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Announcing the Adams School of Music and the Arts at Gordon College

Posted on February 26, 2024

Gordon Establishes the Adams School of Music and the Arts

The Adams School, led by Dr. Sarita Kwok, brings together the best of Gordon’s creative and performing arts programs into a distinct, collaborative entity.

Posted on February 23, 2024

The Power of Choice

“I serve a God who cares deeply about justice. In these situations justice is about looking at people as real people and not as moral failures." As leader of Amirah, a Beverly, MA-based nonprofit that provides exit and aftercare opportunities to women in the commercial sex trade, Dr. Mary Speta, ‘14 serves more than 100 sex trafficking survivors each year.

Posted on February 19, 2024

From Fear to Hope: Looking for Christ in the faith of rising generations

“Let’s be honest: Our conception and practices of faith formation belong to a different era that for many are not translating into a vibrant faith experience for younger generations. But there is more to the story. Rising generations are finding and expressing faith differently.” In the most recent Stillpoint, Dr. Sharon Galgay Ketcham, professor of theology and Christian ministries, explores the shift from fear to hope as we look for Christ in the faith of rising generations.

Welcome Jason Linders, Director of Athletics

Posted on February 16, 2024

Fighting Scots Name Jason Linders as New Director of Athletics

Gordon College announces Jason Linders as the new director of athletics for the Fighting Scots. Linders comes to Gordon with nearly 20 years of experience in sport management at organizations including Chicago State University, Grand Canyon University, the University of South Florida and the University of Nevada.

Posted on February 8, 2024

From Greed to Grace: Michael O’Siadhail’s Poetry Sheds Insight on Human Desire

On February 5 the Center for Faith and Inquiry and the Princemere Writers Series collaborated to invite Irish poet Micheal O’Siadhail, who presented his own approach to navigating questions of self and service—poetry. An internationally acclaimed and award-winning sonneteer, his newest book Desire asks, what is it that we really desire, and what is truly worth desiring?

Posted on February 8, 2024

Reflections on Thriving: The Shocking Shape of Love

Like a plant turning its leaves toward the sun, sinking its roots deep, we yearn for what it takes to grow, to thrive. . .We develop our minds, our portfolios, our profiles. We want comfort, health and pleasure. We don’t mind working hard to obtain these things if that’s what it takes to have a life worth living. But is that all it takes?

Posted on February 5, 2024

Gordon College Announces Naming of Peter Herschend School of Education, Additional Programs to Accelerate Excellence in Teaching Reading

“For Gordon faculty, literacy is an issue of social responsibility and justice,” Ballock says. “This is why Gordon faculty are committed to the science of reading. We want all PK-12 students to develop into confident and skilled readers, and we know using evidence-based practices yields a benefit to all students.”

Posted on January 29, 2024

The Power of Gratitude: Dr. Ivy George's Vision for a United Society

On January 23 Gordon’s Center for Faith and Inquiry (CFI) hosted its first event of the semester on its year long theme of "The one and the many.” Ivy George, professor of sociology, explained in her talk, “Oneing and Hospitality” the beginnings of a new project that examines the Christian’s role of hospitality in restoring our country to peace and unity through the concept of “oneing.” To restore our relationships with each other, we first need to restore our relationship with God and our posture towards gratitude and wonder.

Posted on January 11, 2024

Empowering Cross-Cultural Discipleship: Gordon Students Translate Key Christian Discipleship Book

Hannah Donnelly `21, Anne Shearer `24, Kellyn Burden `24 and Libby Trudeau `24, are making a Christian discipleship book, originally written in Spanish by Dr. Guillermo Mac Kenzie, accessible for English-speaking Christians and English readers interested in Christianity.

Posted on January 8, 2024

Climate Advocacy in Action: Gordon College Student Engages at COP28

Carolina França ’24 just returned from COP28 in Dubai where she met Christians, Muslims and individuals from around the world who are currently suffering from climate-related tragedies all too familiar to her.

Posted on December 28, 2023

Reflections On Thriving: The Gift Of Work

As a longtime career development professional, I am struck by God’s commitment to preparing people of faith for lives of work, service, ministry and contribution around the globe. Gordon’s mission—a timeless statement of this intentional preparation for contribution—is joined by the invitation to students to thrive in the fullest sense of that word.

Posted on December 27, 2023

What's changing with the FAFSA, and what can you do now to be ready?

The FAFSA Simplification Act is a significant overhaul of the processes and systems used to award federal student aid starting with the 2024–25 award year. Amending outdated and cumbersome processes, the FAFSA changes are worth the wait.