Alumni in the Peace Corps: Cross-Cultural Understanding in Ghana

roland griggs

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.”

Sarah Hague ’14: Liaison in Federal Legislature

Sarah Hague ’14 was recently hired as a caseworker for U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney (NY-12). Hague began her work with Maloney as an intern as part of her master’s program practicum in August of 2015, and was hired five months later. “As… Read More

Samuel Tsoi ’07: Navigating the Concrete Jungle by Returning to Roots

Ten years after graduation, Samuel Tsoi ’07 has not only established his international affairs career, but has grown out of his roots as a member of Gordon’s first Clarendon Scholars cohort to become an urban change-maker. Tsoi was… Read More

Alumni in the Peace Corps: Classrooms and Community in Costa Rica

ryan wilkens

Ryan Wilkens ’15 fell in love with Costa Rica during his junior year at Gordon, when he spent a semester in San Jose for the Latin American Studies Program. Now he is six months into his two-year Peace Corps term, teaching English at an elementary school.