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Div III Profile: RJ Sakai, Multimedia Designer
… of tourists are designed, and why people travel. For his Division III thesis, Sakai 08F led ethnographic … research on Turners Falls—a small Massachusetts town known for its quirky events. One of the most well known events in … town was perceived. Visitors would come to Turners Falls for its fun events, but would leave without paying attention …
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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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Christine Lindeman 80F Named Director of The Common School
… Christine Lindeman 80F Named Director of The Common School For Christine Lindeman 80F, a Hampshire education has … Massachusetts. "I chose Hampshire because I was looking for something that wasn't the typical college experience. I … to them, and drawing with them. That was new stuff for me, and something I have used every day since becoming a …
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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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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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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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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 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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How You Study
… to challenge dominant narratives and create new visions for community? Learn More Pursue Knowledge Through Stages You … through our interdisciplinary curriculum, gaining skills for learning in community with others, and engaging in …
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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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January 23, 2019: Letter from Hampshire's Board of Trustees
… 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 … have gained new visibility. This is a pivotal moment for all who love this College. As trustees we want you to …
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Hampshire College to Launch Leadership and Ethical Engagement Project
… and Ethical Engagement Project will provide a model for integrating a deliberate focus on ethics within the … paid internships, research support, and other resources for students from all academic disciplines who want to apply … and Ethical Engagement Project will also be a resource for exploring new ideas and models of communities, …
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Hampshire Well-Equipped to Pivot During Crisis, Extends Deposit Deadline
… Deposit Deadline Hampshire College is moving its deadline for admissions deposits for fall enrollment to June 1, as a show of support for accepted students and their families and the challenges …
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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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Hampshire Acquires Works by Renowned Artist and Illustrator Barry Moser
… in Wonderland, which won the National Book Award for design and illustration in 1983, and his monumental … trustee of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. For the exhibit at the Hampshire College Art Gallery, the … work. Although Moser has taught in western Massachusetts for almost 50 years, no exhibition of his work to date has …
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Student's Venture Matches Hosts and Travelers Worldwide to Promote Peace
… organizations, and even governments to forge partnerships for her venture. Her desire to experience the world and … Joe Biden; 2014 Top 100 Most Influential Traveler Bloggers for Millennials, Washington, D.C., White House, National … research on identity, morality, and cultural evolution for Arab/Muslim students in six countries in Europe; summer …
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New Collaborative Solar Facility Goes Online
… England College Renewable Partnership is important both for what it does, and for what it represents. On a practical level: The Farmington … manage costs by “locking in” the price of electricity for the next 20 years. The new solar energy generated by the …
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