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Jul 05 2015

Natalie is serving in the northern colonial city of Leon at La Colectiva Casa De Los Colores.   JOURNAL EXCERPTS BY NATALIE THORNE: “I am in a unique situation for service.  I actually live and work with the same four women...

Jul 05 2015

By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 At the start of every semester this year, Wilfredo “Willy” Villavicencio, who coordinates the service portion of SST, tells the story of leaving his home in a small, impoverished town...

Jul 04 2015

EL LAGARTILLO is a small cooperative community in the mountains of the Nicaraguan department/region of León. Erin Bergen and Wade Troyer are both spending their service terms there. A JOURNAL EXCERPT BY WADE TROYER:  “My typical day starts by the...

Jul 04 2015

Service site visits began this week starting with Aaron Graber. SAN JUAN DE ORIENTE:  Aaron is situated in San Juan de Oriente-a small town full of artisans specializing in pottery and ceramics.  Below are some excerpts from Aaron’s SST journal entries....

Jul 03 2015

Philip shares a journal entry based on his readings and visit to Machu Picchu. The Spanish conquistadors never found the royal retreat and city at Machu Picchu, but this story imagines just such an encounter. The rainforest steamed all around...

Jul 03 2015

Hayley shares a journal entry: Looking back, it seem surreal. But somehow I know that, yes, the mountains were that tall, the view was that beautiful, the clouds did move over the peaks, the people clambering by me were seemingly...

Jul 02 2015

By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 On the evening before we visited Machu Picchu, we talked about how we wanted to make the most of the chance to see this mountaintop retreat; few people have this...

Jul 02 2015

This summer, 18 Goshen College students are participating in the Maple Scholars Summer Research Program.

Jun 29 2015

A JOURNAL WRITTEN BY EMILY VOGT On Friday afternoon that we returned from Masaya and Mombacho, there was not any power in La Villa where I live, and rumor had it in all of Nicaragua. I had returned to the...

Jun 26 2015

A JOURNAL ENTRY WRITTEN BY SOPHIA SEARS One enjoyable time I’ve had with my host family so far is when I went with my mom and niece to a birthday party of my aunt. The relatives there were very welcoming...

Jun 26 2015

Three Goshen College graduates are biking 4,000 miles across the country with a goal in mind: to raise $5,000 for Mennonite Central Committee’s Global Family Program. They started May 16 in Portland, Oregon, and will end in Washington D.C. in…

Jun 25 2015

When alumni from Bible and Religion, History and PJCS come to tea break (Monday, Wednesday and Fridays at 10:00 in Wyse 316), we now take their mug shot to create a visual record of their post-college careers.  Be sure to...

Jun 25 2015

Each May term, Jo-Ann Brant leads a group of students on a journey into the traditional world-views that informs religious experience and cultural expressions for various Asian societies. The major assignment includes the making of masks. Here are a few...

Jun 25 2015

Anita Stalter, academic dean at Goshen College since 2001, is retiring after 28 years at GC. Prior to becoming dean, Stalter spent 14 years as a professor in the education department and director of teacher education at the college.

Jun 25 2015

On Thursday evening, June 11, students celebrated with and thanked their Jinotepe, Dolores, and Diriamba host families with dinner, poems, songs, dessert and dancing. The next day, June 12, students departed for their various service locations throughout Nicaragua. Students are...

Jun 24 2015

A JOURNAL ENTRY WRITTEN BY EMMA KOOP LIECHTY The other weekend, my family went to my 8 year old twin nieces’ first communion. I knew there was going to be a family celebration afterwards, but I underestimated just how big...

Jun 23 2015

Though a little over a week has passed since the students finished their Study portion of  SST and have moved on to their service assignments, we still want to offer a Week 6 recap.  The week consisted of:  the final...

Jun 22 2015

By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015   More than 500 years ago, Ollantaytambo served as an important rest stop and administrative and religious center for the Incas. For our group, it proved to be a perfect...

Jun 22 2015

ENHANCING FOOD SYSTEM PERCEPTION AND PERSONAL FOOD CHOICES: SUMMATIVE EVALUATION OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCE – Mingla Charoenmuang The purpose of this project is to develop and refine an environmental education curriculum on food systems for students from...

Jun 21 2015

By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015   Early on Monday morning, students said good-bye to their host families near Cusco and we made our way into the Sacred Valley by bus, accompanied by a new guide, Rubén....

Jun 17 2015

Michael shares a journal entry: I knew. I knew from the time I began watching TV, the first time I watched the weather, that I was going to be a meteorologist. My fascination with weather began with snow. If it...

Jun 17 2015

Zach shares a journal entry: My 36 hours in Lucre is a time I will never forget. During our first night there, I was a little nervous. When James and I asked our host mom questions, she responded with very...

Jun 16 2015

By Mara Weaver (’13) After graduating from Goshen College I moved to Mexico City for a year with Mennonite Central Committee’s Serving and Learning Together program. There I worked and lived at Casa de los Amigos, a Quaker center for...

Jun 16 2015

By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 For our students in Lucre and Huacarpay, Sunday morning began  the traditional way, at daybreak. There were hikes up the mountain, walks to see family cornfields, demonstrations in how to...