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Students Plan 7th Annual Five College Queer Gender and Sexuality Conference

… The Queer Conference strives to provide a safer space for engaging, learning, and fostering community with a wide … speakers include: Sasha Alexander, Director of Membership for the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Olympia Perez, Content … there will be closed Queer People of Color (QPOC) sessions for folks to choose what best fits their needs throughout the …

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Jennifer Chrisler

… plan. In July 2024, she became vice president for institutional support, where she leads fundraising, … Before joining Hampshire, she was vice chancellor for advancement at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth … a national nonprofit dedicated to securing equality for LGBT parents and their children. There she built a strong …

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Sonic Boom: A New Album with a Hampshire Twist

… she performed with it live on public radio station WNYC , for the popular classical music show Spinning on Air . … she says. O’Reilly recently put out the album Hockets for Two Voices​ on the classical label Cantaloupe Music. In … accompaniment. She recorded the duets using her own voice for both parts. The album has been reviewed on All Songs …

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A Fresh Look at Local Flavor

… III). The spiral-bound cookbook, designed to lay flat for the convenience of the cook, was published locally by Collective Copies. It can be purchased for $19.95 at Collective Copies in Amherst and Florence and … the agricultural way of life has become a passion for her. As part of her studies at Hampshire, where she …

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Community Commons Summer Grants Announced

… and students had to quickly figure out alternatives for summer work. In response, several Hampshire programs … Kaya Travels: Teaching and Helping Develop Curriculum for Online Education of Migrants and Refugees in Morocco
 … Project 
 Nurture Us and We Grow: Embodied Theater Praxis for Healing and Transformation
 Talia Brown, Div II Project …

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Theatre

… in productions. Theatre concentrators are responsible for all facets of the production process at Hampshire, from … Image Making Fantasy Fit: Theatre and Creative Writing For Children Slim to None: Raising Awareness of Eating … Theatre Immersive, Design-Driven Performance Dressed for Work: Garment Vignettes on the Lower East Side Just a …

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Devyn Manibo Receives 2013 Princess Grace Award in Film

… the award funds to purchase filmmaking equipment and pay for travel to the Philippines to capture footage for her Hampshire Division III (senior) project, a video installation for the islands i've lost/ for the islands i've never known: …

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Hofstra Emerita Professor Silvia Federici to Deliver 2018 Schocket Lecture

… Collective, the organization that launched the Campaign for Wages for Housework in the United States and abroad. She has also … movements and was a founding member of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa, which for more than a decade …

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New Class of Students Urged to Own Their Education, at Orientation Shaped by Students

… . Just as Hampshire's experiential education calls for students to design their own concentration, the College … leaders to create and produce custom programming for the newest incoming class. The result this year was a … of their education. “Hampshire is a place designed for active users,” he said. “A central part of our education …

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Letter from Ken Rosenthal, Interim President: June 20, 2019

… the Board of Trustees voted to “resolve to admit a class for fall 2020 and proceed with the steps necessary to do so … when they voted four months ago not to accept a full class for fall 2019 and spring 2020? What changed? The answer is, … people who believe in our College. We are deeply grateful for the unprecedented energy and giving to secure an …

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Symposium To Explore Jackson, Mississippi, as Case Study of Economic Democracy and Community Self-Determination

… governance by launching people’s assemblies, opportunities for city residents to get together with their elected … on Thursday are: Rukia Lumumba was campaign manager for Mayor Lumumba, her brother. She is the founder of the … in these areas and has been honored on numerous occasions for excellence in scholarship and teaching, and for her work …

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Div III Profile: Anita Fuentes Gutierrez On Racism, Reality TV

… , a popular Spanish reality TV show heavily criticized for enforcing anti-Roma (also commonly called Gypsy) … discrimination. Los Gipsy Kings routinely draws criticism for reinforcing stereotypes about the Roma people, often … of the 21 participants blamed Roma people or their culture for their perceived failure to integrate; only two of them …

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Hampshire Successfully Implements Campus COVID-19 Testing Program

