Brethren Colleges Abroad Explained
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
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
- Bethany Theological Seminary
- Bridgewater College
- Elizabethtown College
- Juniata College
- Manchester University
- McPherson College
- University of LaVerne
Peace and Justice Lecture Series
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.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Student wins scholarship to study in Ireland . University of Manchester . 13 July 2021 . 2017 . 13 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210713030012/https://www.manchester.edu/about-manchester/news/news-articles/2017-news-articles/vorndran-2017 . dead .
- Web site: Newsline - Church of the Brethren weekly news update . wfn.org . 2014-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090107121830/http://www.wfn.org/1998/07/msg00147.html . 2009-01-07 . dead .
- Web site: Klimuska. Ed. Brethren study-abroad program finds new home at E-town College. 2021-07-13. LancasterOnline. 21 January 2003 . en.