Posts in "Alumni Stories"

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Posted on March 1, 2017

Sarah Hague ’14: Liaison in Federal Legislature

Posted on February 8, 2017

Samuel Tsoi ’07: Navigating the Concrete Jungle by Returning to Roots

Posted on December 29, 2016

Alumni in the Peace Corps: Classrooms and Community in Costa Rica

Ryan Wilkens ’15 fell in love with Costa Rica during his junior year at Gordon, when he spent a semester in San Jose for the Latin American Studies Program. Now he is six months into his two-year Peace Corps term, teaching English at an elementary school.

Posted on December 23, 2016

Ian Good ’11: New York Philharmonic Staff & Published Composer

Since graduating from Gordon in 2011, Ian Good has published arrangements, received composing commissions, and landed a job at the oldest symphony orchestra in the country, the New York Philharmonic.

Posted on December 14, 2016

Alumni in the Peace Corps: Community and Diplomacy in Madagascar

International affairs grad Emma Barclay ’16 is currently a Peace Corps volunteer on the African island of Madagascar as part of her long-term goal to join the United States Foreign Service.

Posted on December 9, 2016

Fashion and Activism: How Julie Overby '06 Uses Her Passion for Good

A communication arts major, she was skilled in writing, designing and art—and she knew that she wanted to make a change in the world by helping to end human trafficking.

Posted on November 30, 2016

Alumni in the Peace Corps: Libbi Wilson ’15 Teaches English in China

Libbi Wilson ’15 is more than 16 months into a two-year assignment in China, teaching approximately 100 university students across six classes in three unique subjects.

Posted on November 22, 2016

Embracing the Uncomfortable: A Conversation with Gerry Newkirck ’69

Gerry Newkirck—’69 Gordon alum and retired CEO of the Tractor Supply Company—has lived a life of high risk and high reward, but his motto has always been simple: make decisions, own them and don’t look back.

Posted on November 22, 2016

Thomas Lake ’01 Releases Book on 2016 Election for CNN

On November 10, Lake, a CNN Politics enterprise writer, put the finishing touches on the book that he’d spent over a year writing, including months on the road for rallies, caucuses and debates on the campaign trail as he followed the 2016 presidential race.

Posted on November 15, 2016

Alumni in the Peace Corps: Alex Bostian ’16 Establishes Model UN in Moldova

When Alex Bostian ’16 arrived in Moldova in early summer, he didn’t speak one word of the language. But by early fall, he was teaching classes in both English and Romanian.

Posted on November 10, 2016

David Popa ’14: When Fine Art Meets Street Art

"My goal is not to show at top galleries; I want to integrate art and experience," says professional artist David Popa '14. "I’m interested in creating a whole other genre of art."

Posted on November 7, 2016

Gary Schmidt ’79: The Ultimate Empathy of Children’s Literature

Dr. Janis Flint-Ferguson describes him as “the William Shakespeare of children’s literature,” who “intermingles great sorrows with some of the most delightful humor.”