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Frequently Asked Questions

… to president@hampshire.edu . updated April 29, 2020 Health and Counseling Services Health and Counseling Services will remain fully staffed and open during business hours. Students should make contact …

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Four Hampshire Alums Awarded Fulbrights in 2017

… the past six years to fund overseas research, teaching, and international exchange. The four awardees announced in … will serve the year in Colombia to conduct field research and to teach; Nicole DelRosso, who was invited to study in … biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco; and Rebecca Thomas, also a Fulbright English Teaching …

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Two from Hampshire Receive 2017 Princess Grace Award Scholarships for Film Theses

… Scholarships for Film Theses John Courtmanche A student and a recent alum are the latest from Hampshire to win … receiving scholarships to help fund their undergraduate and graduate film theses, respectively. Hampshire students and alums have won eight Princess Grace Awards the past six …

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Alum Actor Jason Salkey Uses TV Role Inspiration to Follow in His Father’s Footsteps

… to Follow in His Father’s Footsteps Actor, writer, and alum Jason Salkey 80F was a member of the Hampshire … at the College, where he played ultimate frisbee and studied acting and directing. A pivotal TV role inspired him to follow in …

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‘Sharing Our Journey’ Gallery Exhibit February 6-24

… Engaging Our Worlds. An Exhibit of Visual Media, Stories, and Other Work from Hampshire College Students, Staff, Faculty, and Alumni The Hampshire College Art Gallery welcomed the … Media, Stories & Other Work from Students, Staff, Faculty, and Alumni.” The exhibit remained in the gallery until …

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A Fresh Look at Local Flavor

… Fresh Look at Local Flavor Cookbook supports local farmers and local foods market The Pioneer Valley has a new cookbook, … be purchased for $19.95 at Collective Copies in Amherst and Florence and at many bookstores throughout the Pioneer Valley.  Davis, …

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Jorrell Watkins Is Student Speaker at 2015 Commencement Ceremony

… is a creative vessel that can hold poetry, music, and movement, and it allows for a range of different arts that can be used … Since high school I’ve been interested in history, poetry, and dance. Seeing that performance ended up changing the …

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Q&A with Ass't Professor of Theatre Mei Ann Teo

… outside of school to explore different ways of working and thinking. I spent a year and a half as a nomad. I spent four months at the Oregon … reflective practices, particularly in meditation and yoga. During that time, I made a piece called  Labyrinth …

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Peter Kallok

… Peter Kallok Peter Kallok received his B.A. from U.C.L.A. and his M.F.A. from the University of Washington. He served … where he was technical director, scenic designer, and artistic associate. With more than 50 designs to his … work includes scenery for Equus, Riches, Closer, Venus, and BFE , as well as lights for The Ride Across Lake …

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Hampshire College Earns STARS Gold Rating for Sustainability

… achievements across academics, operations, leadership, and more. Only some 135 colleges and universities worldwide have earned a Gold or Platinum … . On June 25 – 26, 2018, Hampshire will partner with AASHE and the Living Future Institute as host of the national Net …

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NOTICE: Covid-19 Case in the Hampshire Community

… to have Covid-19. The employee has been out of office and not working on campus since Friday, March 13, and does not work directly with students. The employee had no … that put any student or colleague at risk of exposure, and a small number of employees who may have been in direct …

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Kent State, One Generation Removed

… Generation Removed Hampshire Student Writes About Memories and Monuments: Kent State, One Generation Removed "All witnesses of and players in a historical event are they themselves … We are all, for that matter, monuments to our own lives and the era in which our lives occur. Michel Foucault wrote …

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Hampshire Grads Launch Web Show

… Division III (senior) project. I worked tirelessly on it, and it was driving me insane. I could not track down … Pope 07F . His response was swift: "He rolled the paper up and (jokingly) hit me with it," Ellis says. Pope encouraged … Ellis to use her written comedy sketches for her project and abandon the frustrating documentary. Ellis seized the …

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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 … 28 from 7-10 p.m. Shear is a meditation on the butchering and consumption of the animal body through multimedia …

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Alum Exhibit Explores Humanity, Nature in the Post-Industrial Moment

… a series of familiar surfaces — most often the Connecticut and Concord Rivers — made strange through a combination of … points of view, compressed time, climatic conditions, and altered focus.   Since studying film and video at Hampshire, Altmann 81F has been active in visual …

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Q&A with Seeta Sistla, Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Ecology

… where she was based for two years as a NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow. What are you working on now? In addition to teaching and preparing for next semester’s courses, I’m tying up my … researchers who study economics, demography, anthropology, and conservation biology. The goal is to better understand …

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Updates from Health Services

… so please look at the CDC website for up-to-date  news and more information about COVID-19 ,  related travel advisories , and  frequently asked questions . The Massachusetts … the Robert Crown Center. All currently enrolled students and all employees of Hampshire College are eligible to be …

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Hampshire Celebrates Commencement: May 12–15

… the newest Div-Free members of our community! To celebrate and honor our newest graduates, Hampshire planned a series of both virtual and in-person events.   Read a recap article on Hampshire's … the Daily Hampshire Gazette. The bell ringing celebration and virtual commencement ceremony can now be viewed on …

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Women Welders

… Women Welders Women Welders Past, Present, and Future When Megan Kenney enrolled in a noncredit … or worked with power tools of any kind before college, and I just fell in love with it," she said. "It was a whole … college, Kenney continued to work in the Dorothy and Jerome Lemelson Center for Design at Hampshire, a design …

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Alum-Curated Exhibit Features Photographs from Hampshire's Collection

… my eyes , running from December 15, 2016-January 15, 2017, and curated by Jocelyn Edens, Kress Curatorial Fellow and Hampshire alum. The exhibit is preceded by a series of … Bravo photographs in Hampshire’s permanent art collection and moving images by contemporary artists Buster Graybill, …

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New Faculty Q&A with Daniel Altshuler

… How is it that we’re able to understand each other, and what does that tell us about the human brain? What draws me to doing linguistics, and especially semantic theory, is that developing a theory … many languages do you speak? I speak two natively: English and Russian. I speak a little bit of Spanish and, sadly, not …

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Nathan McClain

… Books, 2022), longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award, and Scale (Four Way Books, 2017).   He is a recipient of … from The Frost Place, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and is a Cave Canem fellow. He earned an M.F.A. from the …

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Hampshire Alum's Music Documentary Embraced on Global Festival Circuit

… it’s been received with consistent raves from film critics and arts media. Variety magazine named Danny Says a SXSW … on Wednesday, October 14, along with a Q&A with Toller and Fields moderated by Byron Coley 74F and Matt Krefting 99F. And after-party at the High Horse will …

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A Hampshire Education is More Challenging, Independent, Community-Based – National Survey Shows

… more challenging, collaborative with faculty, independent, and connected to community service than an education from … of the quality of a higher education: the amount of time and effort students put into their work; and how a college deploys its academic resources toward …

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Dec. 6-10: "FIVE"

… College students—Tara Morrison, Gavriela Shoshana, and Anna Stewart Zellwegger—have artwork in the exhibition … This year the students worked with New York City painter and educator Jaya Howey. Students carried a rigorous workload … of weekly assignments that were critiqued by Howey and fellow students in classes held on the Hampshire College …

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