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Hampshire Welcomes Creative, Socially Minded, Ambitious Incoming Fall Class

… crisp late-summer day on campus — perfect for welcoming the newest students to Hampshire College. The fall 2025 class … stage managers, lighting techs, sound operators, and set designers. They are poets, memoirists, essayists, … stage managers, lighting techs, sound operators, and set designers. They are poets, memoirists, essayists, …

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… and Artist Andrew Sapini 17F’s Div III Art Show Focused on the History of the Emergency Medical Service Read More Hampshire’s Community … Read More Hampshire College Welcomes Five New Members to the Board of Trustees Read More View More … All News Stories …

Path to Purpose: Division 2

… page is also available for download here . For each of the suggested actions outlined below, we've curated some … continual growth while pursuing and applying feedback Join the Hampshire Network and talk with two alums doing work … in. Practice generating appropriate questions to gain the information you need Keep building your network Create a …

Path to Purpose: Division 3

… page is also available for download here . For each of the suggested actions outlined below, we've curated some … interest Attend job, internship, and grad school fairs at the five colleges and virtually. Establish relationships … (esp. who are willing to “Open Doors at Workplace” on the Hampshire Network .) Reflect on your Hampshire …

Campus Safety and Security

… and Security (CSS) safeguards people and property on the Hampshire College campus. CSS should be alerted to any … with police and fire departments of Amherst and Hadley, the Massachusetts State Police, and the Northwestern District Attorney's Office for matters …

Alum Sustainability Advisory Council

… Council will allow students and alums to learn from the expertise and lived experiences of Hampshire alums who have found exciting work, around the world, that directly addresses one of Hampshire's urgent … positive action can be taken to confront climate change at the country, society or even individual level to create more …

Notice of Non-Discrimination

… does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, marital … and application of admission as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, …

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. …

First Learning Collaboratives Symposium Addresses Decolonization and Decarbonization

… & Decarbonize,” a panel discussion and conversation at the intersection of (de)colonization and climate change with … as well as former Common Good resident Jean-Luc Pierite. The symposium took place in Franklin Patterson Hall’s Main … of an enthusiastic crowd of students, staff, and faculty. The event was free and open to the public. The Learning …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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] …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …