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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.

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 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 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 Amending outdated and cumbersome processes, the FAFSA changes are worth the wait.

Posted on December 8, 2023

Graduate Programs Announce New Online Certificates in Public Health and Education

Gordon’s Graduate Public Health program has added certificates in Leadership and Health Management, Community Health and Epidemiology. The Graduate School of Education has added a certificate in the Science of Reading.

Posted on November 7, 2023

Georgetown’s Steven Harris Explores Christian Fugitivity at Center for Faith and Inquiry Event

In the second Center for Faith and Inquiry lecture of the academic year, Steven Harris, a faith-based public policy expert and scholar of American religious history and African American studies, explored what we can learn from contradictions in American Christian history and the formation of what has been termed "the black church."

Posted on September 1, 2023

Sharon Galgay Ketcham Awarded $75k Grant for Spiritual Formation Initiative

Professor of theology and Christian ministries Dr. Sharon Galgay Ketcham will spearhead a three-year plan to enrich spiritual formation at Gordon.

Posted on August 25, 2023

Welcoming Nine New Faculty This Fall

They’re experts in organic chemistry, education policy and instruction, strategic communication, foreign policy, marketing and artificial intelligence, bringing decades of industry and teaching experience into Gordon’s classrooms. Get to know the nine new faces of Gordon’s faculty.

Posted on July 6, 2023

Hartford Teacher Rebekah Dostie ’20 Named 2023 Recipient of Wright Award

The Wright Award honors a Gordon graduate who is making a difference in an underserved community through education by providing funding for their personal educational pursuits and the school where they teach.

Posted on June 20, 2023

Gordon’s Education Program Named Among Best in the Nation for Preparing Future Teachers to Teach Reading

The program is among just 48 nationwide and is the only program in Massachusetts highlighted by NCTQ for going above and beyond the standards set by literacy experts for coverage of the most effective methods of reading instruction—often called the “science of reading.”

Posted on May 23, 2023

Four Gordon Students Receive Broadcast Education Association Awards

This marks the first time Gordon has placed in this top national college production competition, which draws over 1,500 entries each year from some of the biggest, most well-known media colleges from around the nation.

Posted on May 15, 2023

Gordon Celebrates 131st Commencement

Bachelor’s degrees were conferred on 294 undergraduate students, 149 of whom graduated with honors, and 145 advanced degrees were given to graduate students.