Brethren Colleges Abroad
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BCA Study Abroad (founded as Brethren College Abroad) began in 1962 as a non-profit provider of academic, language, and cultural immersion studies for undergraduates from a consortium of colleges and universities.[1]
Origins
[edit]BCA was founded in 1962 by Morley J. Mays.[2] In 2002 it moved its central office from North Manchester, Indiana, to Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.[3]
Colleges of the Brethren
[edit]- Bethany Theological Seminary
- Bridgewater College
- Elizabethtown College
- Juniata College
- Manchester University
- McPherson College
- University of LaVerne
Peace and Justice Lecture Series
[edit]BCA created a lecture series centered on peace, justice, indigenous rights and the environment. The lecture series ran from 2003 to 2005.
- 2003: Professor Michael McDaniel, Director of the Department of Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University (currently he is Pro Vice-Chancellor of Indigenous Leadership and Engagement and Director of Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney; Dr. Anita Heiss, indigenous author and activist.
- 2004: Dr. Ferenc Miszlivetz, director of the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (Hungary) and a Jean Monnet professor.
- 2005: Dr. William Schabas, Professor Emeritus at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
References
[edit]- ^ "Student wins scholarship to study in Ireland". University of Manchester. 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Newsline - Church of the Brethren weekly news update". wfn.org. Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
- ^ Klimuska, Ed (21 January 2003). "Brethren study-abroad program finds new home at E-town College". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
External links
[edit]- BCA Official Site Archived 2014-09-14 at the Wayback Machine