Hampshire College
… Were You Made For? Revolutionizing Education. Reimagining the Future. Since 1970, we've been transforming how college … works and (re)defining how progress is made. Known as the original disruptors of higher education, we've scrapped … and entrepreneurial in your academic journey. What is the Hampshire Experience? Burning Questions. Bold Solutions. …
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Campus Safety and Wellbeing
… students, faculty, staff, and visitors. We prioritize both the physical and emotional well-being of our community, … to build trust and foster belonging. Our approach centers the person who we are interacting with and is rooted in … both verbal and non-verbal, all while honoring the diverse identities within our community. In CSW, we are …
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Introducing Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative and Fiction Writing John Howard
… its growing enrollment and fall class. Before joining the faculty at Hampshire, Visiting Assistant Professor of … books of varying genres: a novel, Monsters We Then Made , set on Long Island in 1993, narrated by an 11-year-old … books of varying genres: a novel, Monsters We Then Made , set on Long Island in 1993, narrated by an 11-year-old …
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Hampshire Appoints Timothy Zimmerman to Endowed Professorship Honoring Jonathan Lash
… Education, a professorship founded last year by the Board of Trustees and Academic Affairs Division to honor … funding this endowment.” To fund the chair, the trustees set a goal of $2.6 million in private gifts; to date, more … funding this endowment.” To fund the chair, the trustees set a goal of $2.6 million in private gifts; to date, more …
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Jonathan Lash Announces Retirement in 2018
… Jonathan Lash Announces Retirement in 2018 To the Hampshire Community, I'm writing to share with you the … back confident that I made progress against the goals I set for myself when I arrived here in 2011, and I look … back confident that I made progress against the goals I set for myself when I arrived here in 2011, and I look …
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Ken Burns Recalls His College Thesis as His First History Documentary
… John Courtmanche Ken Burns’s first documentary, about the lives of rural Americans after the Revolutionary War — … museum . Burns currently has a 15-year contract with PBS, set to end in 2022. He’s producing or developing films on … museum . Burns currently has a 15-year contract with PBS, set to end in 2022. He’s producing or developing films on …
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Hampshire Hosts Local Branch of a Worldwide Game Jam
… of a Worldwide Game Jam Karen Corday Game design and the College — both of them innovative and multidisciplinary — … combining work in computer science, literature, and the social sciences, and it’s wildly creative, so it’s … of Game Design Jess Erion noted in a 2025 interview , “The flexibility and modularity of the academic structure here …
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Hampshire College Reimagines Campus Safety
… policing and law enforcement, which didn’t address the needs of our community. Today’s model is based on … as well as feedback from a student survey, Student Affairs set out to evaluate the Campus Safety and Security … as well as feedback from a student survey, Student Affairs set out to evaluate the Campus Safety and Security …
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Current Students Find and Follow Personalized Paths of Study
… lets people personalize their studies and address the questions, challenges, and issues that interest them … looks like anyone else’s, as our conversations throughout the summer and fall with several students made beautifully … clear. [ clockwise from top left] Lila Maher F24 “I’m in the first year of my Div II, studying dress history with some …
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2010 Convocation Speech by Patricia Klindienst 71F
… not have believed them. When my father and I drove up the long entryway to Hampshire College in September of 1971, … out what your questions are, and to find your voice as you set about seeking answers. You must do ; you must seek, … later, when I walked away from my career at Yale, and set out across the country to record the oral histories of …
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Keynote Speech at Commencement
… But first, old-fashioned and highball congratulations to the class-of-whatever-it-is for having made it up the Ladder … find yourself consciously or unconsciously engaged with a set of often inconspicuous conventions. Do not despise these … find yourself consciously or unconsciously engaged with a set of often inconspicuous conventions. Do not despise these …
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Updates on Covid-19 Novel Coronavirus
… preventive health and social distancing as recommended by the CDC, including: Careful and frequent hand washing or … of curricular models and are narrowing these to a small set of options that are best for Hampshire. In the second … of curricular models and are narrowing these to a small set of options that are best for Hampshire. In the second …
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Mellon Grant of $1.2 Million Funds Reinvention of Hampshire Library
