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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.
Service-Learning in Our Backyard
The more than 400 acres of woods and wetlands at the back of the Gordon campus, and in the adjacent Chebacco Woods, provide a habitat for rare organisms—and an alternative classroom for students.
Gordon Grad Makes ‘Shark Tank’ Season Finale
Gordon Alumna Tania Green ’08 pitches her invention on the season finale of the ABC’s entrepreneurial show, Shark Tank.
Melissa Pratt-Zossoungbo ’03: Marine Science on Capitol Hill
“My science background is vital to understanding the climate, weather and ocean research going on at OAR, and to being able to write coherently and compellingly about that science,” says Melissa Pratt-Zossoungbo ’03, senior budget formulation analyst for NOAA.
Fluent in the Past, Influencer of the Present
History and Latin instructor Ian Drummond believes that any kind of history gets us out of our own cultural bubbles of the present. “It has a net present value of informing decisions; history teaches empathy, which is the… Read More
Gordon College Presents Degrees to 495 at 124th Commencement
Four hundred and six undergraduates and 89 graduate students received degrees Saturday morning, May 14, at Gordon’s 124th Commencement ceremony, which took place on the quad under sunny skies.