At Gordon, You'll Eat Well...

Fruit: Gordon strives to provide students with healthy and satisfying food choices. Therefore we always have a colorful array

of bananas, apples and oranges available at every meal.

Pizza Shop: Students can step on up for a slice (or two, or three…) of Gordon’s famous pizza. The fresh toppings and home-made dough make it popular, and the varying flavors and styles keep students coming back for more. Cheese, grilled chicken and barbeque sauce, vegetable, white alfredo, hawaiian, and s’mores (yes, a chocolate, marshmallow, graham-cracker pie) are just a few flavors our master pizza-chefs concoct throughout the week.

Pasta Line: Open for lunch and dinner, students can top their pasta with several cheeses and a variety of sauces including cheesy alfredo, marinara, meat, white clam and artichoke.

Deli Line: We don’t know what’s more popular here, the delicious, made-just-like-mom sandwiches, or the three wonderful women who serve them. Either way, the deli line is always a popular choice for lunch or dinner.

Stir Fry to Order: Several days a week students can create their own stir-fry which is cooked to perfection as they wait. Choose from a variety of vegetables, meats and pasta, sauteed in your favorite sauce.

Salad Line: A variety of vegetables, toppings and dressings are available for students to create their own salad during lunch and dinner.

The Grill: In a rush or just craving a burger? Head over to the grill for all your flame-broiled needs. Veggie burgers, chicken fingers, egg rolls, French fries and Gordon’s own Scottie Burger are ready for you to pick up and go.

The Hot Line: Open during lunch and dinner, the hot line provides students with delicious home-made entrees and sides. Cooked vegetables and meatless options are always available.

Gillie’s: If you want to try something new, the downstairs Gillie’s Café is where specialty meals are served. Students can try different ethnic foods and sample our vegan and vegetarian options. Sushi, Soup and Salad, Breakfast and Burger nights are always a big draw.

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FAQs

1. What are your majors (and what do you intend to do with them)?
   Meg: I’m a Communication Arts major, with a concentration in writing. Right now I work at Gordon’s Communications Office, helping edit and write. I absolutely love it! I’m hoping to get a similar job somewhere when I graduate. Down the road, I would love to try to combine my passion for music with this communications work, perhaps working for a record label or studio. You can see other majors here. And to see what alumni are doing with their majors, click here.
   
   
2. What’s there to do on/around campus?
   Meg: On campus, the Campus Events Council (CEC) does a really great job of hosting movie nights, concerts, festivals, and activities that a lot of the student body takes part in. On the weekends, many students go into Boston or Salem, which both have a variety of things to do. For more relaxing adventures, there are several beaches within minutes of the campus, and of course Captain Dusty’s Ice Cream.
   
   
3. How much does Gordon cost?
   Meg: At first glance, it can seem overwhelming, but I hear for a private liberal-arts school it’s actually a pretty good deal. And if you keep up with your grades, there are many scholarships and grants that they offer to help you out. Because of the generosity of donors a lot of students won’t ever see the full listing price on their bill.
   
   
4. Will my parents be able to afford it?
   Meg: Money is always a stressful topic, but Gordon wants you to be a part of the community here, so the financial office does a good job of helping you figure out how to afford it.
   
   
5. Where will I live?
   Meg: There are several dorms on campus for freshmen and sophomores, and on-campus apartments for juniors and seniors. They’re all really nice, and because Gordon’s campus is relatively small, they are conveniently close to one another and other buildings on campus (this is most-appreciated during snowy winter months).
   
   
6. What’s the food like?
   Meg: Let’s just say, I’m a senior this year and didn’t buy a meal plan so I could make my own food, but now wish I had one! Even for picky-eaters, there’s a lot to choose from in the Gordon cafeteria: hotline, pasta line, salad line, sandwich line, pizza, the grill, vegetarian buffet, and specialty lunches and dinners weekly in the Gillie’s café. To see what Lane has to offer, click here.
   
   
7. Will I fit in?
   Meg: One of the biggest differences between high school and college, in my opinion, is that while in high school you’ll try hard to fit in, whereas in college diversity and uniqueness is celebrated. Of course you’ll fit in! People here are inclusive and accepting of everyone.

Additional funding resources

For additional resources to help fund your Gordon education, visit:

• Gordon scholarships
• Outside scholarships and grants: http://www.fastweb.com/, http://www.finaid.org/
• Loans
• Work study job opportunities on campus

Creative ways Gordon students are funding their education

Gordon students are creative when it comes to funding their education. See what they’re doing to pay their way through college. And for all of them, it’s worth it because they know the education they’re getting here is something they can’t put a price tag on. (Cyndi is updating these, we need male stories too):

• Lindsey Alexander
• Lydia Strickland
• Jane Eisenhauer
• Meg Lynch

How Much Does it Cost?

Furthering your education is an investment worth making—and Gordon College takes this investment seriously, striving to graduate people of God equipped to do the work of God.
Just last year, over $13 million was awarded to Gordon students through Gordon’s need-based and merit-based financial aid programs. And over 90% of our students received some kind of financial assistance. This is great news and reflects Gordon’s continued commitment to helping students fund their education.

Current tuition costs for 2009-2010 are:

Tuition: $27,152
Room: $5,120
Board: $2,600
Fee: $1,200
Total: $36,072

• Creative ways Gordon students are funding their education


• Additional funding resources
  

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