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Posted on February 28, 2019

Loving and Serving from the Meta to the Mundane

An operative legal system has the power to effect change for good. And that's why “I just became convinced that the legal system is something I wanted to be a part of in some way,” says contract immigration attorney Alice (Anderson) Bohn ’12, J.D.

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Posted on February 26, 2019

Making a Difference on—and in—the Court

Wally King ’71B was a basketball star at Barrington College, but he didn’t anticipate that a strange overlap of “courts”—that of basketball and that of law—would play major, intertwining roles in his long, varied and often dangerous career.

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Posted on February 26, 2019

When Patience Guides a Working Mother’s Ambition

Wife, mother, vice president: the three leading roles that Florecita (Carías) Mejía ’08 plays daily. The ambitious businesswoman has her hands full between her growing family and a leadership role at Bank of New York Mellon.

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Posted on December 19, 2018

'Evangelicals and Immigration' Study Sheds Important New Light on How Evangelicals are Wrestling with Immigration

The role of religion, particularly evangelical Protestant Christianity, on Immigration. Where are the divides and what is the role of the Church?

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Posted on November 7, 2018

Alana Mann ’19: Trading in the End Times for a New Beginning

At age 16, Alana Farley went up to the airport counter in Kauai, Hawaii, and bought a plane ticket to California. She had a rolling backpack filled with her belongings and was hoping to leave the island before the missing child report caught up with her.

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Posted on November 6, 2018

Toussaint Williams ’18: Future Transnational Bridge-builder

Toussaint Williams ’18 is on a mission to build bridges between Jamaica and China. With a knack for Mandarin Chinese and a heart for his native Jamaica, he is on scholarship at the Beijing Language and Culture University.

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Posted on October 12, 2018

Julia Spruance ’11: Shattering a Stigma at 19,000 feet

In 2011, for the first time in Kilifi County, Kenya, parents of hearing-impaired children were saying, “I want to communicate with my child.” Julia Spruance’s 100 Signs for Parents in Kenya Sign-Language was their introduction.

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Posted on October 8, 2018

Critical Cultural Theorist Joins Communication Arts Faculty

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Posted on September 18, 2018

President Michael Lindsay Speaks at United Nations

President Michael Lindsay addressed international leaders as the keynote speaker for the United Nations' 33rd Annual International Prayer Breakfast on September 18.

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Posted on September 18, 2018

Receiving the 'Permesso di Soggiorno': 20 Years of Gordon in Orvieto

Over a decade of conversations, including during a sojourn in Italy, John Skillen and Bruce Herman thoughtfully gave shape to an innovative study abroad program, which piloted in 1998 in the small, historic Italian hill-city of Orvieto.

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Posted on November 3, 2017

Seeing God’s World Through African Eyes

Bringing together more than 350 contributors—all of them native Africans, including Gordon’s very own Dr. Dan Darko (biblical studies and Christian ministries)—the Africa Study Bible is designed to offer a translation and commentary of God’s Word that specifically relates to African cultures and values.

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Posted on October 26, 2017

Presidential Perspectives: Changing Winds in China

"My latest visit to Beijing fell just a week before the start of the China’s Communist Party’s quinquennial congress. Preparations were in full swing as shop-owners hung flags and plastered banners, and an army of maintenance people worked around the clock to prepare the city for the arrival of President Xi Jinping."

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