Posted on September 12, 2016
For years, Dr. Craig Story (biology) listened to requests from students interested in having a bee hive to study apiculture, or beekeeping. Now for the first time, Gordon has its own hive and a new student club, the Gordon College Beekeeping Association (GCBA).
Posted on September 8, 2016
Preparing to study abroad requires entering the mindset that your experience will be both challenging and rewarding. After all, the wave of excitement and culture shock is likely to hit. But what happens when you intern abroad?
Posted on September 7, 2016
In the heart of the Jewish Ghetto in Venice, Italy, Karin Coonrod ’75 directed "The Merchant of Venice," followed by a mock trial for the play’s main character held by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Posted on September 1, 2016
"Before heading into my second year at Gordon, I wanted to get a good look into the medical world (specifically the hospital environment) to confirm that studying biology was, in fact, the right thing for me."
Posted on August 24, 2016
One summer, 8,500 miles: Nathalia Moran ’18 finds the overlap between her Rwanda Seminar experience and a Texas-based nonprofit internship.
Posted on August 22, 2016
Bell writer Sierra Flach ’18 has traded her Road Hall at Gordon for the rolling hills of New Zealand, where she will be bringing the latest from her study abroad adventure in the last stop before Antarctica.
Posted on August 19, 2016
When Josh McLaughlin ’17 found himself face down in snorkel gear and a dry suit, plucking mussels from the bed of the John Day River in Oregon, he wasn’t simply taking a mud bath.
Posted on August 18, 2016
Gordon students and alumna collaborate to expand operations for Anugra, a fair trade textile enterprise that helps women in India escape poverty.
Posted on August 16, 2016
What began as a simple home project—building a shelf out of discarded pallet board—has turned into one alum's thriving woodworking business called Ingrained in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Posted on August 11, 2016
Rachele Gardner ’09 has chosen to fully invest in her community of Dorchester, the largest neighborhood in Boston and one with a high youth unemployment rate.
Posted on August 10, 2016
You might not expect a college math professor and students to be conducting research closely related to the 2016 presidential election, but that’s exactly what Dr. Karl-Dieter Crisman, Min-Sun “Sunny” Kim ’17, and Luke Cui ’19 are doing.
Posted on July 29, 2016
The majority of students are off campus for the summer—pursuing internships, global seminars and mission opportunities—but a plethora of events bring guests from all over the world to Gordon.