From Food Scraps to First Fruits: A Story of Compassion Sponsorship

Once a Compassion International sponsor child and now a Compassion employee, Keewani Vallejo shared her story of redemption and hope at Gordon recently.

Drawn Back to the Land of the Bible: 20 and Counting

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“My hope for the students’ participation is that their lives will be transformed in the decades to come as they learn to read Scripture through the added lens of geography,” says Dr. Elaine Phillips of the Israel Seminar.

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

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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

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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.