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News from Goddard College
April 2012

GODDARD AWARDED VT CENTENNIAL NONPROFIT BUSINESS AWARD

Pictured at left is Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos presenting Goddard College President Barbara Vacarr with the 2012 Vermont Centennial Nonprofit Business Award, for operating continuously in Vermont for more than 100 years.

As we approach our 150th anniversary as an educational institution, we are proud of our history and the impact Goddard has had on central Vermont. This award is a timely and wonderful reminder of the important work Goddard has done, and continues to do, locally and nationally.

OCCUPY CONFERENCE: Event Highlights

DAN CHODORKOFF, founder of The Institute for Social Ecology, which began at Goddard in 1974, is pictured at left speaking at the conference. Over 250 attendees convened with local and regional activists, students, and faculty to discuss the OWS movement and the role of higher education in fostering student activism.

Watch a brief video clip of the conference here.

View a slideshow of photos here

photo credits: David Hale and David Garten Photography

IN THE NEWS: Goddard on the West Coast

Goddard's BA in Education Seattle, Washington program sponsored a Bomba and Hip Hop Dance Party Workshop in Seattle last month), where Goddard Alumnus Gabriel Jacobs (RUP '51) attended and took photographs.

A resident of Shaw Island, Washington, Jacobs is a photographer, painter and writer who, in 1974, started the first French language immersion program in the country.

This fall Goddard plans to extend our Bachelor of Arts programs in Sustainability, Health Arts & Sciences, and Individualized Studies to the Port Townsend, Washington campus. We're excited about this new opportunity to extend Goddard's academic programs in Washington state, and will share more news in the coming weeks.

FEATURED ALUMNUS: Dr. Ed Tick, (MA Psy `75)

Dr. Ed Tick began focusing on veteran's issues in 1979, and is the founder and director of Soldier's Heart in Troy, NY. His pioneering work with PTSD is the basis for his recent book "War and the Soul".

In a speech last week at the University of West Georgia, Tick said PTSD is becoming much more common in the wars being fought today. There's many reasons for this: "One is the multiple deployments," he said. "Another is that they have weapons which are so technologically advanced that they create destruction more than the human condition can endure." Read more: Times-Georgian

His most recent work has involved leading pilgrimages by Vietnam veterans back to the country where they fought, meeting the native veterans and sharing their stories.

New Trustees Announced

Suzanne Forsyth, Carole Marks, and Carl Taylor Elected to the Board of Trustees - read press release

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