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Shifting from Content to Connection
Former pastor Eugene Kim ’97 wonders what would happen if the Church focused more on community and less on consumption.
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Lessons on How Not to Lead
Aspiring leaders often jump straight to the Christ-like concept of servant-leadership, but Professor of Economics and Business Kent Seibert wants to salvage lessons from the bleaker examples.
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How to Cope When Life is Hard
Licensed mental health counselor and author of a #1 Amazon bestseller Janine Halloran ’00 is channeling lessons learned from her 20 years of working with kids and families into new resources for adults.
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Ensuring Equal Access to Evidence-based Care
Whether you live near a top academic hospital or a small private practice, breast surgical oncologist Dr. Alicia Heelan ’07 wants to make sure that you receive the best possible care.
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Embodying Empathy
After recovering from a near-complete physical disability, Keanna Smigliani ’21 wants to be the person she needed most during her healing process.
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Finding the Line Between Right and Privilege
“If the Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms that ‘everyone has the right to freedom of movement,’ why are the means of movement only available to the wealthy few?” asks Sarah-Catherine Hartiens ’22.
Bringing Lost Music to Life
Adams Endowed Chair in Music Dr. Sarita Kwok is working to bring a largely unknown 18th-century French musician into the spotlight.
Gordon Archives (Re)discovers Ancient Cuneiform Tablets
An archivist and an intern made an unexpected discovery in Gordon’s Vining Rare Book Collection, possibly dating back between 2070–1658 B.C.
Top 10 Highlights from the 2021–22 Academic Year
Three CCC Championships, the reopening of Gordon in Orvieto, President Hammond’s Alumni Tour and inauguration: Relive the top 10 highlights from 2021–22.
Wright Award Winner Teaches “In Light of Eternity”
Gordon’s 2022 recipient of the Margaret C. Wright Memorial Award is Angie Epplett ’20, a teacher at Santiago Christian School in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.
Choosing to Foster a Child as a Single Person
When the pandemic put her music career on pause, Kate Rapier got certified as a single foster parent to temporarily provide a safe home to children in Nashville during lockdown. But that all changed when Rapier met one-week-old Gigi.