Discover Goddard in Portland, Oregon!

Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Time: 7-9 pm
Location: TaborSpace, located inside the beautiful and historic Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church at 5441 SE Belmont Street, Portland, OR 97215

Join others who are curious about Goddard's low-residency BA, BFA, MA and MFA degree programs.

Goddard provides a way to finish your undergraduate or graduate degree and live your life at the same time; whether you prefer to study psychology, work to promote the environment, or become a better writer, Goddard can become part of your journey.

At this event, you will have an opportunity to learn about Goddard College, hear from individual faculty members, students and alumni about their studies or their own art practice, writings, research or travels, and then participate in break-out sessions by Program. But don't worry: if you're interested in more than one program, you can move between groups!

Goddard faculty, staff, and community at the event:

Sharon Siskin, Faculty Advisor, MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts

Sharon Siskin is a studio-based visual artist and community-based art practitioner, living in Berkeley, California. She has exhibited her work in art galleries, museums and public spaces for more that 30 years. Sharon will be speaking about how our private lives can inform studio-based work and how that artwork can inform a community-based dialogue that goes on to create a more public social practice.

 

Theressa Lenear, Faculty Advisor, BA and MA in Education and Licensure

Theressa Lenear co-leads the Teaching Umoja Participatory Action Research 15 Year Commitment in examining ethnic identity, bicultural, cross-cultural and triliteracy development of children of color. This work is a collaborative effort with diverse co-researchers from across the United States and the communities of Port Royal,Moore Town, and Golden Grove Jamaica. She will talk about students' academic efforts in bringing forth their voices - bicultural voices.

 

Debra Giannini, Goddard College student, MA in Health Arts and Sciences

B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Marylhurst University (psychology and expressive healing) using movement, art, music; transformative practices, architecture, and bioregional community organizing; educator, film maker (Soleri’s Cities 1999), choreographer, performer and recording artist.

 

 Ryan Boudinot, Faculty Advisor, MFA in Creative Writing

Ryan Boudinot is the author of the novel Misconception, a finalist for the PEN/USA Literary Award; and of the story collection The Littlest Hitler, a Publishers Weekly Book of the Year. His novel Blueprints of the Afterlife is scheduled to appear in 2012 from Grove/Atlantic.

 

 Yvonne Garcia, Goddard Graduate, BFA in Creative Writing

Yvonne Garcia graduated from Goddard's BFA in Creative Writing program in 2010 and is currently pursuing an MFA in Poetry. She writes from a place where strictures are unbound and genre boundaries are blurred. She will be talking about how her five semesters at Goddard enabled her to write the previous sentence.

 Erin Johnson, Admissions Counselor

 

 Erin Fristad, Port Townsend Site Director

Erin Johnson and Erin Fristad will speak to prospective students interested in the BA in Individualized Studies, MA in Individualized Studies, MA in Psychology and Counseling, BA in Sustainability and MA and Certificate in Sustainable Business & Communities.

This information session is free and refreshments will be provided by the TaborSpace. Reserve a spot for yourself, your family and your friends at Discover Goddard in Portland by filling out the form below.