The Big Beautiful Universe
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Gordon’s Herrmann Lectures on Faith and Science welcomed astronomer, speaker and author Dr. Jennifer Wiseman for a series of three lectures exploring the topics of faith and science through her study of the stars.
Alumni in the Peace Corps: Libbi Wilson ’15 Teaches English in China
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Libbi Wilson ’15 is more than 16 months into a two-year assignment in China, teaching approximately 100 university students across six classes in three unique subjects.
Embracing the Uncomfortable: A Conversation with Gerry Newkirck ’69
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Gerry Newkirck—’69 Gordon alum and retired CEO of the Tractor Supply Company—has lived a life of high risk and high reward, but his motto has always been simple: make decisions, own them and don’t look back.
Thomas Lake ’01 Releases Book on 2016 Election for CNN
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On November 10, Lake, a CNN Politics enterprise writer, put the finishing touches on the book that he’d spent over a year writing, including months on the road for rallies, caucuses and debates on the campaign trail as he followed the 2016 presidential race.