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New Spring 2012 Scholarship Program Announced
Attention Goddard Alums:
If you know someone who is thinking of applying for one of Goddard's graduate programs, you can help them receive a one-time $1000 tuition award for the Spring 2012 semester by writing them a letter of recommendation. $1,000 tuition awards are also available to new undergraduate students for Spring 2012 on a first come, first served basis. Read more.
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| FEATURED PROGRAM |
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BA & MA in Education & Licensure
Program Director Sue Fleming discusses Goddard's student-centered educational model. Watch video.
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FEATURED STUDENT
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Matt Paneitz,
BA in Sustainability
Goddard BA in Sustainability student Matt Paneitz is the founder and executive director of Long Way Home, a non-profit organization based in Guatemala that builds homes out of recycled materials. Since its inception in 2004, the group has constructed a vocational school, homes, and latrines, and has received numerous accolades for its efforts to expand education and enhance employment opportunities in Guatemala.
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FEATURED ALUM |
Celeste Mergens
2006 MFAW Alumna
Mergens is the founder and International Executive Director of Days for Girls, a nonprofit project under the 501(c)3 Clay for Earth, working to provide sustainable washable feminine hygiene kits for women in impoverished communities and helping women in those communities to create their own micro-enterprises to provide further hygiene kits. Days for Girls has provided thousands of kits to twelve nations and counting. |
SUPPORT GODDARD |
Make a gift to the Fund for Goddard! Your gift to the Annual Fund will support Goddard students during residency and at home, as they transform themselves, their communities, and the world through their education.
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Video Message from the President
In the video at left, President Barbara Vacarr discusses the Occupy Wall Street movement and the role of higher education in student protest. WATCH VIDEO. Read a recent op ed from President Vacarr here.
Save the Date: March 10, 2012 - Goddard is planning an Occupy Wall Street conference at the Plainfield, Vermont campus. More info to come in the January e-newsletter!
Japanese Artist Hide Oshiro donates works to Goddard
Hide Oshiro, a painter, poet, book maker, and illustrator, recently presented hundreds of pieces of his art to the College. Goddard alumna Carol Curri organized the donation and a personal visit to the Vermont campus.
Read the AP story.
Save the date: February 8, 2012 - There will be a public reception for Oshiro at Goddard's Vermont campus.
PHOTOS of Oshiro and his artwork BELOW:
         
  
New book by Goddard MFAW Faculty
ALCHEMY OF THE WORD: Writers Talk About Writing.
In this collection of essays by Goddard faculty, twenty-five acclaimed novelists, poets, playwrights, memoirists, cross-genre and nonfiction writers engage the reader in a virtual literary conversation. A book by writers, for writers, that will teach, provoke, enlighten, and, above all, inspire.
December Discount - BUY NOW at 20% off (offer good through Dec. 31, 2011).
Watch video clips of Goddard faculty reading excerpts from the book below:
Featured Faculty - Karen Campbell in Japan
 Longtime Goddard faculty member Karen Campbell, a resident of Nogoya, Japan, recently delivered a donation from Goddard students for children in the tsunami-damaged city of Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
The donation came from students in Goddard's Individualized Bachelor of Arts program, to support the Bureau's effort to periodically bring children out of Rikusentakata for visits with other students in Nagoya, as the region continues recovery efforts.
Upcoming Events in January
MFAW Visiting Writer Series in Plainfield, Vermont
SESSION AMERICANA
January 13, 2012 at 7:00 pm Haybarn Theater
These are seasoned veterans of the Boston music scene (and geographic points farther afield): Jim Fitting, Ry Cavanaugh, Dinty Child, Sean Staples, Jon Bistline and Billy Beard.
The group has grown from a rag tag jam at a local pub to a regional institution, playing gigs from coffee houses to urban nightclubs, regional festival tents to theaters.
Tickets: $12 in advance | $15 day of show Buy your tickets online now!
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