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Lucas May 17F Creates Pottery Unique as His Fingerprints
… meeting some faculty, I knew it was the right school for me. One of the best pieces of advice I received when looking … time and knowledge. It was a transformative experience for me and helped shape the way I currently practice my art. "I … meeting some faculty, I knew it was the right school for me. One of the best pieces of advice I received when looking …
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Division II Project Requirement
… include an inquiry into “How does this work go beyond me?” Identify resources needed to complete the project, and … include an inquiry into “How does this work go beyond me?” Identify resources needed to complete the project, and …
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Chapter 2: Ten Year Review
… on among faculty members at Hampshire College. It seems to me that this thinking and questioning has not yet found … it is clear that Hampshire is located at or very near to the latter end. The dedication and intellectual … have a small space of their own on a different floor near a computer terminal. Education of women at Hampshire …
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Yasmine El Baggari 11F Featured in Nasdaq's “Faces of Entrepreneurship” for Global Connection Platform
… wildest dreams, and what they are willing to share with me. Curiosity, curiosity, curiosity!” > Read the entire Q&A … wildest dreams, and what they are willing to share with me. Curiosity, curiosity, curiosity!” > Read the entire Q&A …
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Stephen Gifford 00F’s Studio Reimagines Blue Man Group’s Visuals Nationwide
… all the schools I visited, Hampshire felt the most real to me. It seemed like a place where I could have an idea and go … in a variety of mediums. After graduation, that helped me build a career while being able to speak a lot of … all the schools I visited, Hampshire felt the most real to me. It seemed like a place where I could have an idea and go …
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Hampshire Oral History: Ken Rosenthal Remembers The Founding Years
… I was interested in participating if there was a role for me. At the time, the arrangements to hire Franklin Patterson … and Chuck Longsworth, and in the afternoon they offered me a position that was rather undefined, without even a … I was interested in participating if there was a role for me. At the time, the arrangements to hire Franklin Patterson …
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Where Are They Now?: Brittany M. Williams 08F Makes Tenure History at the University of Vermont
… say it plainly, I chose Hampshire because Hampshire chose me. Becoming a James Baldwin Scholar remains one of the … more changes have happened to higher education than within me. I’m the same critical, committed, and equity-oriented … and South Korea), and trying to avoid my friends signing me up for random side quests. It seems everyone in their 30s, …
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Chapter 4: The Staff
… and turned to her. "I need you to hold this wrench for me," he said. "It's very important to my work." Delaney … into the final program document attached. Let me comment on several important features of this new staff … and turned to her. "I need you to hold this wrench for me," he said. "It's very important to my work." Delaney …
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HampHack, the College’s Hackathon, Returns After Five Years
… experience,” says Jack. “Hampshire's curriculum lets me think outside the box and see things differently.” … experience,” says Jack. “Hampshire's curriculum lets me think outside the box and see things differently.” …
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The Stephen Petronio Company Gives Final Performances After 40+ Years
… Smith, UMass, Amherst, and Mount Holyoke afforded me certain power, the power of no expectation, the fool who … Smith, UMass, Amherst, and Mount Holyoke afforded me certain power, the power of no expectation, the fool who … Smith, UMass, Amherst, and Mount Holyoke afforded me certain power, the power of no expectation, the fool who …
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The Hampshire College Alumni Reel Returns to In-Person Showings This Fall
… always do the bigger and better productions stick with me; sometimes it’s the personal message or smaller idea in a … post-Hampshire mind of our contributors at work does make me think there’s something characteristic about the people … always do the bigger and better productions stick with me; sometimes it’s the personal message or smaller idea in a …
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Hampshire College Receives $1 Million Gift from Cofounder of Stonyfield Organic
… Gary Hirshberg said, “Fifty years ago, Hampshire gave me the tools and confidence to overcome countless challenges … entrepreneurs is extremely meaningful.” “Hampshire gave me the tools and confidence to overcome countless challenges … Gary Hirshberg said, “Fifty years ago, Hampshire gave me the tools and confidence to overcome countless challenges …
