursing spent three weeks in Nepal as part of the first ever May Term in Nepal course.

Jun 22 2014

TREE SELECTION PATTERNS: WOODPECKERS & NUTHATCHES AS A CONTROL FOR THE EMERALD ASH BORER – Abigail Bradley Dense infestations of emerald ash borer (EAB) in ash-dominated forests of the Upper Midwest potentially offer an opportunity for woodpeckers and other birds...