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Student’s Investigation of Family’s Holocaust History Earns a Scholarship and Fuels Further Research

… I felt that attending Hampshire was the best step for me to take. What did you plan to study, and did that change? … at Hampshire, I met with an academic advisor who wanted me to diversify my first-year studies. I told her I was … my excitement about the material, the advisor encouraged me to sign up. I did, and in the following semester, I …

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My “Div IV:” Roger Mummert 74F Reconnects with the Hampshire Method

… personal project that, in a very fulfilling way, reengages me with issues I explored in my work at Hampshire. It’s great … out how to find out. As per the adage, Hampshire “taught me how to fish.” The lessons of a liberal arts education are … as we uncover them. These principles continue to guide me as I explore a world of ideas. Even in retirement, in fact …

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Hampshire Mourns Longtime Former Professor and Feminist Film Pioneer Joan Braderman

… videos were powerful inspirations to them, and to me. Funny, brilliant, and always pushing artistic boundaries, … of her students, colleagues, and friends.” “Joan showed me by example how to navigate the world, the professional … first my professor, then academic advisor, then she asked me to be her TA, and later her studio assistant, assistant …

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Michael Beggs 07F Is Passionate About Doing For the Sake of Doing

… the Art Institute of Chicago, and that experience showed me that curators, not exhibition designers, were really doing … I took her class on the Bauhaus, and she arranged for me and another Hampshire student to travel to Germany as part … in an international group of ten. Going there gave me the opportunity to think of myself as a Bauhaus scholar, …

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Hampshire College Professor Susana Loza on Disrupting and Dismantling White Supremacy

… supremacy," says Loza. "That is such an inspiration to me, and it makes me want to continue developing courses that push students to … supremacy," says Loza. "That is such an inspiration to me, and it makes me want to continue developing courses that …

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Olivia Nied 16F on Interdisciplinarity, Neurodiversity, and Making Music

… can really inform your Div III. "Hampshire encouraged me to always keep the end goal in sight, and to look at how … my four years, and ultimately Hampshire encouraged me to make the hard decisions — sometimes for the sake of … can really make things gel more. Hampshire encouraged me to always keep the end goal in sight, and to look at how …

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Hampshire Alum John Sanbonmatsu 80F Publishes Book on the Ethics of Eating Meat

… your early activism? It was Hampshire that introduced me to the importance of bearing witness to, and speaking out … scholarship? My involvement in the freeze campaign led me to a Div II on the history of the nuclear arms race and a … read Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation , which convinced me to become a vegetarian and then a vegan. However, at that …

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I Am My Div III and My Div III Is Me.

… I Am My Div III and My Div III Is Me. Michael Samuels 09F There is, arguably, nothing that sets … we climb further. … I Am My Div III and My Div III Is Me. …

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An Alum from Hampshire's First Class, Luis Hernandez Pays It Forward

… “I came to a place that was completely alien to me in terms of economics, culture, even language,” he says. … “I came to a place that was completely alien to me in terms of economics, culture, even language,” he says. …

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Public Release of Hampshire-UMass 2018 Negotiation Documents

… The University of Massachusetts Amherst has provided me with internal documents from last year, which the  Daily … The University of Massachusetts Amherst has provided me with internal documents from last year, which the  Daily …

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Pivoting from Film to Tech

… stayed for almost seven years. “The Hampshire student in me was fighting working for Oracle,” Edell says. “There was … stayed for almost seven years. “The Hampshire student in me was fighting working for Oracle,” Edell says. “There was …

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Fourth-Annual ENGAGE! Conference Addressed Dismantling Violence

… Folx.” Teal Van Dyck and Voula O’Grady led “You Make Me Feel Mighty Real: Queer Consent, Queer Relationality.” … Folx.” Teal Van Dyck and Voula O’Grady led “You Make Me Feel Mighty Real: Queer Consent, Queer Relationality.” …

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Cassidy Rappaport 12F Wins Charley Richardson Award

… world a better place,” added Fitzpatrick. “It seemed to me that one way to honor him was to make sure future … world a better place,” added Fitzpatrick. “It seemed to me that one way to honor him was to make sure future …

