¿Quieres estudiar Español? Goshen College’s dedicated faculty—including both native and non-native speakers—will help you master the language. As a Spanish major, you’ll live two semesters abroad in countries like Peru, Mexico, Ecuador, Cuba and Spain. GC’s unique one-year residency requirement will have you not only speaking Spanish fluently, but also understanding the cultures where Spanish is spoken and feeling prepared for an increasingly multicultural U.S. society and world.
The Spanish program boasts the highest number of minors at GC, so you’ll be in good company. You’ll have the chance to learn Spanish abroad and locally: the Goshen community offers numerous off-campus volunteer organizations that use Spanish exclusively, as well as opportunities to interact with native Spanish speaking families in their homes. By the time you graduate, you’ll be prepared to use Spanish in your future workplace or while serving abroad. Recent GC Spanish graduates are working with displaced Colombian refugees in Quito, Ecuador, with a nonprofit peace and justice organization in Mexico City, and with elementary school students in Guatemala.
The eight-week Maple Scholars research program and Hickory Scholars sustainability program continued this summer, despite an early end to the academic school year due to coronavirus.
Before going to college I was told “college is where you find your lifetime friends,” and I can honestly say GC brought me to my people.
Crystal Shellenberger '98, the new Spanish teacher at Paoli High School, attended Goshen College where she participated in a semester abroad, called study-service term (SST), in Costa Rica.
Best Study Abroad Program in the U.S.
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Semesters you’ll spend abroad in countries like Peru, Mexico, Ecuador, Cuba and Spain to learn Spanish fluently.
Most students studying abroad among liberal arts colleges – U.S. News & World Report
Most students studying abroad among liberal arts colleges – U.S. News & World Report
of Goshen College students study abroad
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Nayo Ulloa is passionate about teaching Latino arts and performing music. He specializes in the music of the Andes, especially Peru, where he is from.
Nayo's storyTasha Friesen was a Spanish and art student from Goshen. She participated in choir and art club and designed layout for the campus newspaper, The Record, for four semesters.
Tasha's storyYejin is a music major from Seoul, South Korea. She participated is the Women's World Music Choir, Parables Worship Team and International Student Club.
Yejin's storyHillary Harder, a music and Spanish double major from Wichita, Kansas, is a musician, peacemaker, ministry leader and lover of teatime and one-on-one talks. She graduated in 2015.
Hillary's storyTodd Woodworth ’78 takes ‘Culture for Service’ beyond the soccer field
Becca Yoder, from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, graduated in 2013. She is a singer, a Spanish interpreter, a volunteer and a peacemaker who came to Goshen College to study social work, Spanish and women's studies.
Becca's storyCristobal Garza Gonzalez
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Terry Martin
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Danielle Pagoria
Administrative Assistant
