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An Interview with President Mike Hammond
As this issue of STILLPOINT magazine hits mailboxes, President Mike Hammond will be 224 days into his tenure as the ninth president of Gordon College. The past seven months have brought two CCC championships, several guest speakers for a CCCU-sponsored forum on belonging, and the return of live performances for Gordon’s music and theatre departments. In this time, President Hammond has sent roughly 20,000 emails and logged about 1,300 hours in meetings, getting to know the Gordon community—while still managing to set aside time to explore the North Shore with his wife, Jen, and four highschool daughters while the oldest two children are away at college. Many have met President Hammond through on-campus and virtual events or have heard updates from him over email and social media. More will meet him this spring as he embarks on an alumni tour (learn more at www.gordon.edu/alumnitour). But for those who haven’t yet tuned in—or who have and are eager to hear more—here are nine questions STILLPOINT asked Gordon’s ninth president.
Clockwise from top left: President Hammond takes the stage in the A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel for a Convocation interview with Dr. Sharon Ketcham (biblical studies and Christian ministries); attends the dedication ceremony for La Vida’s new high ropes course; and meets with 2021–22 Presidential Fellows Sophia Mammana ’22, Callum Owen ’22 and Serafina Zotter ’23 in Jenks Library mezzanine.
10 STILLPOINT | SPRING 2022
