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Your Financial Aid Notification

… financial aid, you will receive a notification from the financial aid office describing your offers. Your … (continuing students & new domestic applicants). The paper award letter will list your financial aid for the appropriate terms (fall and spring, fall only, or spring …

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Biography of Eqbal Ahmad

… Biography of Eqbal Ahmad Eqbal Ahmad was born in the village of Irki in Bihar, India in 1933 or 1934 to an … later his father was murdered over a land dispute while the young Eqbal lay beside him. Upon the partition of India in 1947, he and his elder brothers …

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Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan

… Direct Parent PLUS Loan Hampshire College participates in the Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP). The U.S. Department of Education, through this program, … help pay educational expenses. This federal parent loan is the Direct Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students, or Direct …

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General Policies

… items that are and are not allowed to be purchased at the College's expense (whether by purchasing card, … have any questions about allowed purchases, please contact the Purchasing Office at purchase@hampshire.edu   prior to making the purchase. Non-allowed purchases will be reimbursed by the

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Zine Collection

… library with over 1,000 zines, and are still adding more. The Hampshire College Zine Collection is located in the Harold F. Johnson Library on the first floor between the research help and media services …

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A History of Student Activities, 1983-1987

… 80 years in prison by Hampshire County Superior Court for the kidnapping, rape, and beating of a Hampshire student the previous April, and other crimes. [Apostrophe: March 3, … a planned march by dozens of students to their meeting, the Trustees' Finance Committee votes against divestment from …

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A Documentary History of Hampshire College, Vol. 1: 1965-1975

… from various archival sources, important documents in the history of Hampshire College. In gathering them, my … has been to remember who we are, and what we are about. The history of Hampshire College is a tale spoken in many voices; nowhere is this more apparent than in the original sources contained in the College Archives. Since …

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Employee or Independent Contractor?

… of "independent contractor" than what is used by the federal government. Under laws enacted in 2004 and the attorney general's interpretative guidance, a work … be an independent contractor relationship unless each of the following three factors applies: The individual must be …

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2018 AAG Report

… AAG Report By RJ Sakai 08F, AAG Chair Six times a year, the Alumni Advisory Group (AAG) convenes to discuss ways to … our community. Fourteen members dial in from all parts of the country to act on the collective belief that alums play a crucial role in …

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Harold F. Johnson

… Harold F. Johnson The library is named after Harold F. Johnson, an Amherst … to do something constructive with money he had made on the stock market, and decided that education--in particular … education that would nurture more future leaders--was the most useful thing he could fund. He had read The New …

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A History of Student Activities and Achievements at Hampshire College, 1991-2000

… by Sarah Finger How did I choose what to include in the history? The title of Tim Shary's work is A History of Student … for my work because I believe it accurately describes the history both Tim and myself compiled. The history I …

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Personal Protective Equipment

… Protective Equipment PRINT VERSION General Requirements The Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Program provides college employees with the necessary information to identify work situations that require the use of PPE and to properly select and use PPE. This …

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Field Study and Exchange Programs: Transcripts and Evaluations

… Programs: Transcripts and Evaluations Documentation in the form of transcripts and/or narrative evaluations is … upon completion of a semester of study away from campus. The following are the three categories of study away, accompanied by an …

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Collection Development Policy

… used at Hampshire College for building and maintaining the collections of the Library that support the continually changing transdisciplinary curriculum of the

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Software Updates and Resources

… and Macintosh computers require periodic updating of the operating system (OS). Performing these updates routinely … When updates are available, you should see an icon in the lower right corner near the clock telling you updates are ready to download or …

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Holland, Rebecca - 1977F

… Rebecca Holland is an attorney, currently working as the Associate University Compliance Officer at New York … Before joining NYU, she worked as: A public defender The legal director and director of policy and program … alternative-to-incarceration programs Inspector General of the Public Assistance and Grants Unit at the New York City …

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Consolidating Federal PLUS Loans

… Consolidating Federal PLUS Loans Parent borrowers of the federal PLUS loan may consolidate, or refinance, their … rate and lower monthly payments. Other reasons include the convenience of having just one loan with one monthly payment and the prevention of defaulting on one's loans. The

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Bloodborne Pathogen Plan

… Bloodborne Pathogen Plan PRINT VERSION I. OSHA Requirements The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) … plan is reviewed annually or more frequently as needed. The environmental health and safety office coordinates the review. The program includes all employees who have …

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Maintaining Your Status and Organizing Visa Documents

… regarding maintaining your J-1 status, please contact the global education office, 413.559.5542.)  An individual admitted to the U.S. in F-1 student status is permitted to remain legally in the U.S. for a period referred to as "duration of status" …

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Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) & Good Academic Standing

… must be making satisfactory academic progress according to the College's guidelines to be eligible for financial aid … and institutional awards including merit scholarships). The Center for Academic Support and Advising (CASA) and the Financial Aid Office will measure academic progress once …

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Division I for Students Who Entered prior to Fall 2011

… . For students entering in fall 2011 or after, please see the new Div I information . Division I serves two essential purposes. The distribution requirement introduces students to a broad … of concentration. Division I also helps students attain the tools necessary for Division II and Division III work, …

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Sue Darlington: Trees, Monks, and Interdisciplinary Teaching

… Teaching Sue Darlington loves to teach in the classroom. But she knows that what's really valuable to Hampshire students is the knowledge she brings from outside it. The professor of anthropology and Asian studies spent part of …

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Sex Offender Registry

… Sex Offender Registry The federal Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act, enacted on … Commonwealth of Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board The Sex Offender Registry Board is the state agency responsible for keeping a database of …

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Saving Documents as PDF's

… you want to share documents with someone who does not have the same applications available on their computer, or you … It used to require expensive software to perform the function of converting documents to PDFs, but no longer. Here are the options available to you. Mac OSX OSX has a PDF converter …

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Scholar (J) Program Basics

… Regulations This page is an abbreviated introduction to the complicated regulations that govern exchange visitors to the United States. These regulations change often; therefore, please contact the global education office with any questions you might …

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