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Five College Connections: Three International Students Take MHC Sisters'’ Recommendation

… Michael Samuels 09F While it's not unheard of for students at one of the Five Colleges to recommend another … , she thought that Hampshire would be a good fit for Nadir. "I wanted to do architecture as a profession later … sisters' first-hand knowledge of Hampshire was invaluable. For international students, visiting campus is rarely …

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Hampshire Community Invited to Celebrate the New Year of the Trees

… with spiritual advisor, Rabbi Ellen Bernstein. A “new year for trees” is a fitting holiday for Hampshire, where trees are held in high esteem and where … first held in Philadelphia in 1988, which was the catalyst for Shomrei Adamah, the first national Jewish environmental …

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Students across Five Colleges to compete in DataFest

… Amherst will compete head-to-head with all other teams for prizes in categories ranging from Best Insight, Best … of the company or organization that provides the data set for the competition. Student competitors also try to catch … students with the best quantitative and analytical skills for potential job opportunities. “While many participants …

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R. W. Kern Center Groundbreaking Ceremony on Nov. 14

… Ceremony on Nov. 14 A groundbreaking ceremony for the new R. W. Kern Center will be held November 14 at … Lash said: “The R. W. Kern Center provides a model for addressing global challenges and a symbol of the positive … classrooms and meeting spaces, and contain exhibit areas for display of work by students and faculty, a bookstore, and …

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Pustejovsky Examines Responses to Trauma through Music, Art, and Art History

… and frightening are capable of bringing people pleasure. For my Division III project, I performed the fourth movement of Philip Glass’s Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and then I played a John Coltrane … making my own decisions and discovering what I want for myself, outside of any authoritative figure. This series, …

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Carol Varney Elected Alumni Trustee

… and collaborating with others who share her passion for the College, has been particularly exciting, though. … she says. The BAVC provides media-making tools and support for a variety of people ranging in age from 14 to 90, among … “I’ve always thought Hampshire would be a great place for many of BAVC’s youth-program graduates,” she says. “I’m …

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2013 DIV IV weekend celebrates Culture, Mind, and Body

… ideas and learn from one another. It is also a chance for alums to revisit their student experiences, as well as … highlights of the three-day Div IV schedule: Reunions for the classes of 1973, 1988, 1993, 1998, and 2003. A talk … Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions and well known for his research on laughter in non-human animals. Bodies, …

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Sustainable Revolving Fund Lights Up Hampshire Performances

… the theatre program's staff technical director. That makes for a big electric bill and carbon footprint. New LED lights, … the money is made back, it returns to the fund to be used for another project. In 2011, Hampshire joined the Billion … Pskowski 09F, and Rebecca Siegel 08F developed a proposal for the fund, and a charter describing how it would operate, …

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Hampshire College Dance Program Makes Strong Showing At National Festival

… Picasso and Madison Palffy submitted solos to the Festival for adjudication. The adjudicators, knowing only the title … of each piece had plentiful praise and appreciation for both pieces and selected Ailey Picasso's undigested logic … undigested logic was chosen as an alternate piece for the National Festival. Palffy is an ensemble member in …

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An Alternative Habitat

… details her work finding an alternative nursery habitat for the tiny crabs in Chesapeake Bay. "It's exciting work, … she says. "Because they are scavengers, they are good for the environment." Due to urban runoff, water quality in … leading to degradation of sea grass, the habitat of choice for blue crabs too small to fend for themselves in open …

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Division III Profile: Jonah Taylor's Tech Project Earns Him an Award and a Job

… organizational culture, while identifying opportunities for market differentiation and using those brand identity … into a cohesive narrative is enormously gratifying for me," he says. Taylor's work at PolicyMap earned him the … designer. Division III Committee: Instructional Staff for Design and Innovation for Social Change Colin Twitchell …

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Lailye Weidman

… Moves, an annual site-based dance festival on Cape Cod for four seasons. She is also a member of Femmelab, a queer … and community settings and is a contributing editor for Contact Quarterly. Lailye received her B.A. in dance from … in Boston, Figure One Gallery and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Champaign, IL, and K77 Studio in …

