Becky (Saunders ’89) Browning The groom’s face said it all. His eyes filled with tears as he saw his bride being escorted by her father down the aisle. ...
Alumni, parents and community members converged on Houghton for Homecoming & Family Weekend 2016, held October 7-8. Reunion years ending in 1 and 6 gathered throughout the weekend ...
Like all the relatives on my dad’s side of the family, I am legally a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. As my understanding of my responsibilities as a ...
[epq-quote align=”align-right”]The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. –Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King jr.[/epq-quote] On April 29, 1992, four White police officers ...
The summer of 2013 was the summer I grew up. That summer, I graduated from Houghton College; planned a move from the rolling hills of Western New York ...
Eight years ago, our nation elected our first Black president, Barack Obama. Even for those who did not share his politics, it was easy to appreciate the historic ...
Issues of race run deep in the Wesleyan tradition. John Wesley fought in England against the slave trade in the late 18th century. The Wesleyan Methodist church in ...
by Olivia Morse ’17 We were on a boat. It was the first science honors field trip during our freshman year at Houghton College. The trip was turning ...
by Rachel Hummel ’18 East Meets West placed me on a timeline. Through an overview study of literature, history, religion and political science, I began to see my ...
by Emily Vandenbosch ’19 When I accepted the invitation to Houghton’s London Honors Program, I was a starry-eyed girl with dreams of seeing the world and having the ...