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Animated Film Takes Owen Neuburger from Div III to Pixar

… I did, these are the skills I have, I hope you’ll consider me for a job.’ I would not have traded that experience for an … I did, these are the skills I have, I hope you’ll consider me for a job.’ I would not have traded that experience for an …

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Childhood, Youth, and Learning / Education

… Fit: Theatre and Creative Writing for Children Listen to Me: The Self-Expression of Deaf Children Through Storytelling … Fit: Theatre and Creative Writing for Children Listen to Me: The Self-Expression of Deaf Children Through Storytelling …

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Social Scientist, Author, and Musician Pete Kurie 02S Releases New Album

… I didn’t have a plan for what to study. My advisors helped me forge a path between the arts and the social sciences. For … of what I’d learned at Hampshire. That eventually led me to Princeton University, where I did a Ph.D. in cultural … artists and media creators. That experience made me both curious and skeptical about AI, and what it means for …

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Tiya Tejpal 05F on Filmmaking and Vigorous Lateral Thinking

… has got to be vigorous lateral thinking. It has served me well in the film industry. This made me cognizant of limiting myself to a label such as “production designer” or “writer” and allowed me to embrace myself as a creative in the field of filmmaking …

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Nathan Kensinger 97F Tackles Environmental Issues in Film on Exhibit at Brooklyn Museum

… paper during the summers while at Hampshire, and they gave me access to film behind the scenes for a piece about media … death of local newspapers. “My time at Hampshire showed me how to work independently, how to tackle huge projects … of support and guidance, at the same time encouraging me to find my own voice. I was, at various times, a student …

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Paula Dobbyn 79F Appointed Science and Environmental Journalism Chair at the University of Alaska

… it extremely attractive. In addition, Hampshire offered me a generous financial-aid package, which, as a … and living in Managua for four years.  "Hampshire offered me a generous financial-aid package, which, as a … becoming an environmental reporter at KTOO-FM, which led me to the University of Colorado, Boulder, where I was …

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Changing Landscapes Together: Leyla Munist F22 and Hallie Spell F23 Join Forces on the Farm

… different disciplines. Hampshire provided the space for me to take both art and natural science classes without … by the Five College Consortium was also important to me, as I wanted the chance to explore as much as possible. … the Five College Consortium were all selling points for me. I knew that agriculture was an inherently …

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Alum Erica Perl 86F on Cancellation, Curiosity, and the Hampshire Education That Inspired Her

… alternative education in action was eye-opening. It made me want to go to a college where students pursued … thank for nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit that helps me seize opportunities, engage challenges, and keep making … I knew what I needed to do. My Hampshire education taught me the importance of charting my own path, confronting …

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Alum Suzanne Perkins 85F Awarded Grant to Research Child Trauma and Maltreatment

… from abuse and neglect in children. The grant will allow me to publish those data, to update my neuroscience skills … my undergraduate work at Hampshire College and they taught me to work on problems and find a way to persevere.” Read … from abuse and neglect in children. The grant will allow me to publish those data, to update my neuroscience skills …

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A Journey of Art and Healing: Student’s Div III Explores Grief and the Inner Child

… to be. I felt like Hampshire was the only option for me, especially since I wanted to study an array of subjects that other colleges would have pressured me to choose from. Can you talk a little about your academic … final year and leave Hampshire with things to carry with me. If we just had grades and tests, I don’t think I'd feel …

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Hampshire Student Isaiah Brown F20 Spent the Summer in Kenya Researching Water Quality

… divisional process is a more fluid platform. It allows me to explore a wider range of academic disciplines and gives me more room for self-exploration and growth.   What areas of … This kind of uncertainty tested my adaptability and pushed me to change in an environment I was initially unfamiliar …

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Every Ocean Hughes 96S to Exhibit Interdisciplinary Work in Solo Show at Whitney Museum

… studio arts.   Hughes says, “Hampshire prepared me to be accountable and articulate in my decision making, taught me I could change my mind, taught me how to structure a research project, and to practice …

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