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 March 1, 2024
Inspiring Words: Andre Dubus III Brings a Passion for Storytelling to Gordon
Famous writer Andre Dubus III, author of soon-to-be 10 books—one of which was adapted into a movie—and a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Lowell visited Gordon’s campus on February 27 as part of this year’s Princemere Writers Series.
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Posted on February 28, 2024
Gordon Establishes School of Business, Names Dean Steven Nelson and Launches Four New Majors for High-Demand Fields
Gordon’s School of Business equips future business professionals and leaders to effect positive social change through business.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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