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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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Faculty
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 … Fund and was previously a staff reporter for NBCNews.com and Colorlines.com, and a visiting scholar at NYU’s …
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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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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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Roddenberry Foundation Funds Sustainability Solve-A-Thon
… Roddenberry Foundation will challenge Hampshire faculty and students to find interdisciplinary solutions to climate change, sustainability, and social justice through new courses, project grants, events, and even a Solve-a-Thon team contest across all five schools …
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Daphne Lowell
… Daphne Lowell Daphne A. Lowell, professor emerita of dance and movement studies, and member of the Five College Dance Department, holds a B.A. in cultural anthropology from Tufts University and an M.F.A. in modern dance from the University of Utah. …
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April 18: Schocket Memorial Lecture by Lisa Henderson
… Sixth Annual Eric N. Schocket Memorial Lecture on Class and Culture on Thursday, April 18, at 4 p.m. in Franklin … lecturer is Lisa Henderson, whose talk is entitled "Queers and Class: Toward a Cultural Politics of Love and Solidarity." Professor Henderson is the author of Love …
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Baba Hillman
… Baba Hillman, Five College Professor Emerita of Film and Video, grew up in Japan, Venezuela, and Panama. She received a B.A. in French Literature from Duke University and an M.F.A. in Film and Performance from the University of …
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Salman Hameed
… Salman Hameed Salman Hameed holds a B.S. in physics and astronomy from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a Ph.D. in astronomy from New Mexico State University at … interests have now moved in a sociological direction, and today his research focuses on understanding the reception …
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Robert Meagher
… from the University of Notre Dame (summa cum laude) and the University of Chicago, joined the Hampshire faculty … in 1972. Prior to that, he taught religious studies and theology at Indiana University and the University of Notre Dame. He has also held visiting …
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Public Performances To Address U.S. Imperialism from Puerto Rico Viewpoint
… U.S. Imperialism from Puerto Rico Viewpoint On October 20 and 24, a group of visiting artists will present a … of U.S. imperialism from the perspective of the economic and environmental state of Puerto Rico and its diaspora. Hampshire College and Holyoke’s …
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Renowned British Writer Sissay To Give Public Reading
… Public Reading Michael Medeiros Renowned poet, playwright, and Manchester University Chancellor Lemn Sissay will give a reading and talk on Sunday, March 27, at 7 pm in the Red Barn. From … AND BE INSPIRED here . bio: http://lemnsissay.com/biography/ Civic …
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March 26, 2019: A Letter from the Options Working Group
… March 21, we had the first opportunity to meet as a group, and we wanted to update you on our progress and direction. First, who are we? We are an independent group of alumni, parents, and former trustees who have had experience in business and …
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