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Commencement Remarks by President Ralph J. Hexter
… house next to 15 Middle Street, where he can easily give me sartorial advice, coming by to check out my closet every … house next to 15 Middle Street, where he can easily give me sartorial advice, coming by to check out my closet every …
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Students Urged to Vaccinate for Meningococcal Disease Serogroup B
… vaccine when I was in high school. Doesn’t that protect me? Meningococcal B (MenB) vaccines are fairly new — approved … vaccine when I was in high school. Doesn’t that protect me? Meningococcal B (MenB) vaccines are fairly new — approved …
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Hampshire College Alum Aidn White 15F is Changing the Narrative in Early Childhood Education
… I rocked babies to sleep,” he recalled. “It only took me three or four shifts before I realized, ‘This is what I’m … I rocked babies to sleep,” he recalled. “It only took me three or four shifts before I realized, ‘This is what I’m …
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Remembering Acclaimed Documentarian Amy Stechler 73F
… Florentine's work: “I don’t think you’d have ever heard of me had she not been there.” She was credited as a writer and … Florentine's work: “I don’t think you’d have ever heard of me had she not been there.” She was credited as a writer and …
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Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich 07F’s Debut Feature “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire" Premieres at the Rotterdam Film Festival
… away also. What happened to such a promising voice? For me this was the central question of the film: was the choice … away also. What happened to such a promising voice? For me this was the central question of the film: was the choice …
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Announcing Retirement, President Lash Promises Ambitious Agenda and Continued Momentum
… Agenda and Continued Momentum “This feels like momentum to me. Together we will build on it.” Hampshire College …
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Hampshire College Farm Celebrates 25th Season of Community Supported Agriculture
… I staff the CSA pickup, sometimes shareholders will tell me what they’re planning on cooking that night from the … I staff the CSA pickup, sometimes shareholders will tell me what they’re planning on cooking that night from the …
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Chapter 7: Planning and Governance
… as well as recommendations by the residents living near Hampshire. Hampshire is well suited to pursuing an … as well as recommendations by the residents living near Hampshire. Hampshire is well suited to pursuing an …
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Alums in Publishing Reunite at Book Arts Fair
… the fair’s keynote address, “What Baba Yaga Taught Me: Wisdom from the Wild Witch of the East,” on Friday, … the fair’s keynote address, “What Baba Yaga Taught Me: Wisdom from the Wild Witch of the East,” on Friday, …
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Hampshire College Returns to In-Person Commencement, Celebrating Three Classes of Graduates
… the educational model, it was you all, my peers who made me stay,” Bishop said, addressing her classmates. “Each one … give the answers. Poetry and art are not about answers to me; they are about questions.’ I want to thank you for the … the educational model, it was you all, my peers who made me stay,” Bishop said, addressing her classmates. “Each one …
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Hampshire Mourns the Loss of Founding Faculty Member Bill Marsh, a Father of the College's School of Cognitive Science
… of it with him, as he left Hampshire many years before me. Teaching, and, more broadly, exploring ideas with … pleasure he took in arguing mathematical theory (not with me, I’m afraid) matched his passion to understand how … of it with him, as he left Hampshire many years before me. Teaching, and, more broadly, exploring ideas with …
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Hampshire Alum in the White House Runs Marathon for Healing and Gun Violence Prevention
… have dealt with and healed from trauma in response. For me it was a profound sense of helplessness, there was nothing … have dealt with and healed from trauma in response. For me it was a profound sense of helplessness, there was nothing …
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Professor Emerita of Ecology Is Now the Author of Mysteries
… to archipelagos and remote islands. “There’s no way for me to know if I’ve moved the needle on climate change,” she … to archipelagos and remote islands. “There’s no way for me to know if I’ve moved the needle on climate change,” she …
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