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Transforming Lives: Jennifer Thomas ’07 on Leading For His Children in Ecuador
Jennifer Thomas ’07 is now the executive director of For His Children, which serves vulnerable children in Ecuador through adoption and fostering. We sat down with her to ask about the realities of caring for vulnerable children in developing countries.
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How to Be Grateful: Practical Ways to Practice Gratitude
What does thankfulness truly mean? Why should we be grateful? As we reflect on this Thanksgiving season, here are some tips to help you develop practices that will allow gratitude to transform your life.
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Coding Excellence and Integrity: Lessons From Jason Asyone ’25’s Computer Science Internship with NUWC
Jason Asonye ’25 interned for a Naval Undersea Warfare Center and worked with some of the most brilliant minds in the country. For Asonye, the job was a calling—to combine his skills and his faith to be a light in the world of technology.
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Inside BNY Mellon: Florecita Carías Mejía on Succeeding in Global Finance
Florecita Carías Mejía ’08 is now senior vice president of custody client services at BNY Mellon. We sat down with her to ask about her career and being a Hispanic woman in the finance industry.
Toward Global Good—From Rwanda to Texas
One summer, 8,500 miles: Nathalia Moran ’18 finds the overlap between her Rwanda Seminar experience and a Texas-based nonprofit internship.
Tales of a Nomad in New Zealand: Leaving and Arriving
Bell writer Sierra Flach ’18 has traded her Road Hall at Gordon for the rolling hills of New Zealand, where she will be bringing the latest from her study abroad adventure in the last stop before Antarctica.
Surveying Streams and Wrangling Fish with the U.S. Forest Service
When Josh McLaughlin ’17 found himself face down in snorkel gear and a dry suit, plucking mussels from the bed of the John Day River in Oregon, he wasn’t simply taking a mud bath.
Gordon Team Boosts Fair Trade Business Expansion in India
Gordon students and alumna collaborate to expand operations for Anugra, a fair trade textile enterprise that helps women in India escape poverty.
Jeremy Puz ’09: Turning Furniture into Art
What began as a simple home project—building a shelf out of discarded pallet board—has turned into one alum’s thriving woodworking business called Ingrained in Beverly, Massachusetts.