Stephanie Hollenberg has three work sites in Prey Veng town, about 2 1/2 hours outside of Phnom Penh. Although her work placement(s) got off to a bit of a rocky start, she’s settled in now to three really excellent service...
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Stephanie Hollenberg in Prey Veng Town
Chapel – “The 10 Keys to Financial Peace,” Russ Rupp & Jon Geiser, GC Business Department
Join us for chapel as professors in the Business Department share some wonderful insights into “The 10 Keys to Financial Peace,” drawing from scripture, personal experience, and US realities. Click for audio file
Kelly and Phil in Mesang District
Kelly Frey and Phil Stoesz are living and working in Mesang District, a quite rural region of Prey Veng Province (already rural itself), which is located adjacent to Vietnam. Both SSTers work at Organization to Develop Our Villages (ODOV), a...
Annie Martens in Svay Rieng Province
Annie Martens is living and working in near Svay Rieng town, only one province away from where she grew up when her family was serving with Mennonite Central Committee in Cambodia. Annie works with International Development Enterprises (IDE), a non-governmental...
Meanwhile, Back in Phnom Penh
The Graber Millers enjoyed a momentary respite the first week after SSTers left for their service assignments. Ann and Keith took the opportunity to do a five-hour Cambodian cooking class at The Frizz near the National Museum. With Mennonite Central...
Soil, Not Oil
Environmental activist Vandana Shiva, Ph.D. will speak at Goshen College on March 27, 2010
Sustainability experts to talk about saving energy and money at March Afternoon Sabbatical
Goshen College Sustainability Coordinator and Utilities Manager Glenn Gilbert and Vice President of McCormick Motors (Nappanee, Ind.) Gordon Moore will talk about the fascinating ways that saving energy is not only "green," but also makes sense for the fiscal bottom…
Service in Cusco
Sometimes you just know you are in the right place, at the right time. When heavy rains and flooding in the Cusco area arrived in late January, we were forced to cancel our plans to visit Machu Picchu. But the...
Serving in Ayacucho
Three students are serving in a new province this semester. Ayacucho is located high in the Andes, an historically important region that hosted the final battle of independence against the Spanish almost 200 years ago. It was also the birthplace...
Convocation – “From the Wilderness to Goshen College” – David Ostergren
Dr. David Ostergren is director of the masters program in environmental education, based at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center. In this convocation he will tell us about his vocational journey and about the graduate program that he directs. See his...
Science Olympiad
GC hosts annual Science Olympiad competition.
Serving/Accompanying Across Cambodia
Between Friday and this morning (Tuesday), all 19 Cambodian SSTers ventured out to their service assignments, and they are now scattered in all four directions across Cambodia. For some, service began almost immediately, with their villagers asking for English lessons...
Final Week of Phnom Penh Academic Program
The final week of our SST Cambodia Phnom Penh program, which overlapped with the Chinese New Year, ended Thursday. Over the last 10 days of the program several lectures were cancelled because speakers were traveling with their families or otherwise...
Chapel: 10 Things They Never Told Me about Jesus – John Bell, guest speaker from Iona Community
Join us as John Bell, campus ministries guest speaker, preaches on the theme of “10 Things they Never Told Me about Jesus.” We welcome John Bell to Goshen College. John is an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland and...
Spending a Night in the Southern Cone
Most of Lima’s population is made up of recent immigrants from the Andes or rain forest who inhabit the “cones” located to the north, east and south of the city. We began visiting the Southern Cone during the second week...
National anthem dialogue and implementation to continue at Goshen College
Goshen College President Jim Brenneman sent the following letter today to the campus community, the Alumni Board and the Parents Council:
SPECIAL Chapel: Songs of Iona – John Bell, guest speaker from Iona Community in Scotland
Join us for a special music Wednesday chapel service as our campus ministries guest speaker, John Bell, leads us in singing songs from his faith community of Iona Community.We welcome John Bell to Goshen College. He will speak in two...
Sunday Evening’s Family Event
Sunday evening we celebrated the first half of SST, and especially the graciousness of our hosts, with students’ families. About 85 people, including all of the students and representatives from all but three of the host families, took place at...
Convocation: The Goshen College Core
Ross Peterson-Veatch and the General Education Review Task Force will engage us in another look at the Goshen College core curriculum that is being developed. Click for audio file
Farewell Party
Friday night we celebrated our time here in Lima with a big party, or despedida, for our families and friends. We thanked the host families for welcoming the students into their homes and their hearts. We thanked the language instructors,...
Dancing the Day Away
Khmer teacher Prum Sisopantha offered students one of their most entertaining and practical lectures Wednesday afternoon this week, helping students through some of the most basic steps and hand movements in apsara dancing and modeling usage of the krama. The...
Weekend Village Studies
All 19 Cambodia SSTers fanned out across the provinces Friday and Saturday this week, getting a taste for independent, small-group travel and for provinical life. In many SST locations, these “village studies” have been a staple for the last 40...
Susan and David Clayton
Susan and David Clayton Clay and Fiber Reception: Sunday, Feb. 19, 2-4 p.m.
Chapel: Employee Faith Story – Deb Gessinger, assistant professor of ASL
Join us in chapel as Deb Gessinger, assistant professor of American Sign Language, shares parts of her faith journey with us. Click for audio file
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