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New Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Jocelyn Cook, founder of SPUR, named director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) at Gordon College.
Gordon College is pleased to announce Jocelyn Cook as the new director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) at Gordon College. CEL is in its seventh year and has grown each year in its ability to harness the desire of students who want to have an impact in the world as entrepreneurs. As a thought leader and innovator, with a track record of founding and building an impactful nonprofit organization, Cook brings an enthusiastic entrepreneurial spirit to the program.
Launched in 2013, CEL equips students—in and beyond Gordon—with skills to develop creative solutions to real-world challenges. “With CEL, I see a rich opportunity to lead students to start something good that is impactful in our communities and transformative in our world,” said Cook.
Cook is the founding director of SPUR, an organization that cultivates a “Community of Doers” by “spurring one another on toward love and good deeds.” SPUR facilitates volunteer opportunities for individuals of all ages. Offerings include an enrichment program for children, a skills-based summer camp and donation drives.
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Cook’s meaningful work leading SPUR—which she will continue alongside her new role at Gordon—has earned several honors. Cook was recognized as an Unsung Heroine by Governor Charlie Baker and Representative Lori Ehrlich, an honoree for the Peter J. Gomes Service Award presented by Congressman Seth Moulton, received a Points of Light Service Award and was recognized by the New England Patriots as a Difference Maker of the Week.
Cook earned degrees from Multnomah University and Northeastern University, along with a graduate certificate from Boston University School of Public Health.
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While higher education is a different setting than her previous work, Cook says she was compelled to lead CEL because “I passionately believe the work ahead is deeply important. The opportunity to educate, wrestle with and challenge students to start something good. To lead a revolution which rises up hundreds of mission-driven businesses which make the world a better place. I want students to engage in conversations, explore world views, lean into fears and discomfort in full confidence that our work will contribute toward bringing about the Kingdom on Earth.”
Read about Cook’s hopes for the program at The Bell, the official blog of Gordon College or contact the Office of College Communications and Marketing at [email protected].
