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Collage Exhibit by Visiting Professor of Photography Richard Kraft on View Through April
… on display in the Jerome Liebling Center’s main gallery. For the Italian writer Italo Calvino, “multiplicity” begins … present, absent, and transformed. Like his Study for Ulysses , composed of pages from the James Joyce novel, … multiplicity infusing “lightness,” which Calvino extolls for its ability to evade inertia, subtract weight, level …
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Professor Johnson Publishes Book on China's One-Child Policy
… Professor Johnson Publishes Book on China's One-Child Policy Jenna Baillargeon China’s Hidden Children , … Abandonment, Adoption, and the Human Costs of the One-Child Policy , Johnson assesses the effects of the … policy.” Publishers Weekly calls the book “important for challenging conventional assumptions that international …
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Receiving, Payments, and Returns
… office or school. An office designee will be responsible for receiving goods. The purchase order should show the … Number (EIN) ( required ) For businesses: When line one and line two are filled out, please indicate to whom the … Number (EIN) ( required ) For businesses: When line one and line two are filled out, please indicate to whom the …
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First-Year Students
… to collaborate and create? An infectious enthusiasm for ideas? If these are the symptoms, Hampshire’s the cure. … School report and college counselor recommendation One (1) teacher letter of recommendation Optional Application … School report and college counselor recommendation One (1) teacher letter of recommendation Optional Application …
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Hampshire College Student Experience Model A (proposed)
… people in effective groups; locate resources; advocate for themselves; see their learning in broader contexts; adapt … from failure; and transfer and apply their knowledge from one environment to another. Students are supported in … from failure; and transfer and apply their knowledge from one environment to another. Students are supported in …
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Solving Email Overload
… and streamline viewing. The solution was Inboxmgr. For his Division III project, Norby spent the past year … recognizes the important information and context from each one, and then helps the user visualize all of that data in … as bolster the economy with more high-tech jobs. Inboxmgr.com, his website, is still in beta testing, but after …
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Ways to Explore Health Careers
… help you get started. Informational interviews: This is one of the best ways to get good information and start … is on your mind. Please see the SPARC Networking Guide for more information on finding the people to talk to, … help you get started. Informational interviews: This is one of the best ways to get good information and start …
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Payment Information and Options
… Information and Options Fall semester bills are ready for viewing during the first week of June, with payment due … is a 2.85% fee charged on the transaction total. Make a One-Time Payment : Parents and other individuals may make a … is a 2.85% fee charged on the transaction total. Make a One-Time Payment : Parents and other individuals may make a …
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Getting to Know the Fall 2020 Entering Students
… Including returning students, we have 425 in residence for the fall semester; 46 have opted to commute to campus; 55 … the current US political climate and global pandemic, only one new international student matriculated, from El Salvador, … Several were president of their class in high school, one interned for presidential candidate Julián Castro, and …
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A Documentary History of Hampshire College, Vol. 2: 1975-1985
… College's operation. By this time, the initial planning for the College had been tested in actual operation, and … with the program had become apparent. True to the hope of one of the initial planners, who urged Hampshire to be a … with the program had become apparent. True to the hope of one of the initial planners, who urged Hampshire to be a …
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The Documentary Histories of Hampshire College
… casts the I Ching on the subject of appropriate governance for the college. Volume 2 includes material from 1975-1985. … the Holmquist Report Review from five years later. See the news reports on the student who received a degree in frisbee. … as well as the statement on Workplace Democracy from 1990. One report describes the origin of the Day in the Lab, and …
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Commitment to Diversity
… recruitment, retention, and support of a diverse community one of our fundamental responsibilities. At Hampshire … recruitment, retention, and support of a diverse community one of our fundamental responsibilities. At Hampshire …
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Planes, Trains, and Buses
… serves the Hartford/Springfield area and is approximately one hour from Hampshire. There are shuttle services to and … serves the Hartford/Springfield area and is approximately one hour from Hampshire. There are shuttle services to and …
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Creating Cuban Consciousness
… who is entering her senior year at Smith College, is one of seven students—including six from Hampshire—who … brings students from Hampshire and other colleges to live for three months in Havana and study one-on-one with Cuban mentors across disciplines, writing, …
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Bridging Divides, Embracing Diversity Through Spiritual Student Life Work
… fall Alyssa, who also goes by Al, was selected to become one of only 10 college students from across the country to … spent a long weekend at IFYC headquarters, in Chicago, for a training, during which they got to know one another, worked on planning goals, and learned about …
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Data Security Policy
… 2.0 Scope All Hampshire College data will be assigned to one of the following categories: LEVEL I: Public: Low … directory, intranet content, and electronic mail (email). For non-electronic documents this includes business plans or … protect information at varying sensitivity levels. Level One--Public Examples: Any public data that is associated with …
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Entrepreneurial Skills
… independent or collaborative. Developing your capacities for managing projects will not only prepare you for your own … to projects at Hampshire. But the work isn’t limited to one course—or even to courses at all. You can develop … course would. We value project work that much! You can use one Special Project as one of your 7 courses in Division I. …
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Open-Access Education: Students Win When Schools Team Up
… When Schools Team Up Jonathan Lash Most colleges compete for students, but for more than 50 years, Five Colleges in … Holyoke, and Smith. I believe this collaborative model is one for education leaders to build on. Many complex … last year. Academic ProgramCollaborationFive College News … In her final year at Hampshire College, Nicole …
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Media Arts and Education
… seven weeks as a fellow with the Northwest Institute for Social Change in Portland, Oregon, this past summer, … level. This was a huge turning point for me." Bangs was one of 12 students nationwide chosen for a 2008 fellowship. … a lack of affordable housing," says Bangs. "Portland is one of the only places this is supported by local …
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Exploring the Huntington's Family
… Family Inspiration comes from a variety of sources. For Kendra Bechtel , the television show House provided a … disease is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting one in 10,000 Americans. The symptoms are similar to … also interviewed two men whose parents are diagnosed. One of the men found out he has the Huntington's gene. The …
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Identity and Culture
… days she brings that knowledge—and plenty of questions for students to consider—to each course she creates. "I think … Rubinstein had students individually design and work on one major project throughout the whole semester. "If I give … she says. Some students wrote short stories or essays, one created a radio show, another did an architectural …
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Alumni Profile: An Education with Teeth
… Alumni Profile: An Education with Teeth For Allison van der Velden 03F , isolating a novel genus has … do language and religion," she said. However, after taking one of Hampshire Professor Jason Tor's microbiology classes, … at Midwestern University. "I get to work with people one on one. I get to make a big difference for a small group …
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James Baldwin Scholars Program
… Info Sheet The Program’s foundation is established for students in their first year — the Baldwin Year.Students … scholarship; a guaranteed place in two writing courses (one each semester); and skill support from the Writing … scholarship; a guaranteed place in two writing courses (one each semester); and skill support from the Writing …
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Jake Schievink on Power, Desire, and the 'Actualized Computer'
… a “cool thing.”’ I was really inspired by a quote from one of my favorite computer scientists and engineers, Danny … Anyone can go on a website and submit poems or images for it. I have three people with these across the country … right now, just wearing these in their day-to-day life. One is in San Francisco; one was wearing it at the NASDAQ …
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SXSW Director Pierson Developed Critical Eye as Hampshire Student
… thousand short submissions, and out of those we select one hundred and thirty-five features and a hundred and ten shorts. I’m looking for something to surprise me.” This year's festival, which … II at the institute. Though she planned to stay for just one semester, she ended up completing her degree there. In …
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