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Calling and Career Conference: The Imperfect Path to a Career
While most of the campus slept in last Saturday morning, over 100 sophomores, juniors and seniors rose early to catch the bus for the third annual Calling and Career Conference.
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Alana Mann ’19: Trading in the End Times for a New Beginning
At age 16, Alana Farley went up to the airport counter in Kauai, Hawaii, and bought a plane ticket to California. She had a rolling backpack filled with her belongings and was hoping to leave the island before the missing child report caught up with her.
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Toussaint Williams ’18: Future Transnational Bridge-builder
Toussaint Williams ’18 is on a mission to build bridges between Jamaica and China. With a knack for Mandarin Chinese and a heart for his native Jamaica, he is on scholarship at the Beijing Language and Culture University.
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Godly grit: “Deepening the Faith” devotional 5
This installment is part of a regular devotional series, “Deepening the Faith,” written by Gordon faculty and staff for the enrichment of the wider College community.
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The Theory of Thriving
Having been awarded a Shared Justice Student-Faculty Research Prize, Paul Brink (political science) and Jordan Bellamy ’20 investigated the effects of the increasing housing prices on the North Shore of Massachusetts, specifically in the city of Lynn.
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Reimagining Shalom
With guidance and encouragement from Sybil Coleman (social work), Kelly (Connolly) Palmer ’13, LMSW, is working toward God’s vision of justice—something she likens to shalom.
R. Judson Carlberg, Seventh President of Gordon College, at 74
R. Judson Carlberg, who served Gordon College for 35 years, including nearly 20 years as its president, has died. Surrounded by loved ones, he passed away early Thursday morning, November 20, at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers, Massachusetts, after a battle with cancer.
Meet the Presidential Fellows
Modeled on the highly competitive, highly effective White House Fellowship, the Gordon College Presidential Fellows Program affords Gordon students the chance to work directly with one of the College’s Cabinet officers, who mentors the student through a yearlong fellowship.
Neuroscience: brains, monkeys and wheelchairs?
After reading a National Geographic article on brains, monkeys and wheelchairs, we asked Dr. Bryan Auday to comment for a new series on The Bell titled, “Faculty Reflections on the News.” Read more >>
Gordon’s American Chemical Society Wins National Honors
The Gordon College Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society received national recognition for their activities during the 2013-14 academic year. The chapter also received a Green Chemistry Chapter award. The American Chemical Society is the world’s largest… Read More
Experimenting with Public Sculptures
“Often when people think of structures they think of a standard, permanent fixture but the beauty of experimental sculpture is how it creates a rethinking of places we interact with.”