Posted on March 20, 2020
From On Campus to Online: 7 Pro Tips for College Students Making the Switch
As Gordon’s week of “pause” comes to an end today and classes resume online next week, here are some tips for how you can make the transition to online learning from wherever you may be.
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Posted on March 10, 2020
The Most Desirable Majors, According to Future Employers
After 172 employers identified the majors they hire the most, NACE put together a list of the most desirable college majors. Of the top 10, five of them fall under the umbrella of business, and finance and accounting are the most desirable of the set.
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Posted on March 4, 2020
How a 20th-Century African American Composer is Shaping Classical Music Today
Florence Price was told she had no place in classical music as an African American woman. But against the many odds present in her day and field, the musical pioneer created a space for herself.
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Posted on March 3, 2020
A Night at the Museum (of Science): The Adventure of Career Discovery
Last Thursday evening, it wasn’t dinosaur skeletons and ancient pharaohs filling a wing of the Museum (of Science) with chatter; it was the burgeoning relationships between Gordon students and industry professionals.
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Posted on February 27, 2020
In Tune With Others: How Singing Together Can Help Us Navigate Hard Conversations
Eighty-one years ago, you could walk into a tiny basement club in Greenwich Village (a.k.a. “The Wrong Place for the Right People”) and hear 23-year-old Billie Holiday end her set with a song called “Strange Fruit.”
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Posted on February 24, 2020
4 Ways to Live with More Wisdom
Drawing from the words of Dr. Elaine Phillips, who spoke at last week's CFI Wisdom Lecture, here are four ways we can go about living wisely and, by extension, encourage others to do the same.
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Posted on February 18, 2020
Basketball Seniors Make National Ranks
When Men’s and Women’s Basketball take on UNE on Wednesday, it may be the final home game for three seniors whose success this season has launched them to the top of national and conference charts.
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Posted on February 17, 2020
Four Against-the-grain Practices for Greater Family, Faith and Work Balance
Before Marvin Ellison was the president and CEO of Lowe’s and one of five African American CEOs to make Fortune's “50 Greatest Leaders” list, he was once a first-year college student at the University of Tennessee trying to make a good impression on his English professor.
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Posted on February 16, 2020
When Opposites Attract
TIMEUS MULINGE ’23 | Major: art (design studio concentration) | Hometown: Mombasa, Kenya | Aspiring architect, introverted creative, newfound outdoorsman.
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Posted on February 15, 2020
Poised for New Beginnings
MADISON MERCADANTE ’23 | Major: kinesiology | Hometown: Midland Park, NJ | Favorite thing about ballet: feeling weightless
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Posted on February 14, 2020
The Secret Life of Bee. . . Researchers
DANIEL HA ’20 Major: biology (environmental science concentration) Hometown: Chiang Mai,
Thailand Keeps a mental list of pollen colors he’s seen in the beehive (the rarest one is blue).
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Posted on February 13, 2020
Villodas Takes DEEP FAITH into “The Depths of the Soul”
DEEP FAITH Week 2020 brought to campus Rich Villodas, pastor of New Life Fellowship Church in New York City, who preached a message of radical transformation from the inside out.
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