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Posted on January 29, 2024

The Power of Gratitude: Dr. Ivy George's Vision for a United Society

On January 23 Gordon’s Center for Faith and Inquiry (CFI) hosted its first event of the semester on its year long theme of "The one and the many.” Ivy George, professor of sociology, explained in her talk, “Oneing and Hospitality” the beginnings of a new project that examines the Christian’s role of hospitality in restoring our country to peace and unity through the concept of “oneing.” To restore our relationships with each other, we first need to restore our relationship with God and our posture towards gratitude and wonder.

Posted on January 11, 2024

Empowering Cross-Cultural Discipleship: Gordon Students Translate Key Christian Discipleship Book

Hannah Donnelly `21, Anne Shearer `24, Kellyn Burden `24 and Libby Trudeau `24, are making a Christian discipleship book, originally written in Spanish by Dr. Guillermo Mac Kenzie, accessible for English-speaking Christians and English readers interested in Christianity.

Posted on January 8, 2024

Climate Advocacy in Action: Gordon College Student Engages at COP28

Carolina França ’24 just returned from COP28 in Dubai where she met Christians, Muslims and individuals from around the world who are currently suffering from climate-related tragedies all too familiar to her.

Posted on December 28, 2023

Reflections On Thriving: The Gift Of Work

As a longtime career development professional, I am struck by God’s commitment to preparing people of faith for lives of work, service, ministry and contribution around the globe. Gordon’s mission—a timeless statement of this intentional preparation for contribution—is joined by the invitation to students to thrive in the fullest sense of that word.

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 Amending outdated and cumbersome processes, the FAFSA changes are worth the wait.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 22, 2023

Unlocking Demand: Mandy Liu's Economic Study Reveals Need for HPV Vaccines in Nepal

Mandy Liu, professor of economics, presented her research “Like Mother Like Daughter? Behavioral and Economic Factors to Determine HPV Vaccination for Mothers and Adolescent Daughters: Evidence in Nepal" at the Himalayan Policy Research Consortium (HPRC) on December 3-4, 2023.

Posted on December 18, 2023

Creating Sustainable Change: Calvin Dundore's Recycling Initiative at Pathways for Children

Calvin Dundore ’24, a business major passionate about creation care, helped local business Pathways for Children implement a new recycling and compost system for his internship this past semester.

Posted on December 14, 2023

True Crime and The Christ Child

"In losing the practice of being curious about the mystery of God we might be disregarding components of God’s essential nature, manifest through Christ. And what if losing the practice of seeing God this way means that we also lose the practice of viewing each other this way?"

Posted on December 12, 2023

Unveiling the Impact of AI on Art and Memory: Gregory Deddo's Exhibition at Barrington

Gregory Deddo, professor of art, tackles questions about identity, memory, AI and more in his exhibit “How the Morning Itself Appears,” on display until December 16 in the Gallery at Barrington Center for the Arts at Gordon College.

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 30, 2023

Reflections on Thriving: A Song Set Free

The Eurasian Redwing Thrush is nondescript, any way you cut it. Modest. Unremarkable. Ordinary...But as an ecologist and ornithologist, I know that the Redwing Thrush, like every other species, is defined more deeply not by its appearance, but by its relationships, behaviors and habits.

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."