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Posted on October 14, 2019

Four Pearls of Wisdom from a Longtime Presidential Faith Advisor

In 2017, Sam Rodriguez was the first Hispanic evangelical to deliver a prayer at a presidential inauguration. For that, many people called him a traitor.

Posted on October 1, 2019

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger on the Imminent (and Positive) Permeation of Technology

“Every one of us needs to become technologically capable regardless of the field that you’re participating in," said Pat Gelsinger at a Work Ahead: Ready for 2030 event. "So the idea of lifelong education and re-education becomes the central thesis of what the next several decades of work will look like.”

Posted on June 6, 2019

In Pursuit of Korea’s Christian Roots in Boston

About 130 years ago, Reverend Adoniram Judson (A. J.) Gordon sent a group of missionaries from his Boston Missionary Training Institute (today Gordon College) to Korea—a significant movement that would change the country forever.

Posted on April 12, 2019

Hershey and Starbucks Executives on the Future of Work: Purpose and People Matter

Praxis Partner Andy Crouch, Hershey Company CGO Mary Beth West and Starbucks Chairman Mike Ullman discussed the future of work at a kickoff event for Gordon College’s new yearlong Work Ahead: Ready for 2030 initiative.

Posted on March 19, 2019

Announcing Work Ahead: Ready for 2030

First-year students will be 30 years old in 2030, and by some estimates, more than two-thirds of them will work in careers and roles that don’t exist today.

Posted on March 19, 2019

Gordon College to Award Five Honorary Doctorates at Commencement

The College will award honorary doctorates to entrepreneur Rev. Dr. Kwabena Darko, evangelist Beth Moore, education expert Solano Portela-Terra, talent acquisition guru Russell Reynolds and local church leader Rev. Dr. Wesley A. Roberts.

Posted on February 6, 2019

Gordon College Launches Two Podcasts on Work

Gordon College launches two new podcasts—Honest Work and Boardroom Bound—to ground and propel listeners in their career journeys.

Posted on January 13, 2019

Gordon College Mourns the Loss of Longtime Trustee and Major Benefactor Tom Phillips

Longtime Board of Trustees member and major benefactor of the College Tom Phillips passed away on Wednesday, January 9, 2019.

Posted on December 12, 2018

From ‘Me’ to ‘We’: Reclaiming a Reciprocal Gospel

In her new book published by InterVarsity Press last month, Dr. Sharon Ketcham addresses the root of why rising generations are leaving the American evangelical Church.

Posted on December 3, 2018

From the World’s Deadliest Earthquake to the World’s Deadliest Cancer

Orlane Destin ’21 says that growing cancer cells for research is like taking care of a baby.

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.

Posted on September 30, 2018

Templeton-funded Study Reflects Favorably on Gordon Presidential Fellows

This spring marked the conclusion of a three-year study on the Gordon Presidential Fellows program and its impact on increasing the sense of purpose in college students.