This article originally appears on The La Vida Center for Outdoor Education and Leadership blog. You’ve been hiking all day. You’re tired, hungry and the sun is setting. You don’t know how much longer it will be until you arrive at your campsite. You and your...
This article originally appears on The Bell: News and Stories from Gordon College In Hudsonville, Michigan, 11-year-old Gavin Keenan is figuring out how to split a cookie recipe in half, to practice dividing fractions and to accommodate the gluten free people in his...
Uncertain times. Fluid situations. Unprecedented conditions. Rapidly changing circumstances. Unforeseeable future. The COVID-19 pandemic elicits many emotions as we grapple with our personal and collective vulnerably, finitude and lack of control. We are inspired by...
Gordon student Evan Platzer found himself called to study Computer Science entirely by accident. “I didn’t have any plans to study Computer Science, but God did,” says Evan. “I came to Gordon because of the academic opportunities it provided in linguistics. I’ve...
When he’s not studying physics until 2 a.m., you can find Javare Peart ’20 in his dorm room listening to music while doing a puzzle. The door is wide open, inviting anyone and everyone inside to join. For Javare, it’s all about relationships. “There’s never a point of...
Neema Kamau sees Gordon College as the “promised land” that God was preparing her for after she graduated from high school in her home country of Kenya. She had applied to a number of American colleges and been accepted to several, but didn’t receive...
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.
