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April 2024

Posted on April 24, 2024

Student-Led Innovation: Symposium Showcases Diversity of Thought and Learning at Gordon 

For Symposium 2024, students led and participated in debates, lectures, discussions and even hands-on activities with their peers and campus community to discuss the theme of "The One and the Many."

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Posted on April 23, 2024

Examining Christian Responses to Gender-Based Violence: Crum Lecture 2024 Insights by Dr. Meredith Whitnah 

On Thursday, April 11, Gordon College hosted its annual Crum Lecture, a 30-year legacy event in honor the late Professor Terrelle B. Crum, who was the dean of Barrington College before it merged with Gordon in 1985. This year Whitnah presented the lecture, “Faith and the Fragility of Justice: Religious Responses to Gender-Based Violence in South Africa.”

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Three Clarendon Scholars at anniversary event

Posted on April 22, 2024

Clarendon Scholars Program Receives $1.49 Million Endowment Gift 

This gift, given by a Gordon alum, is one of the largest to Gordon this year and the largest to the Clarendon program in the College’s history. It undergirds the College’s renewed commitment to the program, which is specifically designed to equip students from urban areas to lead in their communities.

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Posted on April 17, 2024

Highlights from President Mike Hammond's Saturdays at Seven Podcast Appearance 

Gordon College President Michael Hammond was a guest on the Christian Scholar's Review podcast Saturdays at Seven, a conversation series with thought leaders about the relationship between academic vocation and faith.

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Posted on April 15, 2024

Guardians of Cybersecurity: Insights from Information Security Consultant Imaris Loja 

Imaris Loja ’21, who studied computer science at Gordon and now works at MassMutual as an information security consultant, speaks about her job working in cybersecurity and her passion for computer science. 

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Posted on April 9, 2024

How a First-Year's Film Won National Acclaim: Mason Cummins '27 on His Award-Winning Project 

Mason Cummins '27 made a film for a Communications 101 class that won one of only 30 Awards of Excellence at the annual Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts—the largest national contest of student film projects in the nation, despite the fact he was a first-year student in a 100-level class with an entry-level assignment.

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Posted on April 5, 2024

Driving Diversity: Dr. Michelle Loyd-Paige on Challenges, Strategies and Solutions 

At a Center for Faith and Inquiry (CFI) event on Tuesday, March 26, Dr. Michelle Loyd-Paige—author of The Diversity Playbook and a 30-year veteran in the diversity education field—talked about the different levels of diversity, the struggles against it and how to practically take action to establish it.

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Posted on April 4, 2024

Top 5 Places to Take Photos at Gordon College 

There are many picture-worthy spots at Gordon College to take amazing photos at year-round. Here are our top five places to snap some great campus pics.

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Posted on April 3, 2024

Championing Elder Equality: Abigail Butt ’05 Advocates for Aging Communities 

Abigail Butt ’05, M.Sc., Ph.D., studied psychology at Gordon and is now the director of the Lincoln Council on Aging & Human Services. We sat down with her to ask about her job working in a government municipality and her passion for helping people. 

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Posted on April 2, 2024

Navigating Political Discontent: Dr. Paul Brink's Search for Fairness and Justice 

Dr. Paul Brink, professor of political science, spent his sabbatical exploring reasons behind this political dissatisfaction and seeking to find a different approach to fairness and justice. He found our country is in desperate need of a theory of justice that takes better account of the diverse communities and identities of American society.

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