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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 … program gave me insightful and astute suggestions on how best we could make the program work. At Hampshire, I’ve found …
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Sean Wilde 21F Brings Lambing Back to the Hampshire College Farm
… III project, recent graduate Sean Wilde 21F designed and launched a sheep-breeding program at the Hampshire … for the first time in years. With his research, planning, and fundraising, a new flock of Katahdin ewes is now settling … be. Research was the first step: What breed of sheep would best fit Hampshire’s farm? How would we get the sheep? How …
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Keynote Speech at Commencement
… Address, May 22, 2010 It's extremely weird to be here, and I'll say more about that weirdness in just a moment. But first, old-fashioned and highball congratulations to the class-of-whatever-it-is … beyond the world of poetry, except in as much as what's best about poetry is always with us—haunting and, in rarer …
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Hampshire Dedicates Kern Center, Explores Solutions in Environmental Justice, Green Building, Education
… Courtmanche Hundreds of members of the Hampshire community and invited guests attended the R.W. Kern Center dedication and symposium on Friday, September 16, a daylong event that … developer Majora Carter was the first speaker. At their best, she said, our built environments can inspire. She told …
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Chapter 13: Political Activism
… community, the first from the Third World Organization, and the second from President Charles R. Longsworth.] May 2, … Science/Administration Building. Over the past two days and in response to that occupation negotiations have been … fend for himself: live in his individual room, tailor the best possible individual course of study, pass individual …
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Michael Beggs 07F Is Passionate About Doing For the Sake of Doing
… proponent of experimental education, interdisciplinarity, and following his own questions, inspired by the pedagogy of both Hampshire and the former Black Mountain College. Self-described … to stop, which requires knowing yourself and how you work best. I think the way in which Hampshire required me to be …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Nathalie Arnold
… (Koenings) is professor of anthropology, literary arts and African studies. A transdisciplinary scholar, her work at the intersection of African, Indian Ocean, and Islamic Studies spans critical anthropology, multispecies ethnography, literature, writing, and translation studies. In anthropology, Nathalie has …
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Hampshire College Receives Largest Single Donation Since Founding
… in its Change in the Making campaign by Paula H. and James S. Crown 71F. Mr. and Mrs. Crown will match donations from fellow alums through … paths, gather the resources they need to solve problems, and take risks,” said Mr. and Mrs. Crown. “The distinct …
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Freedom Sounds: Celebrating Creative Voices in Jazz Today
… Jazz Today Flutist Nicole Mitchell, cellist Tomeka Reid, and basson-player Sara Schoenbeck will be artists in residence at Hampshire College Thursday, November 29 and Friday, November 30. They will work with Hampshire and Five College students and speak about their creative …
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Hampshire College Raises Projection for Student Enrollment, Relaunches Admissions
… students representing 42 U.S. states, Washington, DC, and 13 countries 32% students of color 22% first-generation … Hampshire is rebuilding its admissions office to recruit and enroll a new class of students for 2020. Wingenbach has appointed key administrators and is guiding the College in its work advancing other key …
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Five College Sustainability Initiative
… process that began with nearly 500 brainstormed ideas and will end with up to a handful of projects for campuses to pursue, is turning to students and faculty to help narrow the field. Last winter, the Five … campus communities (Hampshire, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts …
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Hampshire College Events: March-May 2017
… HampHack, student performances, Div III showcases, and our 2017 Commencement. To submit a campus event for … identity in America, addressing the desire to commodify and quantify blackness using a lens that often includes … roots. For ticket information, e-mail hctboxoffice@gmail.com . AGAIN: Moving into a Movement , a Hampshire College …
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Hampshire College Events: January-March 2017
… Lecture, the 2nd Annual Deaf Studies Conference, and more. To submit a campus event for inclusion, please … between prisons exploiting incarcerated people for labor, and incarcerated people reclaiming their labor to create art … For ticket information, e-mail hctboxoffice@gmail.com . NOK — Next of Kin , an exhibition by Inbal Abergil: Leo …
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Hampshire Invites Campus Community to Radically Engage
… Engage John Courtmanche Hampshire is inviting students and employees to take part in an experiential, story-driven … Center, one of them a Hampshire alum. Hosted by the Ethics and the Common Good Project in partnership with more than two … relationships in our community through the free workshops and events titled The Culture of Radical Engagement offered …
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Hampshire College Student Awarded Prestigious Projects for Peace Grant for Program in Ghana
… a student at Middlebury College focusing on economics and math, and Nathaniel Wullar, a computer science and electrical and computer engineering student from Duke …
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Hampshire Invites the Public to Humanities Events
… the Humanities." The event was built around the creativity and scholarship of Hampshire alumni—including such prominent … figures as filmmaker Ken Burns, author Leah Hager Cohen, and literary journalist Chip Brown—and Hampshire's humanities faculty. The following sessions …
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Alums Return to Campus for Eventful Div IV Weekend
… IV weekend, June 2–4, lê thi diem thúy, Guggenheim Fellow and author of the novel The Gangster We Are All Looking For , … College Art Gallery exhibit. “When Hampshire calls and asks you to do something you’ve never done before, it’s … victims of the My Lai massacre. The alumni exhibit Of Soil and Tongues , curated by alum curatorial fellow Jocelyn Edens …
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Hampshire to Offer Summer Social Justice Institute
… Social Justice is a four-week program focused on the study and practice of creating social change. Taught by Hampshire … such as policy analysis, community-based research, and practices and participatory action. Undergraduates from Hampshire and …
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'Adventures of a Kid'
… 'Adventures of a Kid' "...when imagination and reality were seamless." On the outside, Freddie may look like "a dumpy little kid in a hoodie, shorts, and sneakers," as her creator describes her. Inside, she teems with ideas and imagination: Observing the world around her—grownups …
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