Comments on: EMU Leads Way In Requiring Cross-Cultural Study http://emu.edu/now/crossroads/2012/07/17/emu-leads-way-in-requiring-cross-cultural-study/ The alumni magazine of Eastern Mennonite University Fri, 27 Jul 2012 04:42:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bonnie Price Lofton http://emu.edu/now/crossroads/2012/07/17/emu-leads-way-in-requiring-cross-cultural-study/#comment-247 Bonnie Price Lofton Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:22:38 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/crossroads/?p=1242#comment-247 A colleague & friend from Goshen College just let me know that Crossroads readers may be left with the impression that EMU pioneered cross-cultural study for undergrads in the United States. Actually Goshen’s requirement that all students undertake “international education” (either on or off campus) predates by 14 years EMU’s program (requiring OFF-CAMPUS cross-cultural experiences). By the early 1980s, well over 85% of Goshen's students were doing Goshen's Study-Service Trimester (SST) in a foreign location. As the editor of Crossroads and as an admirer of Goshen College, I tried to make this clear in a footnote that appears with this article. (Please see Footnote #1 directly above.) I wish I had added that the small percentage of Goshen’s students who do not study abroad ARE required to take classes pertaining to cross-cultural matters and international understanding. My apologies for not giving Goshen “credit where MUCH credit is due”! A colleague & friend from Goshen College just let me know that Crossroads readers may be left with the impression that EMU pioneered cross-cultural study for undergrads in the United States.

Actually Goshen’s requirement that all students undertake “international education” (either on or off campus) predates by 14 years EMU’s program (requiring OFF-CAMPUS cross-cultural experiences). By the early 1980s, well over 85% of Goshen’s students were doing Goshen’s Study-Service Trimester (SST) in a foreign location.

As the editor of Crossroads and as an admirer of Goshen College, I tried to make this clear in a footnote that appears with this article. (Please see Footnote #1 directly above.)

I wish I had added that the small percentage of Goshen’s students who do not study abroad ARE required to take classes pertaining to cross-cultural matters and international understanding. My apologies for not giving Goshen “credit where MUCH credit is due”!

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