Photo Rebecca Powell
THE SERENDIPITY FACTOR
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A new STILLPOINT feature, “Top Six” (page 31) came into being when we asked lab whiz Don Gonzales ’95 if he had a favorite creature. His answer was so enthusiastic we asked a few other Gordon biologists the same question. Chuck Blend’s office door displays just a few of his favorite marine invertebrates.
The East-West Connection Faculty, students, alumni and friends of the College are shaping the direction of Asian studies at Gordon. Contributing authors include Dong Wang, John Stoeckle ’07, Paul Sidmore ’92, Hannah Miller ’08 and Sam Tsoi ’07.
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Pondering Progress: The Jerusalem and Athens Program Essay Contest We asked students in the Jerusalem and Athens honors program to analyze the often unexamined concept of “progress.” Michael Tishel ’08, Bethany Joy Floch ’08 and Josh Hasler ’09 share their responses.
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The Changed Traveler by Michael Polefka ’07 Michael Polefka spent 10 years overseas with Mercy Ships, a medical missionary organization. Now he sees his own country with new eyes.
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A Farm to Call Home by Deborah DeScenza Gray ’78 Farmsteads of New England began with a mother’s question: “What will become of my developmentally disabled son when he is an adult?”
ON THE COVER Deborah Teo ’07 and Samuel Tsoi ’07 in Boston’s Chinatown. Teo studied at Peking University under the Beijing Program of Asian Studies, and interned with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Tsoi was one of the first Gordon students to participate in the Beijing Program (story, page 10). Cover Photo Rebecca Powell