How Language Study Shaped Stephen Zani’s Mindset
Stephen Zani ’17 (pictured right), who was recently accepted for a Student Fulbright grant to teach English in Taiwan, feels drawn to Asian cultures even though he grew up in the United States. At age four, a documentary… Read More
Julie Korn ’02: Art and Play in Niger
CURE Niger, a children’s hospital in Africa where Josh ’05 and Julie ’02 Korn serve, has a new playground for patients, funded in part by the sales of final artwork by students in the Gordon IN Orvieto program.
Alumni in the Peace Corps: Building Cultural Bridges in Nicaragua
While studying at Gordon, Anna Jonker ’14 was met with a life-changing opportunity that began when she met a Peace Corps representative at a career fair and received a nudge of encouragement from Dr. Dorothy Boorse (biology).
Alumni in the Peace Corps: Cross-Cultural Understanding in Ghana
Since 2015, Roland has been serving as an agriculture volunteer in northern Ghana, where he teaches farm management practices and helps groups of farmers form mutually beneficial partnerships.
Conversation Leading to Communion: A New Paradigm of Mentorship
Collaboration, Bruce Herman says, “is about getting outside of yourself and your own preoccupations and listening for and building toward common ground with others.”