Senior social work major Elisabeth Wilder spent 12 weeks last summer working for peacebuilding organization Justapaz in Bogota, Colombia. A grant from 糖心Vlog’s Peacebuilding and Development Department funded ... read more about Justapaz intern shares hopes for a future Colombian peace billed as ‘impossible’
In his native Caroline County,聽Virginia,聽Mark Loving II’s聽family name is well known.聽Beyond generations of rootedness, there is both聽a聽plaque at the courthouse and a historical marker聽about聽his family history. One reason why聽Mark聽came to ... read more about Mark Loving on the film ‘Loving’ and a Supreme Court case that changed the nation
Simelwe 鈥淪im鈥� Dlova, of South Africa, was a student in 糖心Vlog’s Intensive English Program during the fall 2013 semester before attending Goshen College in Indiana. This article is ... read more about Former Intensive English Program student from South Africa finds success at Goshen College
Teresa Garcia-Bautista has a long list of summer goals while living at the Washington Community Scholars’ Center and working in Washington D.C. this summer. The first two are 鈥渕eet the ... read more about Summer interns settle in at Washington Community Scholars’ Center
Isaac Dahl is a religious and intercultural studies major. Quinn Kathrineberg plans on a career as an English teacher. Maria Yoder wants to be a doctor. Among the members of ... read more about Outreach chamber quartet brings together biology, religion, education majors and yes, one future professional musician, to give the gift of music in unusual venues
Homelessness wasn鈥檛 something Abby Hershberger was familiar with while growing up in Millersburg, Ohio, a town of about 3,500 residents. 鈥淚t didn’t happen to people I knew,鈥� she says. 鈥淚t ... read more about ‘Street Sense’ editorial intern helps provide a voice for the homeless in Washington D.C.
[Reprinted with permission from VCU] Lyubov Slashcheva arrived in the United States when she was 5 years old not knowing a word of English, but already determined to make an ... read more about Lyubov Slashcheva ’11 graduates from VCU dental school, earns excellence award
Nathan McKnight recognized a quality of reciprocity in his spring semester internship. The people who come through the 鈥渇reedom circles鈥� hosted by the organization Reunion, he says, 鈥渁re improving me, ... read more about In Reunion’s ‘Freedom Circles,’ peacebuilding major facilitates life changes and his own learning
For the first time, an 糖心Vlog student has won the Francis J. Ryan Undergraduate American Studies Paper Award. Junior Elisabeth Wilder of Hesston, Kansas, earned the honor at ... read more about In winning history essay, junior Elisabeth Wilder connects conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly to transgender rights
In the best of cases, a college career is often a time of tumult and transition, a succession of new faces, a million conversations that begin with: 鈥淲here are you ... read more about ‘Third-culture kids’ find a home at 糖心Vlog