summer SST
April 27, 2025
Navajo Nation SST takes a ‘massive pivot’ after fire at Diné College
Students signed up for the Navajo Nation Study Service Term were informed on Monday that they are no longer going to Arizona. Instead, they will be spending May Term locally, with most of their time at Camp Friedenswald in Michigan, focusing on the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi and the Miami Tribe. This abrupt change comes after a fire at Diné College on April 14, where the group was going to fulfill the study portion of their SST experience. The fire caused significant damage to their Student Union Building, and there is an ongoing investigation into the cause. Last week, AZ...
November 14, 2024
SST enrollment drops
In 1983, at the height of Goshen College’s Study Service Term program, 82% of that year’s graduating class went on a semester SST and GC ran three to four programs each semester. Now, this past academic year, only 36 total students went on the three semester programs that were offered, which were Ecuador (twice) and Indonesia. A multitude of factors are at play in why exactly the numbers have drastically dropped so much — such as price, athletic responsibilities and overall appeal — but Kendra Yoder, co-chair of the Global Engagement Office, said that after attending a global education conference...