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Advancement Office Celebrates Successful End-of-Year Fundraiser and Full Staff

… campaign, making it the most successful December ever for raising funds for operating support. This comes on the heels of the official kickoff of Change in the Making: A Campaign for Hampshire on December 3, celebrated with an on-campus …

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Michael Lesy Gives Keynote Speech at SPE Regional Conference

… Journalism Michael Lesy was selected as keynote speaker for the 2014 Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Midwest regional conference. … expression, cultural insight, and experimental practice.” For Professor Lesy, the occasion also offered a return to the …

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What Does Empathy Look Like?

… like? The question drives this issue of Non Satis Scire for two reasons. Empathy is all over the news these days, though we won’t attempt to answer why that … is committed to a view of liberal education as a vehicle for the realization of self in society. To this end, it will …

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Kimberly Chang

… of MemoryWorks , a creative research and writing practice for individuals and communities seeking to reclaim histories … been censored, buried, or erased. She is the prose editor for the Massachusetts Review . Kim's teaching and writing … explore questions of identity, belonging, and citizenship for those whose lives span national borders and cultural …

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Donna Cohn

… School of Design. She has worked with the Boston Center for Independent Living as a designer and builder of devices for people with physical disabilities. Her design process … field test prototypes of a low-cost pearl millet thresher for use in sub-Saharan Africa. This project evolved out of …

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Hampshire Students Premiere African Art Exhibition in Their First Semester

… while respecting local, communal, and indigenous rights? For their exhibition, the students chose to display about a … on the many uses of the goldweights beyond being tools for measurement. Making the exhibit even more memorable, the … exhibit catalogue that the goldweights are brass tools for measuring gold dust on scales.  In Asante, weights were …

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President's Letter on Proposed Student Experience Models

… the Launch of our community work to define a bold vision for the future of our student experience and reestablish … we’ll develop throughout this academic year and debut for our fall 2020 entering class, fifty years from the … community has stepped up with historic levels of support for Hampshire this year as we begin to rebuild to full …

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Hampshire Joins Universal College Application

… College Application when submitting their applications for enrollment. "We've been an exclusive user of the Common Application for many years, but we're concerned that so many students are … with the same goal of making the application process easy for students." Because of delays caused by the technological …

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Hitchcock Center'’s Hampshire Site and Design Team Announced

… Team Announced Hampshire College and the Hitchcock Center for the Environment have identified a site on campus where … of the Hitchcock Center, said: "The site is ideally suited for our new environmental learning center. The proposed new … are hampering the ability to meet rising requests for programs, field trips, and classes. One year ago, the …

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Culture, Brain & Development Program Spring 2019 Student Grant Awards

… awards are made twice a year, and make it possible for students to pursue independent projects and summer … distant as Ghana. CBD grants provide pivotal experiences for students as they explore their academic goals and develop … The grants also provide much-needed financial support for the completion of student projects, covering costs …

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January 23, 2019: Letter from Hampshire's Board of Trustees

… some of you were taken by surprise. We regret that this news seemed to come out of the clear blue sky. The Board has … since she arrived to identify the best pathways forward for the College to address both our short- and long-term … to many of you. As Mim has stated, now is exactly the time for Hampshire to seek a strategic partner. This is one of the …

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Alum Rebecca Carroll on Her New Memoir 'Surviving the White Gaze' and the Power of Storytelling to Reshape Language

… as well. Do you have a favorite communication medium for certain types of stories? I think of myself first as a storyteller and a collagist. I love to find places for voice to really be at its most and best amplified. … the adaptation of the book, which I'm going to be creating for a limited TV series with Killer Films and MGM/TV. I love …

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College Breaks Ground on Solar Arrays, Aims to Drop CO2 Emissions by 3,000 Metric Tons

… Dean Steve Roof in remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for Hampshire College’s 19 acres of solar arrays, soon to … partners delivered remarks at the groundbreaking for the system, which will span two sites, comprise 15,000 … Just as significant is positioning the array fields for education and research. Hampshire faculty and students …

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