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Rachel Conrad
… teaches interdisciplinary courses on critical childhood and youth studies, 20th- and 21st-century poetry of childhood , and youth-authored texts. Her courses focus on centering …
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Statement In Response to Executive Order on Immigration Policy
… by the White House regarding immigration enforcement and national security. I too am dismayed and worried, both for the safety of individuals who may be caught up in these directives and by the anti-immigrant directions in which they propel the …
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Hampshire Welcomes Five New Faculty For Fall Semester 2017
… approaches, such as integrating Native American studies and environmental justice, areas not normally connected … C. Owens, assistant professor of diasporic youth cultures and ethnic studies, earned a bachelor’s degree in social work … in women’s studies from the University of Alabama, and a doctorate in American studies from the University of …
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SHIFT Foundation Increases Gift to Hampshire Ethics Program to $4.59 Million
… Ethics Program to $4.59 Million John Courtmanche A year and a half after Hampshire College launched its Ethics and the Common Good program with a private gift of $2.09 … that will provide students with courses, mentoring, and opportunities for research to explore questions of …
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First Community Orientation Kicks Off Hampshire’s Fall Semester
… its first community orientation. All students, staff, and faculty were invited to participate in a virtual event … Amherst. She has published widely on social justice and liberation issues such as racism and internalized racism, self-awareness for liberation …
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Two Hampshire Students Awarded 2015 Humanity in Action Fellowships
… academic standing, participation in human rights issues, and outstanding recommendations. Humanity in Action received … a record 688 applications from 253 American colleges and universities for the 2015 Fellowships. Humanity in Action … These young leaders are dynamic, entrepreneurial, and passionate about changing the world. Goldberg studies …
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Thom Long
… Thom Long holds a B.Arch. from Roger Williams University and an M.S. in advanced architectural design from Columbia University. Long is a practicing architect and graphic designer. His work, in practice and theory, explores concepts of communication through and …
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Summer Programs Offer Intensive Experiences Across Disciplines
… Hampshire, curating a digital exhibition, learning ancient and modern metalworking, or collaborating with leading … College Summer Programs is offering six college institutes and programs (three are brand new) and four precollege programs (two are new). All are intensive …
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Students from Havana Exchange Program Present Final Projects
… this exchange program has immersed students from Hampshire and beyond in Cuban culture, connecting them with the creative community through partners in Cuba, and housing them with Cuban families. Students attend classes and complete independent projects while being tutored by …
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Letter to HampRiseUp from President Nelson: February 18, 2019
… described in your two letters of demands, dated February 7 and February 16, and expanded on during the fishbowl meeting held on Thursday, February 7, and in conversations with you in Cole 116 on Tuesday, …
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Hampshire to Host National Symposium on Black Aesthetics
… incited in part by the tragic deaths, incarceration, and inequality of black people today and their response in resistance, is the focus of a public … Kelly, University of North Carolina Charlotte professor and president of the Transdisciplinary Aesthetics Foundation, …
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New Board Chair Jose Fuentes Letter to Hampshire Community
… I’ve had the privilege of founding two ed-tech companies and developing software platforms to increase access to knowledge and move education forward. I’ve also gratefully served Hampshire as a trustee the past four years, and I’m excited to build on lessons learned as I begin my …
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Alumni Panel Event To Focus On Immigration, Anti-Immigrant Policy
… Focus On Immigration, Anti-Immigrant Policy As immigrants and immigration have become the fodder for electoral battles … month. The panelists work on the front lines investigating and challenging the criminalization of immigrants in the … Franklin Patterson Hall’s West Lecture Hall, three alums and a current student will participate in From Home Raids to …
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Hampshire Awards First Ikeda Soka Scholarship for Studies of Peace-Building, Empathy, Ethical Leadership
… such as peace-building, the science of mind–body health, and developing greater humanity in self and society. The endowment was established by Elisabeth … internationally acclaimed Buddhist peace-builder, writer, and educator. The Japanese term soka means "value-creation" …
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Spector Receives NSF Grant To Propel Computer Programs Modeling Biological Evolution
… single-cell organisms to evolve into multicellular plants and animals. But only seven decades after humans proposed early designs of artificial intelligence and machine learning, Hampshire Professor of Computer Science … NSF grant exceeding $400,000 in six years — for research and development of this technology. These grant programs in …
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Alums Create Student Scholarship Fund To Honor Professor Emerita Bengelsdorf
… Emerita Bengelsdorf John Courtmanche Victor Fresco and Scott Gortikov didn’t plan to concentrate their Hampshire … they took a course with Professor Carollee Bengelsdorf, and they were hooked. A professor of politics who joined the faculty in 1973, three years before Gortikov and Fresco arrived, Bengelsdorf peppered her teaching with …
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Eva Rueschmann
… Eva Rueschmann Eva Rueschmann received her B.A. in English and French languages and literatures at the Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg in Germany, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in comparative literature from the …
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Hampshire Offering Innovative Summer Programs
… Hampshire Offering Innovative Summer Programs Created and recognized for shaping bold new educational approaches, … expanding its calendar of academic programs to year-round and opening up opportunities to diverse learning communities. … experience-based education are geared toward professionals and practitioners, advanced high school students, graduate …
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Hampshire College Welcomes Five New Members to the Board of Trustees
… year, starting July 1, 2020. Alums Juana Schurman 72F and Wendy Webb Williams 86F joined the board in February 2021. Erik Benau 03F and Morwin Schmookler 00F joined in fall of 2020, and Warren Gorlick 77F began his three-year term as the …
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'Boundaries Between Bodies' Explores The Effects of Mass Incarceration Through Dance
… The Effects of Mass Incarceration Through Dance Artists and educators Reggie Daniels and Amie Dowling will present and discuss the dance films Well Contested Sites (2013) and …
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Leadership Team Update from President Wingenbach
… Dear Hampshire College Community, I arrived in Amherst and launched into my work at Hampshire this week, and I’m enjoying meeting staff and faculty across campus. I’ve only scratched the surface …
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Notable Alumni
Diana Arce 99F
… Arce 99F Diana Arce (she/her) is an artist, activist, and researcher, centering intersectional anti-racist … practices in her work creating campaigns, participatory, and community engaged art. Diana teaches, lectures, writes and lead workshops worldwide as part of her artistic practice …
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Hampshire to Offer 12th Annual ‘Super 8 Filmmaking in Paris’ Course This Summer
… Education Office courses in recent years for Hampshire and Five College students. Scheduled for June 1–21, the course is taught by Professor Emerita of Film and Video Baba Hillman . The course comprises intensive … workshops in cinematography, hand-processing, animation, and editing. It also explores the role of migration and …
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Div II Profile: REJJIA CAMPHOR 16F
… Metamorphosis AREAS OF FOCUS Creative writing, women’s and cultural studies, fine arts FACULTY COMMITTEE Mei Ann … I submitted a play to the Five College Word Festival and was accepted to workshop it with other black and brown people of color. It was an exciting learning …
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Exhibition Questions History of U.S. Relationship with Puerto Rico through Ironic “Museum” of Empire
… John Courtmanche Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, and as its one-year anniversary approaches, an exhibition at … of the colonial relationship between the United States and the island, a U.S. territory for more than a century and a commonwealth since 1952. The Museum of the Old Colony , …
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