Posted on April 22, 2024
This gift, given by a Gordon alum, is one of the largest to Gordon this year and the largest to the Clarendon program in the College’s history. It undergirds the College’s renewed commitment to the program, which is specifically designed to equip students from urban areas to lead in their communities.
Posted on May 2, 2023
“I came to Gordon because God lives here, and people love me for who I am. In learning about myself, I've realized how much I need the gospel and that I don't have to be the superhero all the time. I owe love to others, and that's enough.”
Posted on December 27, 2022
With her upbringing as her guide, Clarendon Scholar Yamilla Mateo '23 desires to provide teens in foster care with the same kind of space to thrive.
Posted on July 17, 2020
Melo’s appointment to director marks the first time in the Clarendon Scholars program’s 18-year history that it will be run by an alum.
Posted on March 1, 2019
The youth pastor of Arabic Evangelical Baptist Church in West Roxbury, MA, Karim (Kika) Ghobrial '16 feels compelled by his Egyptian roots to address an important phenomenon that he has witnessed in the immigrant church.
Posted on November 6, 2018
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.
Posted on April 5, 2018
Gordon was one of 20 institutions to participate in the MLK50 Dream Forward Scholarship Initiative, which offers a total of $1.5 million in scholarships to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Posted on March 1, 2018
This past January, Wislene Augustin ’19 and Shineika Fareus ’21—two Gordon students and Clarendon scholars––traveled to Chicago for the Urban Intensive Program, a week-long program that educates college students about the social justice issues faced by urban communities in the U.S.
Posted on February 19, 2018
Posted on April 17, 2017
A former art teacher from Chicago, Klamesha Richards discovered a knack for serving college students while pursuing her master’s in intercultural studies. Now she's the Fulton Hall resident director and champion for diversity on campus.
Posted on November 18, 2015