Reflections from Peru
Hopefully each week, the Perspectives page of the Record will contain a student reflection on his or her SST trip....
Saying goodbye to people and places in Egypt
As my time in Egypt comes to an end, I’ll be leaving behind familiar places and people. People who I...
Reflections on ‘Making Peace with Policy’
Dear Goshen College, When I was a senior in high school I received an abundance of admissions propaganda from Goshen...
Purls of wisdom
By Matt Lehman, a Bible and religion major with a theatre minor from Kidron, Ohio. I knit. Some guys work...
My (former) life as a circus star
Hello there, my name is Peter Hernandez Raphael Garry and I am from Hawaii. I thought I would share with...
Latino SST as a source of empowerment
Over the past summer, I participated in the new Latino SST program. During the program, I struggled to keep my...
Where do you come from?
By Becca Yoder, a second-year social work major, Spanish minor. If I’ve learned one thing, it’s that you take yourself...
Clayton’s cultural considerations
By Clayton Matthews, a senior interdisciplinary major with concentrations in sociology, English and biology Egypt: this place isn’t what...
Making peace with policy
As a three-year student employee of the Printing and Mailing Office on campus, I have seen plenty of admissions packets...
Camp counseling is a sacrifice
I hope you understand me correctly: being a camp counselor was an excellent experience and I enjoyed it thoroughly. But...
A proactive search for meaningful worship
Having spent my most formative years attending College Mennonite Church, I’ve become acutely aware of the broad range of diverse...
“Tree dating” in Amman, Jordan
For my service portion of SST, I hopped on a plane and headed for Egypt’s neighboring country to the east,...
Reflections from a native Arizonan
Someday soon, I will indubitably walk into a lovely local establishment and when asked for my name, say “Josh...
Inclusive hiring – insight through a core value
I’ve heard the superficially helpful, if not entirely truthful, assertion that Goshen College, in relation to gays and lesbians, is...
A day in the life of Nora Miller
Greetings from Egypt! I’m writing to you from a teacher’s house in a city about an hour and a half...
