by Katie Donworth | Mar 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
One of the most powerful experiences we can provide for potential financial partners is a personal introduction to Gordon College—our students, faculty, staff, campus and community. We aim to do just that during the first week of May. On May 2 through 4, we’ll host a...
Rising faith calls us to strengthen our financial foundations and provide College-funded scholarships for hardworking students. To move from volatility to sustainability, we will:
Dramatically increase merit- and need-based scholarships. $65 million for endowed and current-use scholarships to recruit and retain top Christian students and graduate them without staggering debt.
Sustain the College with unrestricted annual support. $18 million in unrestricted annual support to fund all aspects of Gordon’s remarkable education where tuition revenue falls short.n.
Strengthen the foundation of the College with planned gifts. $10 million in planned gifts, including trusts, wills and bequests.
Connect learning to job placement. $4.5 million to build our exceptional Career and Connection Institute that will bridge our students into meaningful vocations and/or graduate school.
Expand La Vida. $2.5 million to propel La Vida forward as the premier institute of outdoor experiential education that develops servant-leaders who are equipped to transform their communities worldwide.
Achieve excellence in Athletics. $5 million to grow Athletics into a winning program that also continues to foster character-based servant-leadership development.
Rising faith calls us to grow beyond life as usual in our academics to prepare students to enter an ever-changing world with people from all over the globe. To prepare students with a powerful education, we will:
Expand accessibility for students and increase opportunities to connect learning with doing. $9.5 million to increase graduate programs, extended learning programs, internships, practicums and classroom activities that transform and elevate the connections between learning and doing.
Foster vibrant classrooms by feeding faculty intellect. $9 million to recruit, invest in and support faculty in their teaching, learning and professional development.
Support these goals with enhanced technology. $6.5 million to help propel our educational model into the future with the support of appropriate technology.
Educate a broader population of students with expanded programming. $20 million to increase graduate programs, extended learning programs, practicums and classroom activities that transform and elevate the connections between learning and doing; solidify our most vital fields of study through faculty chairs and expanded research; and propel our educational model into the future with the support of appropriate technology.