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Hampshire’s Community Orientation Day Focuses on Reaffirming Commitment to Anti-Racism

… fall semester, students, faculty, and staff came together for a panel discussion, “Becoming an Anti-Racist Institution: … struggles. Rodriguez also provided a glimpse into plans for conducting anti-racism workshops at Hampshire College … of community advocacy, and Will Severino, coordinator for restorative practice, who provided a brief introduction …

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Hampshire is Sixth on Forbes' List of Most Entrepreneurial Colleges

… Michael Vlock, F72, that established the student Seed Fund for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The $1 million gift … and faculty. “Hampshire will operate as the checkbook for a group of students chosen, by students, to be judges,” … opportunities and negotiate with the entrepreneurs for terms of investment. If those terms are acceptable, they …

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Kate Nicoloau

… Kate enjoys embracing children's creativity and looks for opportunities to incorporate music and movement into the … along with colleagues at The National Association for the Education of Young Children on her work with children … adults alike find reasons to smile and enjoy the world. For toddlers especially, Kate believes teachers’ roles can be …

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'Adventures of a Kid'

… College of Art and interning last summer at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont, she … first emerged in drawings and collages Mendes created for courses she was taking in Figuring Abstraction and in … and Thom Haxo (chair) served as Mendes's faculty committee for the Division III. During her four years at Hampshire, she …

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A Gift to Support Humanities Students’' Research

… merit of the proposed work and their preparation for such work, the quality of their previous work during … II, and the necessity of the texts or related media for the proposed topic. The fund, Ellis added, will support … but felt the need to address this particular area of need for students. By starting the new grant fund, Ellis and …

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A Deep Exploration of William Blake's Poetic Genius

… These words — written in 1803 — are uncannily contemporary for student Bailey Fernandez 15F, who wrote a 100-page paper on Blake for his Div III project, an undertaking both sublime and … — Blake’s hometown — at the Swedenborg Society, named for the 18th-century scientist, theologian, and philosopher …

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Taking a Deep Dive into Dolphin Communication

… what I was learning. Hampshire seemed like a perfect fit for me because students can combine various subject areas — I … study with Dr. Sayigh, during which I learned the software for analyzing vocalizations. While taking Cetacean … dolphin whistles in real time, so that they can look for trends in dolphin vocalizations and predict that they are …

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Animation and Digital Art

… and computer scientists. Hampshire provides opportunities for students to develop their own voices as well as work on … and Control in Cyberspace Visceral Reality: New interfaces for the Digital Playground Cyborgs, Posthumans, and New … Malleability and Interactivity Digital Image Manipulation for Film and Video Data Structures Foundations of Digital …

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Update on Accreditation: June 7, 2019

… April 5 when the Board decided to move forward with plans for an independent Hampshire. We are heartened by the … months we have an opportunity to secure a vibrant future for Hampshire and to respond successfully to the Commission’s expectations of compliance with its Standards for Accreditation. We have the fortitude and capacity to …

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Layoffs Update and Ongoing Discussions: February 13, 2019

… I’ll send a comprehensive letter describing the plans for the reduction in the workforce, and the resources that … to dissolve these agreements that are currently binding for members of the Strategic Visioning Task Force (the … committee of faculty, staff, students, and trustees) and for the senior leadership team. We’ll replace them with …

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Kristína Moss Gunnarsdóttir Named Interim Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid

… Hampshire’s Associate Director of Admissions, responsible for brand strategy and program development. Working in … Force. Gunnarsdóttir also helped to coordinate fundraising for the Undocumented Student Scholarship Fund.   In 2016 and … with the aim of developing economic and social mobility for her students. Most recently she volunteered with Ashoka …

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Barnard and Columbia Professor Neferti X. M. Tadiar to Deliver 13th Annual Schocket Lecture

… economy where all life serves as a direct means and source for the extraction of capitalist value. Drawing on examples … expendable life – exemplified by the urban poor targeted for extra-judicial murders in the financialized enterprise of … Sexual Economies and Other Philippine Consequences for the New World Order (2004). Her new book, Remaindered …

