Jamaica
March 31, 2011
Jamaica S.S.T. to be discontinued
Following careful deliberation, the Study Service Term (S.S.T.) Office decided that Jamaica S.S.T. will discontinue after three terms of running. The decision is primarily driven by not enough students showing interest in the program. On the most recent term to Jamaica in the fall of 2010, only nine students participated. “Simply put, we can’t sustain the program with so few participants,” said Tom Meyers, Director of International Education. A second factor of the discontinuation is the perception that Jamaica S.S.T. was exclusively for American Sign Language (ASL) students. Understandably, the program attracts many ASL students because it allows for interaction...
December 2, 2010
Peru, Egypt and Jamaica SST students arrive home safely
The size of Goshen’s on-campus student body ballooned overnight as 32 students returned safely home last evening from their fall semester of Study Service Term (SST). Around 5 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, 14 students returned from the Egypt SST unit and nine students arrived from the fall Peru unit; six students stayed behind to travel in neighboring countries. Early Thursday morning, nine students arrived home from the American Sign Language unit in Jamaica. Friends and family greeted the SSTers with excitement as they arrived on campus after spending more than three months abroad. "Coming home is surreal but I was...
September 9, 2010
Making it their own: Peru and Jamaica SST depart
Peru and Jamaica SST groups left early last Thursday morning—at 2:28 a.m. Peru’s 11 member group and Jamaica’s nine member group both arrived safely. Study-Service Term has been an integral part of the Goshen College academic experience for years. Yet excitement still filled the humid air as students anticipated the arrival in their respective destinations. “I’ve heard a lot about Peru,” said Erin Bontrager, a sophomore at Goshen. Many of Bontrager’s friends, including her brother, Jesse, a senior, have participated in Peru SST. Sitting beside her two bags, with Peruvian soles already in hand, Bontrager said, “I’m ready to experience...