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Why Do Mice Horse Around?

… and gender studies,” she says. “The College completely let me create my own path.” Academic ProgramCognitive ScienceDiv … and gender studies,” she says. “The College completely let me create my own path.” … Why Do Mice Horse Around? …

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Div III Profile: Flannery Weiss Drafts Sex Health Education Curriculum

… Fried made up Weiss’s faculty committee. “Steve challenged me to think in a critical lens and Tim’s expertise in … Fried made up Weiss’s faculty committee. “Steve challenged me to think in a critical lens and Tim’s expertise in …

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Bridging Divides, Embracing Diversity Through Spiritual Student Life Work

… class. The freedom to tailor my learning like this gives me the ability to go deeper without risking compromising what … class. The freedom to tailor my learning like this gives me the ability to go deeper without risking compromising what …

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Experimenting at Hampshire Summer Academic Programs

… to make a narrative film, and I thought the CMI would give me a better sense of what I had to do and should do for that. … to make a narrative film, and I thought the CMI would give me a better sense of what I had to do and should do for that. …

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HIV-Prevention Education

… that students are at risk of dying before us?' It made me turn toward the epidemic and take stock of the social and … that students are at risk of dying before us?' It made me turn toward the epidemic and take stock of the social and …

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Transfer Student Leo Giannini S23 Explores the Intersection of Biochemistry and Art

… lack of opportunity to do art that was detrimental to me. I also didn’t enjoy many of the required classes that didn’t interest me, so when I discovered that Hampshire exists, I was very … ability to take classes I actually care about that made me come here. 
What did you plan to study? Did that change? …

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Chapter 8: Students

…   I think perhaps the most dear symbol of Hampshire for me is, and will always be the windmill. When in the future I … I am not talking ahout you. I know I am talking about me. And I am talking about the History, and trying to … we're doing with each other," Thurston-Shaine said. "For me it's really cool to get to share space with people who …

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Introducing Assistant Professor of Creative Writing & U.S. Literatures Dr. Caoimhe Harlock

… those skills into the classroom is part of what has helped me foster the kind of inclusive and individually tailored … the thing that first made language a lifesaving force for me as a kid, and it’s the thing that keeps me excited about writing even now."  What have you published? …

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She Sells Seashells: Michele Mirisola 08F Mixes Media and Inspiration in Her Home Goods

… attracted you to Hampshire? My college counselor told me about Colleges That Change Lives and she thought Hampshire would be a good fit for me. I was artistic and had crazy colorful hair, but beyond … courses offered and so much of it sounded interesting to me. All I knew was that I didn’t know enough and I was …

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Hampshire Student Levi Ebnit F22 on Trans Studies, Inclusive Weightlifting, and His Band

… I didn’t want to study in a city, so what really attracted me to Hampshire was the rural scenery and the downtown scenes … Hampshire also offered generous financial support to help me study here. The kindness and magnanimity set the College … I created a podcast called “These Monsters Inside Me: An Analysis of Transsexuality as Monstrosity in Essay and …

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Documenting Hampshire: Graduating Student Photographer Alysha Ras 22F Reflects on Her Experience

… Hampshire’s freedom and legacy, but what really convinced me to attend was Dean of Admissions Fumio Sugihara’s … he made the admissions process so simple and helped me when I needed it most, giving my case personalized … something photography-related, you’re most likely to find me working out at the Multisport Center, climbing the rock …

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Hampshire College Alum Brings Laughter to Millions on Social Media

… She is my biggest inspiration, as I felt she always gave me guidance and advice, and worked her hardest to lead me in the right direction. Associate Professor of Music Junko Oba was another one of my advisors and introduced me to ethnomusicology and expanded my knowledge of music and …

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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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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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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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