Posted on July 10, 2018
Eight years ago, Bruce Deckert’s ’87 children’s book Serengeti Friendship: Soccer Forgiveness was chosen for the World Cup Exhibition at the Nelson Mandela Foundation when South Africa hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Posted on July 9, 2018
Sabbatical allowed Oleksiy Svitelskiy to kickstart two projects funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), and to expand his laboratory.
Posted on July 2, 2018
True to his discipline, Mark Stevick spent much of his sabbatical writing—in particular, starting a play and working on a book of poetry.
Posted on June 27, 2018
Posted on June 25, 2018
Sabbatical for Elaine Phillips meant trotting the globe—she conducted research and taught stateside, in England and in Israel.
Posted on June 18, 2018
From Estonia to Latvia to Lithuania, Mike Jacobs explored the potential for an international seminar in the Baltics during sabbatical.
Posted on June 11, 2018
The main objective of Jennifer Hevelone-Harper's spring sabbatical was to turn a dream into a reality by beginning to write a book about medieval spirituality.
Posted on June 7, 2018
Shelby Sundling Lathrop ’96 won a Creative Arts Emmy for “Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within an Unscripted Program” as supervising producer of "The Oscars: All Access."
Posted on May 31, 2018
For over a decade, Sarah (Durfey) Dunham ’09 has worked on the front lines of fighting human trafficking. Now she and her husband, Jared, are on a new journey to create safe spaces for people at risk.
Posted on May 24, 2018
During a night of Fiddler on the Roof parodies, Old Testament one-liners, Yiddish slang, Hebrew prayers and words from friends, the Gordon community celebrated the retirement of Dr. Marv Wilson (biblical studies and Christian ministries) with a tribute program to honor his 55-plus years at Gordon.
Posted on May 24, 2018
As a young boy who grew up in a country experiencing a brutal 28-year civil war, Prashan de Visser ’08 realized how easy it was to hate someone. But by forming friendships, he learned that the stereotypes of the "enemy" were often wrong.
Posted on May 23, 2018
The 126th Commencement at Gordon took place on Saturday, May 19. There were 352 baccalaureate degrees conferred in the arts and sciences, and 93 graduate degrees in Education, Music Education and Leadership.