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Hampshire Brings Choice to an Increasingly Conformist Higher Education Landscape
… around Hampshire that attracts a certain kind of student, one that is interested in both experimentation and … around Hampshire that attracts a certain kind of student, one that is interested in both experimentation and … around Hampshire that attracts a certain kind of student, one that is interested in both experimentation and …
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For Hampshire Alum Allie Thorpe, a “Cathartic” Div III Leads to a Fulfilling Career Path
… and I learned about camaraderie and teamwork and how one person's actions can affect the whole. When I got out of … had a ripple effect on the world around them and how I as one person could have an impact on a larger community.” … and I learned about camaraderie and teamwork and how one person's actions can affect the whole. When I got out of …
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Hampshire College Student Dances for Parkinson’s
… research and dance,” she said. “And Hampshire was one of the only schools that would let me study two seemingly … College Program in Culture, Brain, and Development. “One part of my Division III is a written component that … research and dance,” she said. “And Hampshire was one of the only schools that would let me study two seemingly …
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Notable Alumni
Eugene Mirman 92F
… the institution’s ‘design your own major’ program with a one-hour routine serving as his thesis. This experience was surely a unique one for him and he also credits it for being both a learning … the institution’s ‘design your own major’ program with a one-hour routine serving as his thesis. This experience was …
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Pustejovsky Examines Responses to Trauma through Music, Art, and Art History
… as an improviser at Hampshire College, but I suppose one could argue that it provided a moment of consonance between two dissonant compositions. One cannot have dissonance without consonance. I started my … as an improviser at Hampshire College, but I suppose one could argue that it provided a moment of consonance …
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Carol Varney Elected Alumni Trustee
… Trustee Mike Medeiros Carol Varney ’90F was voted in as one of the College’s two elected alumni trustees last spring, … comfortable, and affordable enough for them to attend.” One of the most important ways to make that happen, Varney … comfortable, and affordable enough for them to attend.” One of the most important ways to make that happen, Varney …
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The Excalibur Club
… & Dragons-type competition," says Ellen Dulaney 05F, one of the three signers for the Excalibur Club along with … it took place in a post-apocalyptic future where no one was sure what happened, but the world just got weird." … & Dragons-type competition," says Ellen Dulaney 05F, one of the three signers for the Excalibur Club along with …
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Devoted Veterinarian
… and assistants, provide medical care for five shelters, one in each borough, with the two largest in Brooklyn and … problems. "Many people are surprised to hear that we run one of the most successful animal adoption programs in the … and assistants, provide medical care for five shelters, one in each borough, with the two largest in Brooklyn and …
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Library Opens New Academic-Services Facility for Students
… for workshops and classes three private-consultation rooms one group-consultation room movable furniture lounge seating … their academic work from a largely solitary endeavor into one that is more visible and collaborative. The goals of the … “At Hampshire, students curate their education,” says one of the fellows. “Our goal in the Knowledge Commons is for …
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Matthews Retirement Exhibit Reflects on Her Time at Hampshire
… photography exhibit this month to mark her retirement. One part features photographic portraits from her Timelines … staff to honor his memory and his work. “David was one of my first students at Hampshire,” Matthews wrote in an … propaganda from Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement and one on digital manipulation. Her life’s work is embodied in …
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Students, Professors Present Research at National Ecological Conference
… the Kern Center was conceived with the goal of being one of only a dozen buildings worldwide to be certified under … is becoming an increasingly scarce resource, yet one of the major sources of water, gray water, is being ignored,” she says. “One of the concerns with using gray water is its quality and …
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Hampshire Students Launch Hands-on Lessons in Building Systems
… to help treat the building’s wastewater. Avery’s team is one of several adding into their bins soil, gravel, … Students are mentored by an adviser, a professor of one of their fall-term courses. Also unique to Hampshire, all … is project-based, so students get their hands dirty on day one. Literally, in the case of these Kern Center tutorials. …
