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Hampshire College Events: March-May 2017

… HampHack, student performances, Div III showcases, and our 2017 Commencement. To submit a campus event for … identity in America, addressing the desire to commodify and quantify blackness using a lens that often includes … based artist from Detroit, Michigan currently living and working in Saint Louis, Missouri. She has received grants …

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Hampshire College Events: January-March 2017

… Lecture, the 2nd Annual Deaf Studies Conference,    and more. To submit a campus event for inclusion, please … between prisons exploiting incarcerated people for labor, and incarcerated people reclaiming their labor to create art and literature, drive the exhibit Made in America: Unfree …

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Hampshire Invites Campus Community to Radically Engage

… Engage John Courtmanche Hampshire is inviting students and employees to take part in an experiential, story-driven … Center, one of them a Hampshire alum. Hosted by the Ethics and the Common Good Project in partnership with more than two … relationships in our community through the free workshops and events titled The Culture of Radical Engagement offered …

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Hampshire College Introduces Ten Summer Academic Programs in 2018

… will introduce ten courses — four on the college level and six precollege — to its innovative Summer Academic … by popular demand. Taught by Hampshire faculty, alums, and community members, the summer classes cover an array of topics. The college programs run four weeks, June 4–29, and are open not only to college and graduate students but …

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Hampshire College Student Awarded Prestigious Projects for Peace Grant for Program in Ghana

… a student at Middlebury College focusing on economics and math, and Nathaniel Wullar, a computer science and electrical and computer engineering student from Duke …

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Hampshire Invites the Public to Humanities Events

… the Humanities." The event was built around the creativity and scholarship of Hampshire alumni—including such prominent … figures as filmmaker Ken Burns, author Leah Hager Cohen, and literary journalist Chip Brown—and Hampshire's humanities faculty. The following sessions …

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Alums Return to Campus for Eventful Div IV Weekend

… IV weekend, June 2–4, lê thi diem thúy, Guggenheim Fellow and author of the novel The Gangster We Are All Looking For , … College Art Gallery exhibit. “When Hampshire calls and asks you to do something you’ve never done before, it’s … victims of the My Lai massacre. The alumni exhibit Of Soil and Tongues , curated by alum curatorial fellow Jocelyn Edens …

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Update from President Nelson: March 8, 2019

… 8, 2019 As we begin spring break, I wanted to reach out and give you a brief update on our progress. Many of you here … have heard some of this already in our standing meetings and working groups. It’s been a busy couple weeks, day in and day out, as it should be, given the challenges before us. …

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Hampshire to Offer Summer Social Justice Institute

… Social Justice is a four-week program focused on the study and practice of creating social change. Taught by Hampshire … such as policy analysis, community-based research, and practices and participatory action. Undergraduates from Hampshire and

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Updates on Covid-19 Novel Coronavirus

… Prevention Please remember to practice preventive health and social distancing as recommended by the CDC, including: Careful and frequent hand washing or cleaning with hand sanitizer. … Staying at least six feet away from other people and avoiding crowds and large gatherings. Where possible, …

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'Adventures of a Kid'

… 'Adventures of a Kid'   "...when imagination and reality were seamless."   On the outside, Freddie may look like "a dumpy little kid in a hoodie, shorts, and sneakers," as her creator describes her. Inside, she teems with ideas and imagination: Observing the world around her—grownups …

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Hampshire Well-Equipped to Pivot During Crisis, Extends Deposit Deadline

… to June 1, as a show of support for accepted students and their families and the challenges presented this spring by the global … this spring, including disruptions to high school and changes to personal and financial circumstances,” said …

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Classes to Begin August 25: Planning for Fall at Hampshire

… range of programming to support community engagement and connection, following guidelines for safe social distancing when in person, and also offering online options such as lectures, presentations and interactive discussions. This spring and summer have …

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FAQ for the Workplace

… influenza during a pandemic is to avoid crowded settings and other situations that increase the risk of exposure to … a crowd should be as short as possible. Some basic hygiene and social distancing precautions that can be implemented in … If you are sick, stay at home. If you are at work and you feel sick, go home. Wash your hands frequently with …

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April 23: Earth Week Event at Hampshire College

… Hampshire College invites the public to Climate Change and Human Survival , a panel discussion with President … Lash, Professor of Development Studies Betsy Hartmann, and Five College Professor of Peace and World Security Studies Michael Klare. The event is …

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Q&A on the Bauhaus with Dr. Karen Koehler

… Dr. Karen Koehler Karen Koehler teaches courses in modern and contemporary architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, and design, with a special emphasis on connections between the built environment, art, critical theory, and socio-political history. Dr. Koehler is associate …

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HampHack Students Tackle 21st-Century Problems in 24-Hour Challenge

… Antarctic ice rifts, a brain-controlled video game, and an automatic stock-trading algorithm were among the … pushing the boundaries of technology, art, design, and fabrication at the College’s second-annual HampHack, which took place April 14 and 15.   Most hackathons center on technology alone, but …

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In Conversation with Christoph Cox, Part 1

… 99F Can you talk about how the new academic program and student experience model was developed? CC: After the … Hampshire really needed was for everybody to get together and figure out what our future was going to be. That's what happened last fall, and it really worked. We got together and talked across every …

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Just Our Type

… Just Our Type Division III  —  Digital Type Design and Typography   It is difficult to imagine a more perfect … story than that of May graduate David Jonathan Ross and the path he navigated in pursuit of his college degree—and where that exploration has led him. When Ross, who grew …

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In Memoriam: Kirk Robert Simon 1954-2018

… No More — a film detailing the struggles of refugee and immigrant children at a school in Tel Aviv — he devoted … us.” That shout-out exemplified his generosity of spirit and dedication to making mission-driven films. His … an MTV reality series detailing the struggles of gay men and lesbians ( Coming Out Stories , 2006), and an HBO, …

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Tutorials Initiate Students To Take Initiative Over Their Learning

… To Take Initiative Over Their Learning Joshua Murray and John Courtmanche Hundreds of Hampshire first-year … coming from high schools with regimented curriculum and lecture classes are getting their first taste of … ways, in classrooms where students face each other and learn not by lecture but by discussions facilitated by …

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New Applied Ethics Courses Funded by Ethics & the Common Good Grants

… in the development of courses that focus on conceptions and problems of ethics and the common good, as well as possible means of addressing … to meet student demand for critical applied ethics courses and connect Hampshire College’s five schools through the …

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Hampshire Ranks Among Top U.S. Colleges for Alums Earning Doctorates

… graduates are most likely to earn a doctorate degree, and joining Cornell, Dartmouth and most Ivies, Stanford, and Duke, is Hampshire College, at #40 among the nation's …

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Launch Update from Academic Innovation Planning Group

… Academic Innovation Planning Group (AIPG) is to develop and carry out a process of community involvement to identify … mission, within a very tight time-frame. Together with Ed and the Board of Trustees, we believe that Hampshire needs a … college’s constituencies was extraordinarily successful, and a hybrid model emerged from the discussions across all …

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Update on Accreditation: June 7, 2019

… sustainable business model. On May 30, a team of trustees and senior administrators presented to the Commission at a … , encompassed the spirit of our endeavors to sustain and grow Hampshire. Specifically, the Commission is concerned … Hampshire’s ability to meet its standards on Organization and Governance and Institutional Resources .  Today, NECHE …

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