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Posted on June 21, 2019

'Wall Street Journal' Features Andrew Huang ’18 and Neema Kamau ’20

A Gordon student and alumnus were both named in a recent Wall Street Journal article on the benefits of a small college approach to preparing for big jobs.

Posted on June 17, 2019

From Boston to Rwanda: Initial Steps of the Class of 2019

Before packing up and leaving campus for good, several graduates let The Bell know where they’d be taking their first postgraduate steps.

Posted on June 10, 2019

On Offense for the New England Patriots

From doing the team’s laundry to now managing their day-to-day operations and travel, Bobby Brown '14 says the key to his success working for the New England Patriots is “a servant’s heart and focus on servant leadership.”

Posted on May 9, 2019

Even Stories Need Tech Support: Christine Geiger ’90

On KYUK Public Radio, a volunteer-run NPR member station broadcast from inside Alaska’s Yukon Kuskokwim Delta, someone from anywhere in the world can livestream the Yup’ik Word of the Week or follow Iditarod mushers and their sled dogs through 1,000 miles of Alaska’s harshest terrain.

Posted on April 29, 2019

Jason Russell ’04: Music and its Many Remedies

To Jason Russell ’04, music is more than just something to listen to on the commute to work; it has the power to help people’s lives change for the better.

Posted on March 21, 2019

From the Cradle to the Grave: Newborn Humpback Whales and Dearly Departed People

In February, Mindy Hofsass ’04 locked eyes with a curious humpback whale calf through her snorkel mask in the open ocean of the Silver Bank Marine Mammal Sanctuary just 80 miles off the coast of the Dominican Republic.

Posted on March 18, 2019

Revolutionizing Reading in Liberia

In Harbel, Margibi County, Liberia—a community once shattered by two civil wars that propagated the use of child soldiers—Ollie White ’18 is building Beautiful Beginnings.

Posted on March 7, 2019

Reengineering America’s Long-lost Tree

Legend has it that a squirrel could travel from Georgia to Maine on nothing but the branches of American chestnut trees without ever touching the ground.

Posted on March 1, 2019

Alumnus Tackles Crisis in the Immigrant Church

The youth pastor of Arabic Evangelical Baptist Church in West Roxbury, MA, Karim (Kika) Ghobrial '16 feels compelled by his Egyptian roots to address an important phenomenon that he has witnessed in the immigrant church.

Posted on March 1, 2019

Messiness and Moxie

While many don’t want to relive the awkward, messy years of middle school, Middle School Assistant Principal Karl Simon ’01 sees the sweetness in them.

Posted on February 28, 2019

Engineering Change While Staying Put

For engineering manager and church elder Tim Ells ’78, psychology training and faith foundation offer a rare lens to see the humanity in a world of rapidly advancing technology. “Computers are the tools, but I need to be able to understand my customers . . . my team.”