Brethren Colleges Abroad

Non-profitable provider of academic

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

^ "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.