… Library John Courtmanche Hampshire’s leaders are invoking the spirit of experimentation that founded the College as … strategic-planning process that has identified a set of projects that will advance Hampshire’s mission and … strategic-planning process that has identified a set of projects that will advance Hampshire’s mission and …
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Upended Worlds: An Evening with Acclaimed Filmmakers Ken Burns 71F and Kira Akerman at Hampshire College
… 28, students, faculty, staff, and community members filled the Main Lecture Hall for a screening and conversation with … Together, they rooted the audience in the moment and set the tone for an evening of conversation and storytelling … Together, they rooted the audience in the moment and set the tone for an evening of conversation and storytelling …
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Alum Matthew Pitt 92F Considers Cults, Rock and Roll, and Celebrity in New Novel
… Here , with Carnegie Mellon Press this year. Pitt is also the author of a novella and two collections of short fiction. … others are very much as planned and staged as any concert set list. Imagining a modern version of Andy Warhol’s Factory … others are very much as planned and staged as any concert set list. Imagining a modern version of Andy Warhol’s Factory …
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Final Spring Commencement at Hampshire College Imbued with Celebration Despite Impending Closure
… conferring degrees to 192 graduates. For what was the College’s last full-scale graduation event, hundreds of … budgets or the ground we sit on today,” she said. “It is a set of cultivated ways of thinking that now live in its … budgets or the ground we sit on today,” she said. “It is a set of cultivated ways of thinking that now live in its …
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A History of Student Activities, 1994-1996
… Jan 28 Charges were dropped against students involved in the "Democracy Wall." Those students that were involved in … which the order apparently discourages. No time limit was set on the students' attempts. [The Omen: January 28, 1994] … which the order apparently discourages. No time limit was set on the students' attempts. [The Omen: January 28, 1994] …
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Lead Paint Management Policy
… College has developed a policy to protect employees and the community from the hazards of lead-based paint. For all … Evaluate the project to determine the appropriate work set up and personal protective equipment (PPE), identify … Evaluate the project to determine the appropriate work set up and personal protective equipment (PPE), identify …
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Chapter 13: Political Activism
… by student activists is represented by two letters to the Hampshire community, the first from the Third World … go beyond the Catalog's observation that the College must set about "finding ways to overcome unnecessary barriers that … which to govern our lives. (p.1) Hampshire College was set up by a group of professional administrators and faculty, …
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Hampshire College Returns to In-Person Commencement, Celebrating Three Classes of Graduates
… 2021. Because Commencement activities were held virtually the past two years due to the disruption caused by the … you engage in those emotions, you have let your oppressor set up camp for free in your heart.” On the “calling in” … you engage in those emotions, you have let your oppressor set up camp for free in your heart.” On the “calling in” …
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Sept. 12-13: Living Building Challenge Mini-Conference
… Building Challenge Mini-Conference Hampshire College and the Hitchcock Center for the Environment are both planning facilities that aspire to the Living Building Challenge, the most rigorous …
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Alum Robin Coste Lewis Wins National Book Award for Poetry
… for Poetry Hampshire alum Robin Coste Lewis 86S has won the 2015 National Book Award for Poetry for her debut collection, Voyage of the Sable Venus . She accepted the award at the 66th annual National Book Awards ceremony, …
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Alums Return to Campus for Eventful Div IV Weekend
… Alums Return to Campus for Eventful Div IV Weekend At the welcoming reception for alums returning for Div IV … 2–4, lê thi diem thúy, Guggenheim Fellow and author of the novel The Gangster We Are All Looking For , described being invited …
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Hampshire Announces Eighth President is Ed Wingenbach, Accomplished Scholar
… of liberal arts education. Download story pdf here For the past six months, he has served as acting president of Ripon College in Wisconsin, the venerable liberal arts college where he has been vice … for 15 years as an administrator and faculty leader at the University of Redlands in California. “For 50 years, …
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End-Of-Year Events Feature Div III Concerts, Exhibits, More
… range from Division III showcases, concerts, lectures, and the release of this year’s edition of the literary and visual arts journal, The Reader . (To submit an event for consideration, email …
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