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.

Origins

BCA was founded in 1962 by Morley J. Mays. In 2002 it moved its central office from North Manchester, Indiana, to

Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Elizabethtown (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Betzischteddel'') is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located southeast of Harrisburg, the state capital. Small factories existed at the turn of the 20th century when the popu ...

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 2003-2005. * 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 Anita Marianne Heiss (born 1968) is an Aboriginal Australian author, poet, cultural activist and social commentator. She is an advocate for Indigenous Australian literature and literacy, through her writing for adults and children and her mem ...

, 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 William Anthony Schabas, OC (born 19 November 1950) is a Canadian academic specialising in international criminal and human rights law. He is professor of international law at Middlesex University in the United Kingdom, professor of internation ...

, Professor Emeritus at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

References

External links

BCA Official Site
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