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Former Hampshire Dean Publishes Book on the College’s Earliest Years
… his exploration of Hampshire College’s very beginnings and how the school came to be in terms of ideas, planning, scholarship, and money. Alpert arrived at Hampshire in September 1971 as … with Robert Birney, the founding dean of social science, and we had a number of interviews. I was excited at the …
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Raphael Crawford-Marks 01F’s Software Startup Raises More Than $18 Million
… Than $18 Million Bonusly, a leading employee recognition and rewards platform, serves industry giants such as Hulu, Chobani, and SurveyMonkey. Founded in 2013, Crawford-Marks’s company … B funding. Raphael Crawford-Marks 01F is the cofounder and CEO of Colorado-based Bonusly , an innovative employee …
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“Higher Ed Dive” Reports That Other Institutions Could Learn From Hampshire’s Revitalization
… Revitalization In an era of increasing homogeneity and financial pressures within the higher education … importance of clarity of mission, the courage to innovate, and the power of community in ensuring the survival of … a $60 million fundraising drive, revamped its curriculum and went all-in on what President Edward Wingenbach described …
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Hampshire College’s Semester Unbound Creates Campus Climate Action Plan
… together academic resources from an array of perspectives and skill sets to address pressing global issues, Semester … Semester Unbound combines ways to learn, share, create, and enact positive change. Unlike any form of study … is a single immersive class that takes the time, energy, and commitment of four regular classes, disrupting the …
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Hampshire College Alum Will Meyer 10F Pivots from Local Journalism to Local Eats with Vegan Pizza
… Will Meyer 10F is an entrepreneur, musician, journalist, and connoisseur of vegan pizza–making. He launched his … Meyer challenged himself to create a genuinely good and entirely plant-based pizza. Vegan Pizza Land (VPL) … counters: one inside Northampton’s Thornes Marketplace and the second in Easthampton’s Keystone Mill building. You …
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Hampshire College Professor Becky Miller Serves as Panelist for Massachusetts Cultural Council
… Arts Artist Fellowships awarded by the Folk Arts and Heritage Program at the Massachusetts Cultural Council. … Cultural Council is a state agency that supports artists and communities through grants, advocacy, education, and other initiatives. The Mass Cultural Council recognizes …
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Comedian/Voice Actor Eugene Mirman 92F Credits Hampshire as a Launching Point
… 92F Credits Hampshire as a Launching Point Hampshire alum and successful stand-up comic and voice actor Eugene Mirman 92F tips his hat to the College … thesis. This experience was surely a unique one for him and he also credits it for being both a learning and …
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Hampshire Student Implements Tech Exploration Program for High School Students in Ghana
… for Peace grant recipient Rupert Tawiah-Quashie 22S and his two teammates traveled to Accra, Ghana, this summer … a student at Middlebury College focusing on economics and math, and Nathaniel Wullar, a computer science and electrical and …
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A Hands-on Bioinformatics Class Lets Students Get Practical Experience While Keeping It Experimental
… project in bioinformatics. Their work is supported and enhanced by Hampshire’s particular focus on sustainability and experimentation. There are just 35 Certified Living Buildings in the world, and two of them — the R.W. Kern Center and the Hitchcock …
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Hampshire College Alum Galina Vromen 72F Publishes Debut Novel in Her 70s
… Debut Novel in Her 70s After decades as a journalist and literacy advocate, Galina Vromen 72F turned her focus to … , set in WWII Los Alamos, explores secrecy, morality, and the human cost of war. For Galina Vromen 72F, writing has … News Agency in Israel, England, the Netherlands, France, and Mexico. Later, she led national literacy initiatives in …
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Jennifer Chrisler Selected to Lead Hampshire College’s Next Bold Chapter
… president. An accomplished higher education administrator and leader, LGBTQIA+ advocate and non-profit executive, Chrisler’s 30+ year career has spanned the fields of private and public education, electoral politics, and national public …
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Jonathan Lash's State of the College Address
… 2015 June 6, 2015 Madam chair, former presidents, current and former trustees, faculty, staff, alumni, students — all who have created, who sustain, and who care about Hampshire College, our unique experiment — … to honor our remarkable past, celebrate the present, and set our sights on the future. It is 50 years since the …
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Susana Loza
… Susana Loza received her B.A. degrees in political science and psychology from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in comparative ethnic studies from the University … She teaches cultural studies, critical race theory, film and media studies, popular music, feminist theory, and ethnic …
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Hampshire Invites 50th Anniversary Class to Engage in Complex Questions of the 21st Century
… to prepare students to engage in complex, pressing issues and questions of the 21st century. Departing completely from traditional college majors and siloed academic departments, Hampshire’s new direction … intentionally prepares students for a future of constant and rapid change, in which graduates will need to apply …
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Creativity Center Awards Ten Project Grants to Students
… to ten student projects in two categories: innovation and experimentation, and collaboration. Projects bring together students from … in the pursuit of integrative learning, or fuel innovation and risk-taking in academic work that takes place both inside …
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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 … Association (NESEA), Hampshire, the Hitchcock Center, and the project design teams, will offer a two-day series of presentations and workshops on the Living Building Challenge September 12 …
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Upcoming Virtual Events Help Celebrate Hampshire’s 50th Anniversary
… of alumni in a variety of fields. These events are virtual and open to the public. A large-scale 50th Anniversary … already hosted ten great opportunities to learn, connect, and celebrate together. Alums, students, staff, faculty, friends, and even past presidents of the College were in attendance …
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Hampshire Announces Eighth President is Ed Wingenbach, Accomplished Scholar
… passionate administrator, faculty leader, scholar, and proponent of liberal arts education. Download story pdf … liberal arts college where he has been vice president and dean of faculty and a professor of politics and government since 2015. …
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Hampshire College Events March - April 2016
… Hampshire is hosting a range of events on campus in March and April, among them the 35th anniversary of our Civil Liberties and Public Policy conference, the 14th-Annual Five College … the Ninth-Annual Schocket Memorial Lecture on Class and Culture, a production from our acclaimed theatre program, …
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Hampshire College Faculty Participate in Five College Working Group “Race, Indigeneity, Settler Colonialism in Global Perspective”
… Perspective” Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Visual Studies Jennifer Bajorek, Visiting Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies Robert B. Caldwell, Jr., and Associate Professor of Critical Race, Gender, and Media …
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Campus Events January - March 2018
… Pixar animation, the student-run Deaf Studies Conference, and the touring Telluride Film Festival. (If you would like … here, please email communications@hampshire.edu ) The Art and Science of Bringing Pixar’s Imagined Worlds to Life: A … for lighting, discusses her studio's use of math, science, and code to bring wonder to the big screen in Pixar feature …
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Our Year of Renewal
… to lead a college that is rebuilding its enrollment and revenues and working to restore the faith of its community. My … here, having weathered the uncertainty of last spring, and by the high school students who have already applied for …
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Tradition of Environmental Justice Courses Continues This Fall
… topics this term are global overpopulation, agriculture, and international relations, all connected with themes of justice and equity. At the dedication of the R.W. Kern Center and daylong symposium “What Buildings Should Do,” up to a …
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Creativity Center Awards Grants to Six Student Projects
… to six student projects in two categories: innovation and experimentation, and collaboration. Projects bring together students from … in the pursuit of integrative learning, or fuel innovation and risk-taking in academic work that takes place both inside …
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President’s Letter on Plans for Hampshire’s Future
… in compliance with two of its nine standards: organization and governance, and institutional resources. We’ve made great progress in these areas. The college’s leadership is secure and our Board is strong. Together we’re leading a rapid, …
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