Learning by Doing: Experiential Learning at Gordon College
A photojournal documenting the Gordon College W.I.L.D. Semester’s 17-day trip into the Absoraka-Beartooth Wilderness.
Click to read moreThe setting might be far from home and comfort zone: an orphanage in Sri Lanka, a boardroom in Beijing. It might be as close as a whiteboard in Ken Olsen, or a tiny art studio in Roosevelt. Or maybe it’s somewhere in between: a wetland edge in West Newbury, 15 miles from campus. The common denominator is a situation that encourages a student to bring book-learning to bear upon the actual world, in all its thorny complexity.
Click to read moreWhat factors during one’s college years lead to an engaged work life and overall well-being as an adult?
Click to read moreWith his international background and candid warmth, Gordon College’s executive chef Pascal Huguet brings a fresh perspective to the kitchen and table.
Click to read moreAn excerpt from Brian Parys's newly published, memoir, Wake, Sleeper (Cascade Books).
Click to read moreHoused at Gordon College, a national, multi-phase benchmark study of women in leadership within the evangelical nonprofit sector revealed some surprising results. Provost Janel Curry unpacks the study’s findings.
Click to read moreA short conversation with Eric Convey ’87 about “things to do in your senior year at Gordon” kick-started an 11-month adventure that would take Max Halik ’15 on frantic runs through the Gordon woods in deep snow, and even lead him to doubt and distrust his closest friends.
Click to read moreTruett Smith ’15 takes us on a tour of some of Gordon’s best (and worst) study spots—in snippets from a 2014–2015 Tartan series that lifted spirits even during last winter’s epic snows, when we needed it most.
Click to read moreView photos of Golden alumni gatherings at this year's Commencement.
Click to read moreEach year the College honors outstanding alumni and others during Homecoming.
Click to read moreOn September 29, 480 alumni and friends joined for the fourth annual Celebration of Faithful Leadership
Click to read more“Why is it that what seems to be often is not what is?” In this spring’s annual essay contest linked to Gordon’s “great books” honors program, JAF participants and alumni submitted 16 essays on that theme, drawing on works of theology, philosophy and literature. Hannah Wardell ’17 wrote the winning essay. Honorable mention goes to Sam Sherratt ’15 and Christy Urbano ’16.
Click to read moreDr. Valerie J. Gin (kinesiology) and freelance writer Jo Kadlecek recently published When Girls Became Lions, a novel celebrating women’s friendships against the backdrop of sport history.
Click to read moreProfessor Irv Levy reflects on the ways green chemistry has been a catalyst at Gordon College.
Click to read moreGordon College is now part of the DataWise project at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Click to read moreTwo faculty members received honors for their teaching and scholarship.
Click to read morer. David W. Rox, director of bands at Gordon College, was honored with the Chrisman Lifetime Achievement Award from the New England College Band Association (NECBA) in recognition of his significant contributions to the work of wind bands in New England.
Click to read moreK. David Goss, professor in the practice of history, has received the 2015 Marv Wilson Award for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities
Click to read moreA “Color the Night” dance was held in the Old Tennis Courts behind Barrington Center.
Click to read moreA history major with a minor in pre-law, Anna Obert ’16 is this year’s Gordon College Student Association president.
Click to read moreA few of Gordon’s most intrepid theatre students brought their very own play to the international stage at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival this summer.
Click to read moreIn May, President Michael Lindsay and Rebecca Lindsay led a “Gordon Getaway” trip through China for a group of Gordon friends.
Click to read morePaul V. Edwards, Gordon’s new chief development officer and senior vice president for advancement, brings extensive experience in nonprofit organization management and fundraising.
Click to read moreAlong with casual conversations around campus, there are many of the more formal sort happening every week.
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