Women in Law Enforcement: Meredith Kercher ’19 on Leading with Empathy 

Meredith Ketcher, female member of law enforcement, stands in uniform in the Gordon College Bennett Center weight room.

Meredith Kercher ’19, the only female campus police officer at Gordon College, talks about what life is like as a woman and a Christian in law enforcement. 

How National Book Award Winner Julia Glass Found Her Path to Publishing Books

Acclaimed novelist Julia Glass came to Gordon on October 24 as the first guest in this year’s Princemere Writers series to read from her latest novel, Vigil Harbor, and answer questions about her path to publishing and career in writing.

New Tech in Neuroscience: Hannah Gallagher ’24’s Brain Scan Research 

Hannah Gallagher used new tech in neuroscience to study mental rotation.

Hannah Gallagher ’24 (psychology) had the opportunity to work with data on mental rotation during her internship at the Boys Town National Research Hospital (BTNRH) in Nebraska last summer conducting research using the latest neuroscience technology to discover how the brain functions differently in healthy and unhealthy people.

Partnerships for Progress: Herschend School and Local Schools Team Up for Literacy 

A tutor kneels in front of a whiteboard to help seated students struggling with literacy.

This past summer the Herschend School of Education was a recipient of a Massachusetts Department of Elementary Secondary Education (DESE) grant that formed an Early Literacy Consortium to tutor children on the North Shore who were struggling with reading. 

All About the People: Abigail Hopkins ’25’s Executive Internship at Target  

Abi Hopkins hlding a cake, dressed in red, at her internship at Target.

Abi Hopkins ’25, a business major with a human resources management concentration, developed her management skills this past summer as an executive team lead intern at Target.