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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Notability 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.

References

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