Brethren Colleges Abroad

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
  1. "Student wins scholarship to study in Ireland". University of Manchester. 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. "Newsline - Church of the Brethren weekly news update". wfn.org. Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  3. Klimuska, Ed. "Brethren study-abroad program finds new home at E-town College". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
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