… repurposed the Robert Crown Center as a testing center for asymptomatic COVID-19 infection. Every other week, all … Institute’s Clinical Research Sequencing Platform Safe for School Program. Between August 10 and December 1, 5,571 … observation with a quick and easy nasal swab, accounted for 5,459 of those tests, which caught four cases, an overall …

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Howard Wein 93F

… have included senior vice president of food and beverage for the Morgans Hotel Group, chief operating officer for Starr Restaurants, and corporate director of food and beverage for Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Howard and his wife, …

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The Roos-Rohde House: A By-and-for Student Space

… The Roos-Rohde House: A By-and-for Student Space A message from students enrolled in the spring 2013 Design and Entrepreneurship for Social Impact class and students in the Rehamping group … President's house and relocate it to the Hampshire campus. For the past two years, the Rehamping student group has …

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Hampshire Faculty Recognized with Awards, Fellowships, Other Honors

… in Mexico organized by the University and Citizen Network for Democracy and accredited by the National Electoral … residential research fellowship at the Clark Art Institute for spring 2019.  She will be researching representations of … of a nationwide initiative to study deep-brain function for new insights into neural and cognitive systems. The …

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2014 Carol and Blair Brown Award Recipients

… Awards, presented May 1. Berger is technical director for music and dance, and Rimmer is director for queer/women services. The awards recognize staff who, … in securing and assembling a new portable tap floor for the college at a total cost of $225—as opposed to a …

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Hampshire College Commits to Funding Students Affected by Hurricane Maria

… Maria, Hampshire College is extending an invitation for two students from Puerto Rico to enroll for the spring semester of 2018. The semester will be fully funded for the two students. Hampshire will cover the cost of …

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Three Hampshire Alums Receive Nonprofit Excellence Award

… support groups and a series of free educational workshops for parents. "I want to thank you for recognizing the issue of family support as something … on this call who have felt judgement when they asked for help, so this gives me hope that that culture is …

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New Board Chair Jose Fuentes Letter to Hampshire Community

… Hampshire is being forced to change, and we are overdue for change. It’s a great honor and opportunity to be able to … education should be accessible and transformative for all those who choose to follow their path here.  Now we … academic program more innovative and collaborative, for the benefit of our campus and our community at large, and …

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Five Colleges Receives Grant to Celebrate Taiwanese Arts

… by Taiwan’s minister of culture as “an opportunity for Taiwan to connect with the world through our culture,” Project Taiwan is a natural fit for the Asian Arts & Culture Program at UMass’ Fine Arts … which is hosting the performances. “Arts are a vehicle for understanding cultures around the globe,” says Willie L. …

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Aug. 30: Edward Humes, Author of Garbology

… with Trash , which was selected as the common reading for Hampshire College's entering class of fall 2013. All … A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court received a PEN Award for nonfiction, and Humes's definitive account of a … Scopes Trial, Monkey Girl , received Silver Gavel honors for its depiction of America's evolution wars. He received …

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Women's Cross Country Team Wins Conference Championship and Places First-Ever Individual Champion

… women’s cross country team won the conference championship for the third year in a row, with Hampshire runners sweeping … Wagner winning the Women's Runner of the Year award.   For the men’s team, the top three finishers in the 8k race …   Head Coach Eric Nazar won Coach of the Year for the success of the women’s team. Nazar is assisted by Amy …

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Hampshire Student Receives Earl Ubell Grant To Support Div III Thesis

… research and self-publish the project. “I am so grateful for this award and the acknowledgment of my work,” says … medium of television. He was health science editor for WCBS-TV from 1966 to 1972, and from 1978 to 1995. He served as the news director for WNBC-TV News from 1972 to 1976. Ubell covered such …

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Become a Wool Person, Sing with the Crazy Pitches: Student Groups Represent at Hampfest

… says, “People who might not have interacted if it wasn’t for Crazy Pitches, but who all really care about each other.” … Leadership and Activities office. The start of a semester for these diverse groups means welcoming new members. Emma John, a signer for Hamp History, told students about the group’s current …

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