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HIV-Prevention Education
… themselves as part of its solution." Teaching at Hampshire one semester a year, Lewis divides her time between the … of the epidemic. Lewis came to Hampshire in 1975 to fill one of the college's first feminist studies faculty … come in handy later. In the mid-1980s, Lewis learned that one of her former students had died from AIDS. "Her death was …
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Div III Profile: Isaiah Mann, GlowLime Games, and Defender's Light
… he's leaving a legacy beyond his academic work. Mann is one of several cofounders of GlowLime games, a collective … and Ira Fay and a team of 30 to complete Word Snack, a one-player digital word game . Mann was also a member of the … education model gave Mann the chance to cofound not one but two organizations that are still in existence. …
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Alum Exhibit Explores Humanity, Nature in the Post-Industrial Moment
… cathode-ray monitors that play shifting scenes from one of her video works in “Surfacing,” the new exhibition in … in the midst of everyday stress, Halliday says. In one piece titled Temple Rock , Altmann repeatedly films the … whole grand scheme of the thing it’s really the opposite. One day it’s warm, the next day it’s a snowstorm, and then …
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Hampshire Library Extends Five College Partnerships
… Hampshire College Library Director Jennifer Gunter King. “One, this is a three-college initiative that sets the stage … Colleges to students, employees, and public users through one online portal. Users at one college have been able to request that books from the …
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Hampshire Welcomes Exhibit Display for 'Brown Bear' Picture Book 50th Anniversary
… is helping to celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of one of the best-selling picture books of all time – Brown … What Do You See? illustrated by Eric Carle – by hosting one of 14 reproductions comprising an expansive and … The illustration is exhibited in the center of campus in one of the College’s recently restored wildflower meadows. …
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Information Security Policy
… employment may request to retain an account for up to one month after the last day of employment and have their … for that period. Notification will be sent via email one week prior to the pending account deletion date. The … employment may request to retain an account for up to one month after the last day of employment and have their …
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Username Creation and Changes
… The updating of a username for any person who already has one. 4.0 Policy 4.1 General All persons will have a username … they will perform. If a person experiences trouble with one of these systems after a username is updated, the … The updating of a username for any person who already has one. 4.0 Policy 4.1 General All persons will have a username …
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Staff
Kenneth Rosenthal P04, Vice Chair
… its opening) to 1976. He is the father of two daughters, one of whom is a Hampshire alum. Term ends 6/30/2016 … its opening) to 1976. He is the father of two daughters, one of whom is a Hampshire alum. Term ends 6/30/2016 … …
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Carnegie Foundation Recognizes Hampshire for Community Engagement
… have received the classification, representing less than one-tenth of the country’s more than 4,000 degree-granting … have received the classification, representing less than one-tenth of the country’s more than 4,000 degree-granting …
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Notable Alumni
Eula Biss 95F
… Her previous book On Immunity: An Inoculation was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2014 by The New York Times Book … Her previous book On Immunity: An Inoculation was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2014 by The New York Times Book …
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Photos from Div IV and Reunion 2013
… the Hampshire community to explore ideas and learn from one another. It is also a chance for alums to revisit their … the Hampshire community to explore ideas and learn from one another. It is also a chance for alums to revisit their …
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Liebling Center Remarks by Ken Burns 71F
… it was in this country to teach film and photography under one roof, he opened us to this heroism in a passionate 24 … gesture, not just by acknowledging that this is what one does in these circumstances like this. We come here still … missed opportunities of love), to seeing how the work of one human being can touch another, to extend, by seeing, the …
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President-elect Ed Wingenbach Greeting to Hampshire College
… should be a quick anecdote about that, the depth of that: One of things I shared with the search committee was, I was … it? And now I've got an opportunity to actually help one of those two exemplars of higher education reinvigorate … is to process that trauma and turn it into action. No one's ever going to get over what has happened, no one's …
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