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Student Profile: Div III Kamil Peters 06F

… the talented metal sculptor is already getting commissions for his work. "When I got to Hampshire, I was searching for my medium. I had initially come here for sustainable living and architecture. I'd tried jewelry, …

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Sept. 6-8: Five College New Music Festival at UMass Fine Arts Center

… music. Anthony Tommasini, the classical music critic for the New York Times , wrote in 2011: "The inclusion of new … details and other information can be found at www.5cnmf.com . For more information, contact Kevin Kennedy, … details and other information can be found at www.5cnmf.com . For more information, contact Kevin Kennedy, …

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Zena Clift 90F

… and extensions). She oversees the admissions process for students seeking readmission to the College and those interested in applying for the All But Div III (ABD) degree program. … and extensions). She oversees the admissions process for students seeking readmission to the College and those …

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Division III Profile: Sally Monroe Studies Renaissance Hospital Art

… III Profile: Sally Monroe Studies Renaissance Hospital Art For Sally Monroe, paintings from the Renaissance are a bridge … the experience provided by a given artwork," she says. For her Division III capstone project, Monroe 10F studied three Renaissance triptychs commissioned for hospitals: Matthias Grünewald's The Isenheim Altarpiece , …

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Division III: Using Microscopy to Extract Beauty

… the archaeologist, the photographer, and the artist for this project," says Quinn Berkman 09F. Berkman's Division … more in there, and the scanner wasn't providing that power for me," she says. Instead, she went to Cole Science Center … was on there, that toxic flood water was sitting there for two weeks in certain parts." For Berkman, who spent the …

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Appointment of Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid

… student-directed education. Previously he served as VP for Enrollment at Juniata College and in director-level roles for Bennington, University of Puget Sound, and Bowdoin. Fumio … aid functions and successfully recruiting students for our spring and fall classes this year. Kevin has agreed …

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Hampshire Farm Provides Free Vegetables to Students

… receive small shares; those with four or five (the maximum for mod housing this year) are eligible for large ones. A total of 77 mods are currently taking … amazing to have a free and reliable source of vegetables for an entire season,” says student Katherine Godsil-Freeman …

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Hampshire Alum Dr. Vanessa Gamble Nominated to National Council on the Humanities

… as the director of the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care. Dr. Gamble has … a governmental apology from then-President Bill Clinton for the study. She has authored several widely acclaimed … medicine, including the award-winning Making Place for Ourselves: The Black Hospital Movement: 1920-1945. In …

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Conference Examining Alcohol Policy in the United States

… Conference Examining Alcohol Policy in the United States For his Hampshire senior thesis, or Division III, Alex Torpey … graduated alcohol policies and drunk driving laws for the U.S. As chair of Hampshire's Community Council, or … gathered at Hampshire College in Franklin Patterson Hall for what Torpey hopes will be the first of many conferences, …

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November 1: Eqbal Ahmad Lecture by Michelle Alexander

… public. The New Jim Crow received the NAACP Image Award for outstanding literary work of nonfiction. It has been … holds a joint appointment at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Moritz College of … Noam Chomsky, Arundhati Roy, Seymour Hersh, and Tariq Ali. For further information, please email jlcPR@hampshire.edu .   …

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Hampshire Films Featured in Historic Northampton Series

… makers working in a variety of genres. View a schedule for the film series >> "This is an opportunity for the Pioneer Valley community to see a broad range of … participant in the city's creative arts and offer a venue for the many talented artists in the region. This new film …

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Appointment of Co-Deans of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion

… and Inclusion (IDI) starting in July 2020. We are grateful for the work that Natalie Sowell, the current dean of IDI, … learning opportunities, and build a vision for an institutional culture that matches our aspirations. Leading the search for this important leadership position, Natalie has been …

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2014 CBD Fall Grant Awards Announced

… Division III, Dance-Based Movement as an Intervention for Neurogenerative Disorders .  Zoe Schact-Levine, Division … and an annual student retreat. See the CBD web site for more information about the program, grant deadlines, and … and Neil Stillings with seed funds from the Foundation for Psychocultural Research, CBD welcomes students from all …

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