Hampshire College

We all seek meaning in our lives. We all have questions about how to live. What does it mean to be ethical? How do we find compassion when it is difficult? How do we communicate across difference? How do we understand the value of another being? What is our purpose? These are questions that we explore in Spiritual Life. They may be answered by philosophy, they may be answered by religion, they may be answered by a whole host of ideas from many different sources. Each of us answers them differently. And, in fact, they do not have to be answered today. Rather, we allow space and support for the questions themselves.  

The Spiritual Life Program at Hampshire College encourages healthy community life, interaction, and reconciliation across boundaries of ideas, possibilities, and faith. We offer support and practice so that students, staff, and faculty can balance, flourish, and experience the connections between mind, body, and spirit. We provide resources and guidance for spiritual exploration, development, and appreciation. We provide education and programming that engages in issues of identity and conflict around the world, modeling compassionate communication and challenging ourselves and the campus as a whole to make this a place where we can become fully ourselves even as we lift up and celebrate our diverse community.


Spiritual Life Center, x5282
The top of Donut 5 Greenwich

Spiritual Life Office, x5282
Second Floor of Merrill Student Life

Kosher Kitchen
Merrill Student Life

Student Groups :
Aliz (Queer Jews and Allies)
Buddhist Resource Group
Hampshire Christian Fellowship
Hampshire Confucius
Hampshire Unitarian Universalist Radical Action
Jewish Student Union
Meditation: Ananda Marga
Meditation: Vipassana
Meditation: Zen
Pagan Collective
Project Nur
Quakers
Students for the Promotion of Israeli Culture and Information
Shamanism Studies  
Spiritual Life Social Justice Collaborative
Yoga Collective 

Resources and Support :

• Liza M. Neal, director of spiritual life, lneal@hampshire.edu, x5282
• Ryumon Gutierrez-Baldoquin, contemplative life coordinator, hgSAC@hampshire.edu, x5282
• Syma Sheikh, intercultural community advisor, ssSLC@hampshire.edu, X5282
• Steve Nathan, campus rabbi, spnSA@hampshire.edu, x5282

Five College Spiritual and Religious Life website.