At the end of a winding, 12-minute drive from campus (or a 40-minute run through the woods if you’re feeling ambitious) rests a diamond in the rough on the bank of Chebacco Lake at 19 Wood Drive. There at the boathouse on top of the hill, you’ll meet Club Rowing Head...
It was a wonderful first (official) year of the Faith Rising campaign. Thank you for the part you play in it. Take a look back at a few of the highlights from 2018. These outcomes are all thanks to the work of generous...
The paradigm for career services is evolving, and colleges that don’t innovate will be left in the shadows. Gone are the days of simple career counseling and planning. Instead, our students need “an ecosystem that fully engages the “entire...
When students returned to campus in late August, they found extensive updates to the Brigham Athletic Complex—made possible thanks to the generous support of several friends and alumni through the Faith Rising Campaign. “We have to show our athletes that alumni and...
The Faith Rising Campaign seeks to raise funds for three endowed faculty chairs. We are pleased to announce that two of the have been fully funded. Gordon College announces installation ceremonies this fall for two faculty members granted prominent academic...
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.
Anchored Christian Community
Rising faith calls us to form young adults who are spiritually mature and resilient. Gordon College will invest in the people, venues and programs where distinctive, empowering Christian community takes place. To broaden and deepen students’ opportunities to grow as members of the body of Christ, we will:
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.
Adaptable Education
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.
